The Fate of PCs at HP

The Fate of PCs at HP

HP's largest PC manufacturer in the world to announce that they are not really in the history of the "build your own PC" anymore, thanks to double-digit profit margins in many other areas of their business portfolio.

This is a reasonable (albeit dramatic) decision, but without a conclusion; options are mulled, but the foundry continues to churn out desktops and laptops, which might also need a new logo for the next year or two. This leaves a lot of questions on the table.

If the power of the HP brand is on the table, where consumers will be back.!

HP was the largest manufacturer of PC (by volume), and a household name since time immemorial. Of course, there are many manufacturers out there, ready to sell a desktop or laptop. And while certainly offer great products, Acer and Toshiba names are not necessarily the first that comes to mind for the average consumer. Are these players to step in and fill the void for consumers who want a Windows machine, or is out of Dell's supply of champagne.

Is this IBM

Spin-off of its PC business remains profitable will help the company "focus on the business and SMB [small and medium] segment in which we can leverage our best value." This is a good proxy statement CEO Leo Apotheker HP's earnings call Thursday, in response to why HP is considering leaving the PC business. Only this quote is from IBM CFO Mark Loughridge in a conference call in 2004 when IBM announced that they would exit the PC business greener pastures support and software development companies.

Dealing with work turned out in the long term, as well as IBM, which has continued to make progress in supercomputers and the development of AI and Lenovo, which has become an international player in the PC market. If HP does not sell its Personal Systems Group, will be their future is so bright.

Who would buy HP's PC division, anyway!

In March, the rumor has been busy (briefly) that HP was planning to sell its PC business from Samsung in Korea as the most likely candidate to make an offer. These rumors have been canceled as mere speculation by all parties involved, but given yesterday's announcement, an agreement could be back on the table? It would be logical that the company has a strong mobile Samsung, with their goods, machines like the Samsung 9 Series ultraportable to cause a shock. The union of a giant like HP might make sense for Samsung.

If a foreign company can not take the initiative, what happens to the HP brand and employees!

When Lenovo bought IBM's PC business, IBM has a piece of money, and 18.9 percent of the shares of Lenovo. Lenovo took over production of hardware, while IBM remained "popular services and financing provider customers." Lenovo's also got to keep the IBM brand for 5 years, and absorbs 10 000 IBM employees. What does the future hold for a brand so valuable.

What happens to my warranty!

When Lenovo took over IBM's PC business, IBM and remain to provide technical support to customers, who suddenly became the owners of Lenovo's IBM PC. I can not speak of the fate of a handful of consumers hope, who have hijacked the Touchpad HP WebOS or smartphone. But HP PC for millions of families around the world would not have a lot of angry consumers, if HP does not follow the example and provide warranty service and technical updates in addition to the driver so that people do not have a PC taking orphans.

HP PSG group can survive as its own entity, on the strength of its products.

TouchSmart, envy, Elitebook, all in a portable desktop replacement Pavilion, HP has its fingers in a good PC only. If the PC business was spun off from HP, you will be able to survive without many resources from the mother ship from HP? In fact, HP's PC business was left to itself (pun intended) can do much good, by cutting the bark and articles focus on polishing the raw output of the low-end market behind.

Are there remnants of PSG is the same strategy against progressive thinking, with Synergy and WebOS.

HP had a lot of good ideas on the table that they still had to complete. Remember "Synergy?" In fact, you are probably not in March, HP announced they were preparing plans to bring WebOS for all their devices. In other words, desktops, laptops, smartphones and tablets all share a unique ecosystem. contacts and shared calendars, press units to share web pages and information you need to be invested in the platform WebOS (HP and ecosystem ) to take full advantage of this project, it was an exciting prospect.

WebOS killed by the devices and the uncertain future of the platform, Apple will (again) to make this dream a reality, a unified device ecosystem.

What about the TouchSmart? And, more specifically, the TouchSmart software!

All in one is what the next step for desktop computers. Big, lush, multi-touch screens, along with huge hard drives and many connectivity ports provide the flexibility and performance you've come to expect large desks. And it would be difficult to find a laptop in the same specced that can compete on price, leaving room in your wallet for a truck All-Purpose cheap laptop to the calculation, or even one of these tablets a worldwide new style speaking.

And when it comes all in one PC does not have an Apple logo, often came to HP in advance, the quick-service machines at an acceptable price.

But the TouchSmart line stands out. Although not always at the top of the charts, TouchSmart All-in-one to do something differently in space. The TouchSmart software suite made great strides to make sense of Windows 7 multi-touch gestures, giving users a legitimate reason to adjust the keyboard and mouse to the side and get their hands on their PC. Sound Beats offered an enhanced experience legitimate hearing is often a sensitive issue for all in a form factor. And then there's the HP TouchSmart 610, has a unique mechanism that slides on the screen of 23 inches to an angle of 30 degrees, promoting the use of its multi-touch like never before.

But more importantly, better with each update TouchSmart. PC makers are ... stubborn. An example of this struggle laptop manufacturers "to compete with Apple's MacBook Air. HP resisted the trend here. Other companies (Apple included) Just leave loved unchanged from a more thin here, a telescope is more curved. HP is always looking for ways to change and improve the user experience on their computers, from a standpoint of software and equipment. is a division of PC separate disk (or more importantly, research resources and development) to continue this tradition.

Is it (finally) at the end of the Compaq!

Ah, yes, Compaq. A relative, who went from being the largest PC vendor in the world to be acquired by HP for $ 25 million in 2002. Its technology and products are mixed in the product lines of different PSG group. With HP's PC business in limbo, what will become of this remnant of a remnant.

Consumers should steer clear of HP products!

This is difficult. HP TouchSmart Desktop as the 610 is still going to be a machine well in a week. But computers have long-term investment, HP is not necessarily out of the PC business just yet, with the promise that is going when examining options. Without a clear idea of ​​the fate of the PC business, hoping that someone could get a new laptop or desktop, such as HP, knowing that your PC can be a support network is owned by a wholly different well before the warranty is up.

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