Fresh from the oven "In the past, the American market purchased computer products directly from Acer's Taiwan headquarters. Using air mail, we had to deal with high transportation costs, tariffs and storage problems. Mailing things by sea took more than 20 days. For a product with such a short life cycle, the depreciation rate was just too high."
「過去美洲市場向台灣宏總部買貨，空運運費成本高，海運又在海上漂二十多天，對電腦這種生命周期短的產品來說，折舊率太高。」