While commenting on rumors that Samsung is favoring tablets over netbooks in 2012, Acer vice president Scott Lin set the record straight on Acer’s netbook stance. From DigiTimes:

Lin pointed out that several emerging markets such as China, India and Indonesia still have strong demand for netbooks and the company will continue to target these markets as their focus for netbooks.

With potentially less competition in the netbook market, and actual demand in emerging markets, maybe Acer can pull larger profits from their netbooks’ currently thin margins. Although netbooks have already run their course in the U.S., I wouldn’t rule them out completely internationally, and it appears Acer is set to milk them until the end.