Acer has a good chance at beating out Toshiba in the global notebook rankings in 2006. The early quad core launch of Intel's quad core processors are targetted towards the enthusiast market. The Dell battery recall replacement has a 20 day turnaround.

A 20-day turnaround time may not be fast enough for many customers - including those in the education space. Kids and college students start going back to school within a couple of weeks, if they haven't already. It's not likely that if they have Dell notebooks that need new batteries they'll get them in time.