[lonewolfny42]

If there's a notch on the technology timeline demarcating the PC and post-PC eras, we might have just crossed it.

Hewlett-Packard on Thursday effectively announced it was done with the personal computer....it's pulling the plug on its highly promoted TouchPad tablet, less than two months after it hit the market.

Here's the story....

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/18/MN5H1KP2PP.DTL&type=tech

[richidoo]

I guess computer hardware has become just a commodity business now and nobody can beat Chinese at that game. HP is not a Dell or Gateway, they are a technology leader, so this is long overdue.

http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/08/18/h-p-spinoff-carlys-final-goodbye/?section=magazines_fortune

[lonewolfny42]

News of a sweet deal....

http://www.dailytech.com/16GB+32GB+HP+TouchPads+Drop+to+99+149+Starting+Tomorrow/article22501.htm

[Tyson]

I work for HP.  In the software division, luckily.

[neekomax]

I guess computer hardware has become just a commodity business now and nobody can beat Chinese at that game.
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/08/18/h-p-spinoff-carlys-final-goodbye/?section=magazines_fortune

Tell that to Apple.

[TheChairGuy]

Gonna' be a little weird next time I shop for a PC not to see the HP, or Compaq, name among the choices in the mix.

I already see a lot more Toshiba, Samsung, Asus and Acer than I've seen previously so HP must've been losing some major market share which must've been a factor in this decision. Lower sales at paltry margins make for good divisions to axe

Indeed, times-are-a-changing in the world 

[Quiet Earth]

HP lost their way a long time ago. Their true identity was deleted when they sold their soul to a company that is called Agilent.

[Don_S]

HP lost their way a long time ago. Their true identity was deleted when they sold their soul to a company that is called Agilent.

Quiet Earth
????????????????  HP spun off Agilent. What are you trying to say? I have never worked for a corporation or govenment agency that had a soul.

[pjchappy]

Quiet Earth
????????????????  HP spun off Agilent. What are you trying to say? I have never worked for a corporation or govenment agency that had a soul.

Regardless of your feelings and experience, let's not turn this thread into some corporation bashing and/or economic argument thread.


Paul

[Don_S]

Paul,

That was not my intention at all.  I was just trying to make sense of the nonsense post by Quiet Earth.  I realize now that was a mistake. 

FWIW, am a fan of HP products.  I have owned them in the past, currently own several, and, if the brand survives, would consider them in the future.  I also hope for the best for HP employees.  You totally misunderstood my post. You are throwing rocks at the wrong person.

(Sent from my HP laptop.)  

Regardless of your feelings and experience, let's not turn this thread into some corporation bashing and/or economic argument thread.


Paul

[Quiet Earth]

All I meant from my first post was that HP dissected the company into pieces and discarded their core existence many years ago. This happened way before the "spin off" of Agilent. (Spin Off? Wow, more like brain and heart amputation, but I can dig.)

Anyway, it's no big surprise to me that they don't want to make computers anymore and have decided to make either high end servers or espresso machines for Starbucks. For real,,,,,,,,,,,,,, well, the servers anyway.

Hope that makes more sense. No hard feelings. (Honest  )

[Don_S]

Quiet Earth,

Thank you for the explanation.  I think we may share some of the same regret for HP's condition.  As a Sacramento resident I think of HP as a local company and I want the company (actually the employees) to do well.  As a consumer, I am chagrined that I may not have HP as a choice when I purchase my next computer.  My first choice would have been HP.  I just helped my sister pick out her first laptop and I encouraged her to buy HP. They are (were) my "go-to" company*.

*Tablets excluded 

All I meant from my first post was that HP dissected the company into pieces and discarded their core existence many years ago. This happened way before the "spin off" of Agilent. (Spin Off? Wow, more like brain and heart amputation, but I can dig.)

Anyway, it's no big surprise to me that they don't want to make computers anymore and have decided to make either high end servers or espresso machines for Starbucks. For real,,,,,,,,,,,,,, well, the servers anyway.

Hope that makes more sense. No hard feelings. (Honest  )