Asustek targets 77%

Asustek targets 77 % laptop

• Taiwan's Asustek Computer looking to increase its notebook output by 77 % in 2009 Asustek Chairman Jonney Shih said he hoped Asustek to become one of the world's top 4 laptop makers.
  
  Shih, whose company is a pioneer in the increasingly popular class of low-cost notebooks known as netbooks, made his remarks during the launch of a new series of its Eee PC netbook line.Shares in Asustek were up nearly 3% , outpacing a 0.3 % drop in the benchmark index.
  
  Many of the world's top PC makers, including Dell, Acer and NEC, have entered the netbook market and will either launch or have launched their own line of low-cost notebooks.