Asus and Acer cut in the production of devices with Windows - Público.pt

Two of the biggest manufacturers of computers and tablets announced that they will make cuts in the production of devices with Windows. Asus has decided to no longer manufacture tablets with Windows RT and Acer will focus more on devices with Android and Chromebook, laptops equipped with an operating system from Google.

companies, both in Taiwan announced the change following the respective presentation of quarterly results.

“It’s not just our opinion, the industry is also feeling the RT that Windows has not been successful,” he said, quoted by Wall Street Journal , the Executive Director of Asus, Jerry Chen, on the sidelines of the conference presentation of results.

Windows RT is a limited version of Windows 8, designed specifically for tablets that use ARM processors, commonly used on mobile devices.

now continue to produce devices equipped with Windows 8, which requires an Intel processor and allows a tablet to function as a hybrid device, since the system is the same as the team computers.

Windows RT has a low market share – just 0.5% in the second quarter, according to IDC – and Microsoft itself began to cut the price of its tablets Surface RT before also cut the price of the Surface Pro, these equipped with Windows 8.

Asus announced revenue of 105 billion Taiwan dollars (about 2,600 million) and profit of six billion Taiwan dollars (150 million euros).

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Acer decided to “grow the business non-Windows as quickly as possible,” in the words of president and chief executive, Jim Wang, uttered in a conference call for investors. “Windows has to do something to restore or enhance the confidence of PC users,” he added, after having noticed the popularity of Android tablets in and say “via a new market” for the Chromebook.

Chromebook laptops are equipped with the Chrome OS, developed by Google and designed to be used with an internet connection, since it is based on online applications that are used in browser and the remote storage of user files. The first two Chromebook models emerged in 2011, it manufactured by Acer, the other by South Korea’s Samsung.

Acer introduced in the last quarter revenues of 181 billion Taiwan dollars (4500 million) and losses of 343 billion Taiwan dollars (about 8.6 million), which contrast with the profits same period last year. A panel of analysts by Thomson Reuters expected the company to present profits.