According to Reuters, Lenovo would use Packard Bell to give a boost to its European business.
"Packard Bell is essentially a sales company that gets its PCs made by other companies under contract, " says Leu.
Packard Bell, NEC and Hewlett-Packard, which introduced its first home PCs only this year, round out the top six.
Unlike AST, Acer, Packard Bell and Dell concentrated on PCs for the home.
Lanci moved the 51-year-old into that job last year after acquiring computer maker Packard Bell, which De Lencquesaing had run for five years.
Recent speculation, however, has pegged Packard Bell as Acer's target, although it has yet to get as official as Lenovo with its intent.
Acer's channel business model is instrumental to the company's success, while its multi-brand approach integrates Acer, Gateway, and Packard Bell brands in worldwide markets.
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In the past three years, Penang attracted personal computer giants Dell Computer and Packard Bell-NEC to set up their Asia-Pacific regional manufacturing and distribution centers.
Packard Bell opened its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore only in March.
With its manufacturing efficiency and strong brand name, he says, Dell can defeat the cheap-PC guys just as it beat Packard Bell earlier in the decade.
The biggest selling home PC supplier in the U.S. last year, Packard Bell is said to be facing cash-flow problems as a result of too aggressive price cutting.
Packard Bell may not have the most illustrious of histories, but that hasn't stopped the company from attracting a number of potential suitors over the years.
Rivals Acer and Packard Bell are following a similar strategy.
Other analysts maintain that computer-maker IPC has similar problems -- high inventories, a lag in cutting-edge technology and not much brand recognition, compared to the likes of Compaq, Acer or Packard Bell.
While we're no stranger to companies having multiple brands to serve different markets, such as Acer's Gateway and Packard Bell divisions, they usually have the courtesy of acknowledging each other's existences and presenting a coherent strategy.
Local maker NEC still accounts for one of every two computers sold in the country, but according to one estimate, foreign brands such as Compaq, Apple and Packard Bell now have 40% of the market, up from 10% a few years ago.
Prices declined over the past year, some vendors (Zenith, Packard-Bell, Compaq, Gateway, AST, etc.) declined precipitously, but shipments magically went up.
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Hewlett-Packard off 0.3% after the bell.
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Reporting quarterly earnings after the bell on Wednesday, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is another old school tech stock that traders will be focused on this week.
Hewlett-Packard announced a new look for its board of directors after the closing bell Thursday.
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Hewlett-Packard rallied 0.5%, after its earnings release after the bell Wednesday beat analyst forecasts and inspired some hope that demand for PCs from consumers and businesses is returning.
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