Acer president says prices of ultra thin laptops may fall

Acer Inc. is expecting a fall in the retail prices for their ultra thin laptops from second quarter of the next year. Jim Wong, the president said that his company will be concentrating more on ramping up the production. Ultra book will be retailing somewhere between $799 and $899 by next year and this number is less than the current $1,000 that the computer is being sold for right now.

In the year 2013, this price might fall down to $499. The president is maintaining a shipping target of 250,000 to 300,000 ultra books in fourth quarter but he declined to say the number of laptops that were sold in the month of October.

The manufacturer also said that the ultra books will be accounting for twenty five to thirty percent of the notebook shipments for the year 2012.

Ultra thin laptops are very popular in the market right now due to the thin design. Business men find it easy to carry such products with them while traveling. The best part about the entire ordeal is that you get good battery life too. The performance isn’t compromised upon and you won’t be frustrated with the speed that these laptops have to offer. Hence, it isn’t surprising to see that such thin and light notebooks have quickly come in to limelight and they won’t be fading away anytime soon.