Touchscreen offers new opportunity for PC brands: An interview with Acer president

Touchscreen offers new opportunity for PC brands: An interview with Acer president: The PC industry saw several major developments in 2012, such as the rise of ARM-based products that greatly weakened the influence of the Wintel platform and Microsoft's launch of Windows 8. These have brought both challenges and opportunities to brand vendors. With innovations such as the combination between Windows 8 and touchscreen control, vendors will be able to make breakthroughs and revitalize the PC industry, Acer president Jim Wong has told Digitimes. The following is an excerpt from Wong's recent interview by Digitimes.