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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 06:21 AM Original message |
In nod to IBM, HP overhaul minimizes consumers |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. Their products had become fairly crappy, anyway |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 06:48 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Still better than Dell and Gateway. |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. After 3 decades of working with personal computers professionally |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Maybe Dell sells better PCs to businesses. But for home computers they suck. And they |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. HP is the worst for proprietary replacement parts |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. That's it exactly. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Agreed |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 07:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I don't think HP will unload printers. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. yes they are. and hp is super jerky about it. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. Thanks, Carly! |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 06:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. seriously. |
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DissedByBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Even the Republicans |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. IBM retains its golden goose of mainframes to tide it through hard times. |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 07:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Just because you have never heard of them doesn't mean they don't exist |
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MurrayDelph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. It's just a shame |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Actually the counter argument is its printer business. |
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Tempest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. IBM's golden goose wasn't the mainframe division |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. 40% of IBM's profits from mainframe sales and services. |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
6. lol |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
8. Sounds like their TouchPad failure is causing shock waves throughout the company. |
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targetpractice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. HP sold it's PC business partly because of the "tablet effect" |
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wilt the stilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
9. I still like their hardware |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. They just bought Autonomy for 11 billion |
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CatholicEdHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
12. Not a fan of their hardware at all |
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wilt the stilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 10:05 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I have both a Lenovo and a HP business |
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Mr K (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
17. This is good news for America! |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. The days of the computer built at your corner store are largely over. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I think you are slightly too negative |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. What a shame, I like Compaq PCs. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-19-11 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. The most important thing they could do... |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-20-11 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
28. A friend asked my advise on buying a laptop... |
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