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readingglasses · 08-30-2011, 01:15 AM

That's not to say that you are likely to get a lemon with apple. Just that you are more likely than with others. But most computers today are just fine.

A short sighted decision by HP based on business school obsessions with metrics rather than vision.
One thing that set apple apart is that they periodically tried to push the envelope of technology (iphone) and get people to buy something that they invented (original mac, newton) or that others weren't selling well (mp3 players).

HP, like the others, follows trends instead of leading. No company except apple has come out with a new idea in the last several years. The copycat business school lack of creativity in corporatism, as far as consumer products, is depressing. Copy, copy, copy. Lemmings.

HP sometimes tries some new gadget in the business / corporate segment but never in the consumer. Their consumer gadgets (like portable media drives) are all gearhead business oriented in spirit and only appeal to IT guys and power users, not point and click consumers.

A bad economy, where HP isn't selling fashion items but standard appliances (you buy an HP pc because you need one or just want to upgrade without spending too much), is not a good dataset to judge the viability of a business. Unless HP believes the recession will continue to affect their business because the recession will continue.
That HP is so quickly selling off their palm webos acquisition and work, is just a return to roots: back to boring corporate "seriousness" because getting in touch with the "fun" of consumerism scares them. Yes, these MBAs are indeed thaaaaat booooring.
Apple sells fashion items for fashion victims. So long as that minority has the money, they'll buy, in boomtime and recession.

HP marketing of their tablet has been non existent while they've continued to push the laptops. So it isn't merely low sales that drive this decision. It's as if they didn't want the sales. Sometimes business decisions reflect less on economic calculations and more on the personal interests of the man in charge.

08-30-2011, 01:15 AM	#143
readingglasses Zealot Posts: 124 Karma: 9252 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: (prospective) kobo touch	That's not to say that you are likely to get a lemon with apple. Just that you are more likely than with others. But most computers today are just fine. A short sighted decision by HP based on business school obsessions with metrics rather than vision. One thing that set apple apart is that they periodically tried to push the envelope of technology (iphone) and get people to buy something that they invented (original mac, newton) or that others weren't selling well (mp3 players). HP, like the others, follows trends instead of leading. No company except apple has come out with a new idea in the last several years. The copycat business school lack of creativity in corporatism, as far as consumer products, is depressing. Copy, copy, copy. Lemmings. HP sometimes tries some new gadget in the business / corporate segment but never in the consumer. Their consumer gadgets (like portable media drives) are all gearhead business oriented in spirit and only appeal to IT guys and power users, not point and click consumers. A bad economy, where HP isn't selling fashion items but standard appliances (you buy an HP pc because you need one or just want to upgrade without spending too much), is not a good dataset to judge the viability of a business. Unless HP believes the recession will continue to affect their business because the recession will continue. That HP is so quickly selling off their palm webos acquisition and work, is just a return to roots: back to boring corporate "seriousness" because getting in touch with the "fun" of consumerism scares them. Yes, these MBAs are indeed thaaaaat booooring. Apple sells fashion items for fashion victims. So long as that minority has the money, they'll buy, in boomtime and recession. HP marketing of their tablet has been non existent while they've continued to push the laptops. So it isn't merely low sales that drive this decision. It's as if they didn't want the sales. Sometimes business decisions reflect less on economic calculations and more on the personal interests of the man in charge. Last edited by readingglasses; 08-30-2011 at 01:24 AM.