Acer Inc. plans to offer a low-cost notebook computer in June, a person familiar with the situation said. Quanta Computer Inc. has signed an agreement to be the exclusive supplier for the notebooks, said the person, who didn’t provide details. An Acer spokeswoman declined to comment. Quanta Computer, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of notebook computers by revenue, makes a low-cost PC called XO PC for MIT Media Lab. Acer joins the world’s biggest PC makers, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc., in focusing on less-expensive notebooks for emerging markets and first-time computer users.
Originally published in the Wall Street Journal
