The HP firesale begins

Glenn · Aug 20, 2011, 13:40:41

HP are selling their PC/Laptop business http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/201056/20110820/hp-tries-reinvent-company-investors-turn-away-hewlett-packard-hpq.htm

They have now discounted some PC's and laptops in their range, I would think there will be many to follow. http://h41225.www4.hp.com/price_cat_rss/index.php?cc=uk&ll=en&segment=hho&view=

Technical Ben · Aug 20, 2011, 14:02:55

What? They had some of the best laptops going. Will miss them. What a strange decision. Oh well, I guess it's the market slow down.

pctech · Aug 20, 2011, 14:05:00

Who will buy a system with effectively no warranty.

Interestingly Lenovo they had outperformed the market with a 23% increase in PC sales where the market average was 2% http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/18/lenovo_first_quarter_numbers/

pctech · Aug 20, 2011, 14:49:01

This track seems appropriate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6oYX1D-0w

Lance · Aug 20, 2011, 16:49:59

HP certainly do make some of the ether laptops an desktops but I guess the margins are tight and it isn't a growth area.

Technical Ben · Aug 21, 2011, 08:38:29

Wait. Wait... I just felt a million inkjets scream out in pain, then they were suddenly silenced.

Glenn · Oct 28, 2011, 09:26:17

Now HP have decided that Leo was wrong to put the business up for sale.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/27/hp_keeping_pcs_after_all/

Rik · Oct 28, 2011, 10:41:12

Surprise, surprise.

Glenn · Oct 28, 2011, 10:44:52

I wonder if now they have a WebOS user base, they will try for a Touchpad Mk2?

Rik · Oct 28, 2011, 10:45:49

Here comes another Apple law suit...

Steve · Oct 28, 2011, 10:59:31

I think Android has stolen the limelight over WebOS, is there room for another tablet OS?

Rik · Oct 28, 2011, 11:02:26

In the very early days of the PC, Steve, people didn't buy an OS or even a hardware spec, they bought a machine which could run Visicalc. I wonder how many end users today are that fussed by the OS, or do they look more at brand, design and usability?

Glenn · Oct 28, 2011, 12:01:14

They may try again http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/28/hp_tablet_market_run/

Steve · Oct 28, 2011, 12:46:42

Just to clarify the device will never succeed without good quality and plentiful Apps, are developers really prepared to write for another OS above IOS and Android?

Technical Ben · Oct 28, 2011, 16:39:34

I wonder if they could ask "permission" for Android compatibility?

Apple would never do it, but would Google welcome the competition? They sell the service, not the "software" that runs it. IE Google works on the Windows and Mac os, why not open up there services on the phones too?

pctech · Oct 28, 2011, 17:01:02

As HP is now controlled by Meg Whitman, the founder of ebay, i expect the next revision of WebOS will require you to store your credit card details and accept to be charged for various things just like ebay.

The tariff probably will look something like this:

Add a background: £1.50
Underline text in an e-mail: 20p per letter.
Insert a picture in an e-mail: 1p per pixel.
Playing your own music: 20p per track up to 3 minutes and 30p per minute thereafter
Switching it off and on: Free (for a promotional period but then £2 per switch off and switch on)
Realising you're being robbed blind: priceless