Thursday, May 9, 2013

ASUS Chromebook Plans

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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