Samsung Isn't Interested In HP's PC Business
Samsung Isn't Interested In HP's PC Business
Posted 08/24/2011 at 9:59am
| by Brad Chacos
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Nothing gets the rumor mill a-churnin’ like the top PC supplier around announcing that it’s selling off its PC business. Ever since HP made the earth-shaking declaration that it was looking to spin off or sell the Personal Systems Group – i.e., the PC division – portion of its business, the web’s been wondering: who would buy it? Yesterday, DigiTimes reported that Samsung was outsourcing its notebook line to free up factory space in advance of buying HP’s PC branch. Not so fast, Samsung retorted.
“Samsung Electronics said Wednesday that it has no intention of taking over Hewlett-Packard’s personal computer business,” MarketWatch reported earlier today. So that’s that, it appears – Samsung’s declaration to MarketWatch didn’t contain any of the standard “We’re keeping our options open and always evaluating possibilities” type of PR disclaimers that typically accompany statements like this.
Which company out there do you think will end up with HP’s market-leading PC line? Does anybody want it after the HP PR debacle? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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big_montana
August 24, 2011 at 11:32am
You would get market share, as HP has no manufacturing plants, as like all the othe "American" manufacturers, they have all been outsourced to China or Costa Rica. I could see Lenovo possibly stepping up and purchasing HP's pc division as they have the experience and the captial to do so. But, does not mean they will.
jbwhite99
August 25, 2011 at 2:48pm
I am trying to figure out what Lenovo would get from buying HP's PC Division, except market share. What technology does HP have to offer (IBM did have a lot of IP to offer). BTW, Lenovo owns their own manufacturing plants in a lot of regions of the world, including Mexico, China, and other places (they do have limited manufacturing in their own US plants)
lunchbox73
August 24, 2011 at 10:49am
What I don't get is what's the advantage of buying HP's PC line? It can't be name recognition because you won't be able to keep the HP name. Is it just because you'd get their supply chain, support structure, MFG plants - all that?
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