Asus
plans on getting behind Google's Chrome OS and will launch a notebook
running the OS in the second half of this year, said company CEO Jerry
Shen.
The
Google-developed OS is still in its early stages, but "market momentum"
could develop for the OS in 2014, Shen said in a Monday earnings call.
Other PC makers, including Samsung, Acer and Hewlett-Packard, have
already launched so-called "Chromebooks" with prices between $199 and
$449.
"Chromebook
is good, not on the consumer side, but it's good in the education and
government side, and some for the commercial side," Shen said.
Asus
is preparing the product in the wake of a steep decline in shipments
for Windows PCs, which dropped by 13.9 percent year-over-year in the
first quarter, according to research firm IDC. Microsoft's new Windows 8
OS has yet to jump-start PC sales, while demand for tablets and
smartphones continues to rise.
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