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    Glad I dumped DV6 -- HP getting out of the PC business

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by dave1812, Aug 18, 2011.

  1. dave1812

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    (and replaced it with a Sager)

    Wow! Just wow!
     
    dave1812, Aug 18, 2011
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  2. lazard

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    Following in the footsteps of IBM
     
    lazard, Aug 18, 2011
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  3. abepaniagua

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    HTWinghut...return your DV6Z and get the Sager back lol....I'm going Malibal all the way!
     
    abepaniagua, Aug 18, 2011
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    Good to know. Buddy was looking to buy one for his kid, since prices were really cheap.
     
    a3n1ma, Aug 18, 2011
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  5. c0nfucius

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    Well, HP's never made gaming-grade laptops in my eye, but I still think this is news to me, as a lot of my relatives have bought HP desktops and laptops which ran without problems.
     
    c0nfucius, Aug 18, 2011
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  6. XXVII

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    Yeah, same here. I think it was inevitable as their financials in the PC/laptop quadrant haven't been too rosy for a while.
     
    XXVII, Aug 18, 2011
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    c0nfucius, Aug 18, 2011
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    I agree with them about the "tablet effect", the landscape is changing for better or worse. Thanks for posting those links.
     
    XXVII, Aug 18, 2011
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  9. DEagleson

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    More like bad CEO to me.
    If HP really wanted too, they could get the other phone makers to use WebOS, and they win. Xd
    A Galaxy S 2 with WebOS would be insane.
     
    DEagleson, Aug 19, 2011
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  10. Electric Shock

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    The bad CEO was the woman who made HP buy Compaq and then HP's stock dropped in half. HP makes the least profit out of all their divisions with the PC and it drains their resources. Look at IBM and what they did. They sold their whole operation to Lenovo and they are much stronger for it.

    The only thing I will miss from HP are their monitors.

    I don't think there is enough room in the phone ecosystem for more than two strong OS' because there is not enough support for enough apps to compete with iOS or Android. Apps make or break any mobile OS these days.
     
    Electric Shock, Aug 19, 2011
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  11. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    They are looking to exit the business. It's going to take around 12-18 months to seriously examine the situation.
     
    Greg, Aug 19, 2011
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  12. daryldeal

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    looks like dell will regain the top spot
     
    daryldeal, Aug 19, 2011
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  13. LukeS

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    I'll bet that in a few years the majority of consumer pc sales will be by boutique's and resellers to the enthusiast / gaming market. Most of the "average" consumers will be buying trimmed down tablets and netbooks.

    More and more businesses are moving away from full pc's already, switching to dumb terminals and cloud computing.
     
    LukeS, Aug 19, 2011
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  14. talin

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    So I was right in the OT thread I posted in; it is because of tablets.

    What that sounds like to me is, they're going to give it 12 to 18 months for sales to pick up, if not, they're getting out.
     
    talin, Aug 19, 2011
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  15. lazard

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    They're spinning off the PC division, just like IBM did a couple years back.
     
    lazard, Aug 19, 2011
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  16. Electric Shock

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    So either another company will be selling PCs with the HP name, or some other company will be selling PCs with the HP look like Lenovo does with the old IBM brands.
     
    Electric Shock, Aug 19, 2011
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    It's the PSG (personal systems group) that makes pcs, printers, phones/pdas, etc...
     
    Xerloq, Aug 19, 2011
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