Digitimes reports that Acer VP Scott Lin has continued his company’s special line of crazy:

Acer vice president Scott Lin pointed out that ultrabooks from notebook brand vendors will mostly be released in the fourth quarter and start mass shipping in early 2012

Only many months after the MacBook Air, but of course all these companies aren’t copying Apple’s every move—they are innovating!

therefore, estimates for ultrabooks to account for 30% of the global consumer notebook shipments by the end of 2012 are reasonable and tablet PCs will be the first products to be impacted by ultrabooks.

Because, as everyone knows, the iPad’s been selling really badly since Apple released the MacBook Air.

Lin pointed out that tablet PCs are mainly emphasizing light and thin features as well as entertainment capabilities, and once notebooks are capable of achieving the same features, while still maintaining battery longevity, consumer’s purchasing behavior will reverse as consumers would rather choose a machine that can satisfy their demand for both entertainment and work, instead of carrying a tablet PC and a notebook around.

Lin pointed out that he’s a dolt that doesn’t see what’s actually happening in the tech industry. He also pointed out that he doesn’t fully understand lots of people love the intimacy of a touchscreen interface over an old-fashioned clamshell, do plenty of work on iPads anyway (Penultimate! iA Writer! Brushes! Numbers! And so on!), and OH GOD WHAT IS THE POINT?

*picks self up off of ground, bracing self for further Acer idiocy*

Lin believes that consumers’ purchasing focus will return to notebooks in 2012.

Just like they did in 2011! Also, notice how those ‘laptop’ things were just a fad? I’m sure consumers’ purchasing focus will return to desktops in 2013. And CRT TVs. And horse-and-cart.