10% of Acer laptops will have a Blu-ray drive

Taiwan computer maker Acer aims to consume 22 million laptops in 2008, of which no less than 10% are products that integrate Blu-ray drives.

Acer is confident in the success of the new line of laptops with a newly built Blu-ray drive called Gemstone Blue.Photo: Engadget .

In mid-March, Acer has launched a new entertainment laptop line called Gemstone Blue, with two models of Aspire 8920G (18.4 inch) and Aspire 6920 (16 inch) integrated Blu-ray optical drive.

Taiwanese computer company expressed their confidence in the success of this product line, when recently, Acer Chairman Scott Lin, personally, said that the target that this company set for 2008 is to consume 22 million laptops, of which no less than 10% are integrated Blu-ray drives. In April alone, Acer hopes to sell 40,000 Aspire 8920G and 70,000 Aspire 6920.

The world laptop market in 2008 is expected to grow by 30%, with a total of more than 130 million products consumed. Acer is currently the world's second-largest laptop manufacturer, behind HP. If you include the PC desktop, the Taiwanese computer company is ranked third, behind HP and Dell.