Comments on: Which PC maker will fare best in a bad economy?

Hewlett-Packard's broad price range and product lineup could keep the tech giant rolling while others suffer.

[maxethan]

"by wic-johns764 November 14, 2008 9:54 PM PST
Apple Not A True PC?? What have you been smoking? BIOS or the lack thereof does NOT define a computer as a PC. Uhh..PC=Personal Computer=Apple Built the WORLDS FIRST PC????? Get it right JuggerNOT......sheeshhh..."

Wow, the lack of history understood by WIC-Johns764 caused me to take the time to create an account just to respond and correct the utter inaccuracy of his statement. sheeshhh...

MAC did NOT create the first PC, read up on history and you will find it was Xerox who INVENTED the windows interface which was navigated using a mouse. Xerox, stupid as any pioneering company has ever been in history, invited Steve Jobs in to 'look' at what they were working on stupidly, (like Xerox did after INVENTING The FAX machine too) thinking it would not be useful and therefore no problem to let outsiders like Jobs see it. This occured in their Palo Alto research ceter (Xerox PARC). Other interesting things Xerox engineers invented... Ethernet (no Al Gore did not invent the internet, he just invented global warming...). Here is a link to The engineer working for PARC at the time

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Metcalfe

Here is a good description of the early internet and how Digital/Intel/Xerox were the major players, NOT Apple...

I am not negative about Apple, they have done great, but they, like Bill gates, were NOT the true pioneers, thet just saw and grabbed great ideas other people had, and ran with them, and made them more marketable. Again Apple did NOT invent the personal computer. Sheeshhhh!!!

[jeremyblaze]

I believe HP will do well, for the reasons already covered. I think Dell will falter, as it is so exposed to the consumer side, and the foreign brands can usually undercut Dell's pricing significantly.

I think Apple will survive, but Apple is going to see some major fallout from all the new users who expect Macs to be perfect. We have both, and I dont care to knock Apples, but its not as easy to use as a refrigerator, and alot of the new buyers are buying into the idea it is. When they figure out that it is still a computer, the frustration and disillusionment will in many cases prompt then to buy a cheap pc next time around. I don't blame Apple, but a lot of uninformed consumers will.

I already see it happening, where people complain the software they want doesn't work on their new Mac. And the wireless printer requires a few extra steps. (Same complaints I originally heard with Vista) This could be the Apple bubble.

[SHADuck]

MONKEYFUN:

I've been waiting over vista for the past 2 years, windows 7 has to work itself out. so in january or february I will be buying my first mac-- 13.3" mac book best features for price. buying a laptop when i need it.

by the way I have bought two vista laptops with about 2 year warranties left on them

[SHADuck]

and furthermore, i've been also waiting to buy a thinkpad, but the price is actually higher than the macbook. have they thought about design??

and I own lenovo shares

[CMNetworx]

This could go either way. Mac's are expensive which will cause their sales to decrease, However PC's are loaded with windows Vista, which is Not adored by the public, and it's advertising scheme is based entirely on users being amazed by small useless features tied into a sluggish and obnoxious operating system..