With Acer planning to launch two low-cost PC series, the 8.9-inch Aspire and 12.1-inch Slim Gemstone Aspire, the company is expected to see total low-cost PCs shipments of 6-6.5 million in the second half of 2008, according to sources at notebook ODMs. The company is expected to go head on with ASUS and the EeePC — a highly successful ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) .Acer ordered one million 12.1" entry-level panels from AU Optoelectronics (AUO) in March of this year.

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