Acer Inc., the Taiwanese computer maker that’s suffered two consecutive annual losses, posted strong sales of notebooks using Google Inc.’s Chrome platform after the release of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows 8 failed to ignite the market.
Chrome-based models accounted for 5 percent to 10 percent of Acer’s U.S. shipments since being released there in November, President Jim Wong said in an interview at the Taipei-based company’s headquarters. That ratio is expected to be sustainable in the long term and the company is considering offering Chrome models in other developed markets, he said.
