The phrase "acquire a computer" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the process of obtaining or purchasing a computer.
Example: "In order to complete the project, I need to acquire a computer that meets the necessary specifications."
Alternatives: "obtain a computer" or "get a computer".
This year, the society jumped into the 21st century when it acquired a computer, a fax machine and a copier.
Although he has now acquired a computer and may on occasion use it, he prefers to do his anagrams with an old Scrabble set.
Since acquiring a computer 14 years ago, he has spent 3 8 hrs/day online (including while at work) viewing male-male pornography and chatting to arrange sexual encounters.
Last year Anderson acquired a computer-maintenance company called the Geek Squad and installed its employees (men wear white shirts and skinny black ties; women put on skirts and black tights) in the new concept stores.
The key is "not just to be able to acquire a new computer program," White says, "but to be able to learn it in 3 weeks".
Ideally, the enterprise would acquire a set of computer applications that coordinate with this preferred modeling set and train personnel in the use of that tool set.
After graduation, he moved to Stanford University to acquire a PhD in computer science.
Schelley Olhava, a senior analyst with the International Data Corporation, the market research firm in Mountain View, Calif., said networking is often a solution when parents not only acquire a number of computers but "next they get broadband and want to share the superfast Internet access".
The advertising firm Leapnet Inc. said it had agreed to acquire SPR Inc., a computer technology services company, for about $92 million in stock.
In 1977, the R.N.C. acquired a mainframe computer, while the D.N.C. got its own mainframe in the eighties.
