Acer: 3G and Chrome will revolutionize laptops in 2010

Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci has predicted that 3G will become the standard for laptops and Google Chrome will emerge as Microsoft's main competitive operating system in 2010 .

According to Lanci, 3G technology will be widely used to connect computers to the Internet while today thinking about networking, many people often think of Wi-Fi but he thinks 3G will become the standard used. on laptops at 6-9 months.

Besides the compliments of Windows 7, he also announced that the operating system is a big step forward in user experience, speed and for the first time the new operating system does not need new hardware. Lanci also predicted that Google's Chrome OS will become a major rival to Microsoft's Windows. Chrome can also replace Microsoft's operating system with web applications on other mobile devices.

However, Lanci said that netbook retail sales will not be comparable to laptops, there is still a gap in market share between netbooks and laptops but will not be large. Most netbook buyers are new users or think of netbooks that will have new applications, email, social networking and web surfing.

Lanci has cited 'big growth' (the big growth) 'the number of young people and students but' he also began to see a rapid increase in business circles. People who are always on the move and want to carry lightweight netbooks but can still meet the basic features.