First isn’t always best, just ask Asus.  They took lead in promoting their Eee PC last year.  Now Acer has come on strong to promote their Acer Aspire One.  So much so that Acer is looking to ship 6 million netbooks which is more than the 5 million Asus is looking to ship in 2008.

Acer has been pricing themselves very competitively in the market and they are one of the few netbooks which can be had with a 6 cell battery standard instead of having to pay for one separately.  HP and Dell are the only companies which currently ship more computers than Acer.  Dell is probably shivering hoping that they aren’t relegated to number three as the netbook segment grows.

1. Global Netbook Sales Slow During Q1 2009

2. Report: Acer Threating Vendors To Keep Asus From Making Netbooks

3. Dell’s Confusing Netbook Strategy

4. Acer Looking To Dominate PC Sales

5. Wall Street Wishes Dell Would Buy Acer