HP Out of Personal Computer Biz?
 

http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/18/tech...htm?hpt=te_bn1

You guys hear about this? Doesn't surprise me.

Kinda annoyed they'd abandon their customers that purchased the TouchPad.

Wow, abandon a line one month after it was launched, pretty incredible!

Kinda flopped like the Microsoft Kin did. Now days, people don't need a full on PC for their day to day tasks. A tablet or even a phone is good enough. My phone can browse the full web just as well as my pc can. My fiance has a LG tab that has replaced her laptop. Shes does not need a PC at all anymore. All the majority of people do online is shop and social media. What do they need a PC for?

True, most people don't really need one anymore.

I ended up getting the Xoom and iPad tablets. I thought I'd like the iPad better but the Xoom's starting to win my vote. Gotta love getting free stuff from work.

People are sick of their control over their PC's
they (HP) think they are microsoft or something. persistent ****e software and Partitions backup etc...rubbish. Everything HP I have had is nobbled and crappy especially their external Drives YUK!
Good riddance I say!

Hehe, I've gone to a lot of their re seller seminars where they push their blade servers and thin client solutions. Every single time I come away disappointed.

We prefer Dell servers anyway and blades are freaking expensive.

I run two hp proliant switches at work and they are amazing. Two years now without the smallest issue and they both have a lifetime warranty. I've not been too impressed by their pc's though.

I am lower level IT than you Scott so my experience with equipment in the above mentioned field is non existent, I meant their PC's in my reference only so it seems they do make some good stuff.
My very first PC was a Dell
I now have great confidence in Giga..te and Nv...a Hardware for my builds.

BTW, the TouchPad is on sell in some locations for $99 now. You can pick it up and put Linux or Honeycomb on it if you don't like their OS.

:)