HP: Inflection Point?
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After the late-model unpleasantness of HP’s foray into the
tablet space that ended before it began, they will be coming back swinging later in 2012 with variations on their tablet/laptop half-breed Elitebooks running
Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8. Adding the flexibility of the AMD APUs (CPU and GPU on the same die) and their simplifying artifact design while still providing 3-d graphics capabilities that are not normally associated with low to mid-price points (think sub $550 for one of... For HP, though, this represents an break to start leading the technology curve in the Windows business and home environment. The problem is that the former CEO and meals paid too much for it, hampering HP’s ability to shift resources to the needed R&D. Whitman’s message to her employees has been to simplify and streamline their commodity line, reducing SKU’s and giving... Tablets are becoming a big selling point for business, replacing laptops for those not chained to a desk. Say what you will about another cast that has enough skeletons in its closet to fill an encyclopedia, but the AMD A-series, Llano and now Trinity, processors represent a new opportunity at the low to mid end consumer bounty point that meshes...
Source: msnbc.com