So the world's largest PC manufacturer plans to quit, so what does that mean? Some tech experts say it's the death for PCs. That could possibly be the case, but only because PC companies like HP are turning and running instead of fighting back!
Last week HP announced that they will stop making webOS devices, but shockingly they're also considering spinning-off their PC business and most likely selling it. HP is currently the largest PC manufacturer in the world, but it seems as though they're picking up IBM's playbook and spinning off their PC hardware. Basically, they're going to take their most profitable part of their business and toss it overboard.
HP makes money on PCs! Hell, it was a third of their revenue last year alone. But they think that people don't want PCs anymore, and it's easier to pull the plug than to try and resuscitate it. What's HP's excuse? CEO Leo Apotheker blames it on the "tablet effect" and says HP has definitely felt it. We all know that the "tablet effect" is the same thing as the "Apple effect."
There's not denying that Apple's business is expanding while the PC market is slowing down. But how the heck are you going to keep up with Apple if you just quit innovating?
Throwing in the towel on the TouchPad and webOS only after six weeks doesn't cut it. I agree the TouchPad wasn't all that great, but webOS is amazing! The problem with the TouchPad wasn't webOS, the problem was hardware. How do I know that? WebOS ran twice as fast on an iPad 2 than it did on a TouchPad. So if you screw up on hardware, all you have to do is fix it and release the TouchPad 2.
Back to the PC department. Just because the demand for Apple products are going up and PC demand is down doesn't mean you need to quit. The world needs PC manufacturers to innovate! If the world's biggest PC manufacturer doesn't, then who the hell will?
Apple won't be the reason that the PC dies. The only way the PC can die is if PC manufacturers turn into pussies and run away. We need Apple competitors. We need better Apple competitors! Many of my friends switched from a PC laptop to a MacBook Pro a few years ago. Many of them went to Apple because of FinalCut Pro. Apple has fucked up with the new FinalCut and OS X Lion, so there's no reason these guys can't switch back to a PC. OS X Lion has left a bitter taste in many Apple fans, just as Vista did with Windows fans. But the thing is, these consumers need a compelling reason to come back to PCs.
Intel is trying to make it easier for PC manufacturers by investing $300 million so they can finally make a MacBook Air competitor that's worth a damn without the high price tags. Take the money, use it, and make something good!!
I'm sorry, I don't want to live in a world made by Apple. I like buttons! I like options! But damn, if PC manufacturers don't come up with better products, then that's the world we're going to be stuck in. It's not the world that us consumers create, it'll be created by the PC manufacturers that are too slow to adapt and run for the hills.
We need you HP! Grow some fucking balls and start fighting!
Hilarious clip about the Death of webOS, enjoy:
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