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    Who actually makes Acer notebooks?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by ditto1958, Dec 17, 2008.

  1. ditto1958

    ditto1958 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does Acer actually design and manufacture their notebooks themselves? The reason I ask is that I have an Extensa 4420. It looks somewhat distinctive because it has a fanned keyboard.

    Today I was in Office Depot and I saw a computer that looked just like mine, but when I looked a bit closer it was an eMachines model. Although some of the buttons were a little different, it clearly had the same case and keyboard as my Acer.

    Did eMachines buy it from Acer? Or vice versa? Or, did they both have the machines manufactured by a third party?
     
    ditto1958, Dec 17, 2008
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  2. sonoritygenius

    sonoritygenius Goddess of Laptops

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    Acer owns Gateway AND Emachines
    Link
     
    sonoritygenius, Dec 17, 2008
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  3. ahl395

    ahl395 Ahlball

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    ^^^ Yep. ;)

    Gateway bought Emachines years ago. Then somewhat recently, Acer bought Gateway. So they own both.

    Acer took over though, so they design the notebooks for all three companies.
     
    ahl395, Dec 17, 2008
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  4. Andy

    Andy Notebook Prophet

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    Acer is an OEM. Actually, Acer doesn't even assemble the notebooks. Its like a completely financial, customer support and repair company. The notebooks that are sold by Emachines, Gateway and Acer, come completely built from ODMs such as Quanta, Compal, Wistron, Inventec, etc. (That's why no CTOs)
     
    Andy, Dec 17, 2008
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  5. ditto1958

    ditto1958 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks. That certainly makes things make more sense now.
     
    ditto1958, Dec 18, 2008
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  6. Randall_Lind

    Randall_Lind Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks my cool notebook is crap now - lol (I hate Emachines)
     
    Randall_Lind, Dec 18, 2008
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