JT Wang, Acer chairman recently discussed the tablet PC’s evolution and the effect it’s having on the notebook segment. Right now it appears that people aren’t as crazy about tablets as they were initially and the whole fever is going down.
Consumers are starting to go back to notebooks again, at least some of them preferring Intel’s Ultrabooks and waiting for Microsoft’s Windows 8. Acer is preparing to launch an Ultrabook in September with a pretty low price of $799, according to Wang. This product comes after a period of surveys and the discovery that consumers actually want an ultrabook right now.
Wang is not the only one with this idea, since there are other players in the PC industry with the same predictions. They seem to see the tablets as more of an entertainment gear than learning and productivity devices. Asustek Computer, Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo and HP will also be launching ultrabooks in Q4 and some of them in Q1 2012. Will these products be able to threaten the tablets or at least rob them of market share? I guess that the iPad will be the one to decide that…
