ACER AMERICA SHIPS ASPIRE HOME OFFICE SOLUTION PCs; SETS 16MB BASE STANDARD
FOR HOME COMPUTERS

ASPIRE PENTIUMR 166 INDUSTRY'S ONLY PC WITH 32MB RAM &AMP; 8-SPEED CD ROM

SAN JOSE, CA, APRIL 17, 1996 -- Acer America Corporation, the nation's
eighth largest personal computer manufacturer and one of the top three PC
vendors in the retail marketplace, today announced it is shipping its new
line of Aspire Home Office Solution PCs targeted at telecommuters and
small office/home office users. Acer also announced it has boosted the
value proposition on its entire line of Aspire family and Home Office
Solution Pentium-based desktops by increasing the standard base
configuration from 8MB RAM to 16MB RAM. Aspire customers can take
advantage of this expanded memory processing power at the same price as
the 8MB home PCs previously offered by Acer. Additionally, Acer is the
only manufacturer currently offering a high-end Pentium 166MHz
configuration with an eight-speed CD ROM drive and 32MB RAM for an
estimated street price of $2,999.

Acer is leveraging its unique business operations model which allows fast
and effective inventory turns both internally and within the channel to
make competitive product upgrades to memory and other components found in
Aspire PCs quickly and easily. Additionally, Acer's joint venture with
Texas Instruments known as TI-Acer, is one of the world's leading
suppliers of memory, thus Aspire customers are receiving the cost savings
benefit of global economies of scale.

"Acer is pleased to provide Aspire customers with the best
price/performance value available," said Acer America's Rob Olstad,
director of product management for consumer systems. "Acer's strength is
the ability to provide retail customers with the freshest technology at
the most competitive and current prices. Acer is also one of a few vendors
that can effectively implement sweeping pricing and product line changes
in such a short period of time."

ASPIRE HOME OFFICE SOLUTION AVAILABLE NOW

Shipping now, the Aspire Home Office Solution provides all of the tools
required to effectively run a business from home or to telecommute.
Available in the Aspire's award-winning consumer electronics design and
two-tone charcoal gray color, the Aspire Home Office Solution is packed
with the latest technology including: a full duplex speakerphone and
integrated microphone for hands-free teleconferencing; full-featured voice
mail; 28.8Kbps fax/modems for quick and easy Internet access; large
capacity hard drives; and six- or eight-speed CD-ROM drives.

The Aspire Home Office Solution ships with a multitude of software
applications that provide everything a PC user requires for starting,
growing, and managing a home office business. Aspire's business-oriented
software bundle includes: Lotus SmartSuite 96 containing Lotus 1-2-3
spreadsheet, Lotus Approach database, Lotus Word Pro word processor, Lotus
Organizer personal and group scheduler, and Lotus Freelance Graphics for
presentation graphics; Multimedia MBA from SoftkeyR, a comprehensive
reference and tutorial application, covers small business problems and
solutions and provides graphs, charts, and business templates to help
users plan, create, and set up accounting and personnel procedures and
help develop and refine marketing, business, and advertising plans; Intuit
Quicken SE to balance the company ledger or track expenses; and numerous
communications titles for internet access and activity.

"Acer recognizes the needs of the small office/home office user are not
necessarily the same as those of the customer looking for a PC for the
family," states Olstad. "With the new line of Aspire home office solutions
PCs, Acer is providing all of the tools required for a home office user or
telecommuter to be successful and productive working or running a business
at home."

ASPIRE AVAILABILITY

Acer's Aspire home office solution for the small office/home office user as
well as the Aspire PCs for the family, are available through Acer's
expansive network of retailers including CompUSA, Office Depot, Best Buy,
Incredible Universe, and Sam's Club. For additional product and pricing
information, customers can call 800-SEE-ACER.

ACER AMERICA CORPORATION

Acer America Corporation (http://www.acer.com/aac/), headquartered in San
Jose, Calif., designs and manufactures a broad range of computer systems
and peripherals. Award-winning product offerings include AcerNote
notebooks, AcerPower and AcerEntra desktop computers for the commercial
market, the AcerAltos line of open servers, AcerView monitors, and the
Acer Aspire PC for the home. The Acer Computer Explorer and Out of Box
Experience demonstrate Acer's commitment to make PCs as easy to use as
other consumer products. Acer America, a member of the Acer Group, posted
revenues of $1.44 billion in 1995.
 
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