Acer bumps Dell out of second place in PC shipments
 

Only two years ago, Acer was buying out Gateway in a bid to become the world's third-largest PC vendor. Well, Acer looks to have met and exceeded that goal. iSuppli has crunched the numbers on global PC shipments for the third quarter of this year, and it says Acer now lies in second place, having pushed Dell to the bottom of the podium—a first for an Asian PC vendor.

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