Acer CEO: PC industry lacks passion

Doug Woodburn
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Jason Chen tells CRN vendors must do something 'extraordinary' and 'insane' to convince people to buy new PCs in today's declining market

The PC industry lacks excitement and passion, the CEO of Acer has argued after the Taiwanese vendor launched its three latest products, including the world's first curved-screen notebook. Speaki...

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