online.wsj.com — Taiwan's Acer Inc. said it had reached an agreement to acquire Gateway Inc. in a deal that values the U.S. company at about $710 million and pushes Acer past Lenovo Group Ltd. as the world's No. 3 vendor of personal computers.
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IllBeBackAug 27, 2007
China doesn't need to import anything because everything there is a ripoff copy of an original made somewhere else.
cbreakerAug 28, 2007
Well, if you're going to do something, you might as well do it right =)Seriously though, I can't vouch for Acer customer service too much (although a company I used to work for used all Acer servers and customer service seemed okay a few years back) but I've owned several Acer products including a sweet 17" CRT (mind you, this was 1993) that performed well for years.So I dunno, maybe they'll be better once they buy Gateway.
sweetskye82Aug 28, 2007
Has anyone besides me had a great experience with Gateway? I bought my pc in 2002 and it still runs fine.. I had no problems with it! Eventually I decided to do my own memory upgrades but besides that... the computer was the best I ever had and all it cost me was $1000.
blakemsfAug 28, 2007
We have Gateways where I work, switch from Dells about 3 or 4 years ago. Quality has went down some with Gateway, but so had Dell but we get them cheaper and with a better warranty than Dell. (4 years vs 3 years) Right now I have a FX530S as my office PC with a 22inch LCD and I am impressed with the unit. These units are assembled in USA which really surprised me as well. (FX530s not the majority of them) Also Tech support when I call is GREAT! I can understand 9 out of 10 people I talk to and get the part I need the next day. With Dell it seemed that they would always try to run me through 5 steps that I already tried even after I told them I did that.Just my experience. Looks like we may be looking to going with HP now
tprnycAug 29, 2007
Not only are Gateways computers built in the US all the CS and TS Phone support is in the US. It does seem like Gateway has just stopped trying the past couple (or half-dozen) years.
jdalesNov 20, 2008
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