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Originally Posted by jocampo
HP server's market is one of the strongest sides of HP . The bank where you have your money now, it is probably running an HP blade server with Oracle on top.
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Yep, but there is a huge distinction between their business products and their consumer products. Just because there a millions and millions of consumer laptops and PCs floating around doesn't make HP better. They have a proven track record of using the cheapest of the cheap components (yes, everyone has to save pennies, but HP seems to be the worst), and their support centers have some of the worst track records of any tech company.
As for apps... I'm well-known for my dislike of Apple. I appreciate the products for what they are, and I'd be a complete idiot for not recognizing there apps library is enormous. Android has a much smaller app market, but it also grew much faster than did Apple's. Palm had tons of apps back in the day, most of which have no relevance anymore.
I do think lots of folks, especially businesses, will buy the HP tablet, but at the projected price points it's going to have a very tough time competing in the consumer market.