Chapter Acer Jason Chen (Jason Chen) optimistically assesses the prospects of his company in the market for Chromebooks and expects a double-digit growth in sales of laptops Acer based on Chrome OS in 2017, reports DigiTimes.

Acer's vice president of retail distribution channels in the United States, John Nguyen, notes the stabilization of demand in the North American market and expects Acer computers and their average sales price to be higher in 2017 than a year ago.

According to the research company NPD, in March 2017, in the American channel of direct sales, the share of Acer devices running Chrome OS accounted for more than 31%. In addition, Acer outperforms competitors in retail distribution channels.

According to Jason Chen, following North America, Acer's Chromebook sales are expanding in Europe and Australia.

In particular, there has been an increase in orders for Chromebooks from Australian educational institutions. Currently, the share of Acer in the US chrome book market is estimated at about 30-35%, and in Europe and Australia, the presence rate exceeds 50%.

Taiwanese manufacturer continues to expand its range of chrome-bricks. Among recent innovations - Chromebook transformer Acer Chromebook Spin 11 with support for stylus input technology Wacom EMR and unfolding display.