Acer to Launch 6-Speaker Movie Laptop

March 12, 2008 By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- Acer Inc., the Taiwanese computer maker that bought Gateway last year, said on Tuesday that it now aims to take laptop users as close as they can get to the high-definition home theater experience.

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