As well as playing host to Ferrari’s, Lamborghini’s and other assorted mobile exotica, the Principality of Monaco also played host to Acer this weekend for their 2006 global press conference.

While the worldwide PC market showed a poorer than expected 12.3% growth in the first half of 2006, Acer shone, outperforming the market with growth figures of 27% in the desktop market and a staggering 50% in the notebook sector, which together gave it a firm handhold on fourth place in the global PC market.

It was a similar story in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) with a 32% year on year growth (2005) in the desktop segment and 27% in Notebooks, maintaining their number one position in the EMEA notebook market and third place in desktops.
Apart from all the figures being banded about, a lot of new products were announced amongst which were new additions to the Ferrari, TravelMate and Aspire notebook ranges, new small form factor Aspire desktops and the Aspire iDea, a new media center.