Re: HP Surrenders - iPad the Winner

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MuahMan <muahman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Aug 20, 1:41 pm, Alan Baker <alangba...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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 MuahMan <muah...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 20, 8:50 am, Laszlo Lebrun <lazlo_leb...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 19.08.11 23:13, Alan Baker wrote:

Actually, income before tax for HP has been running around $3 billion
the last little while on revenues of about $30 billion.

Apple's making three times as much on less revenues.

And you're glad to pay...

I'd say HP found the sweet spot for price. I went to every big box and
electronics store trying to find one of them for $99 or $129 (Office
Depot). They sold out quiiiickkkk this morning. It was like Black
Friday.

Riiiiight.

When you sell a product for less than it cost to manufacture (I'm
assuming you're talking about the TouchPad here) it's pretty easy to
price it at a lot less than the competition...

...but as an ongoing strategy it sucks.

You still don't realize, WE DON'T CARE about the company or strategy,
we care about ourselves and our wallets. Picking up a Touchpad with
WebOS (much better than iOS) for $99 is AWESOME for the consumer.

Really? How much effort do you think HP will be putting into fixing bugs?

You'll literally pay 8x as much for a product that doesn't do as much

No. One "literally" doesn't; not even close.

or even have a real browser simply because you cannot be bring
yourself psychologically to purchase a non-Apple product. I guess
you'll never be smart enough to figure out.

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