Re: HP getting ready to layoff 25,000 workers.

I've been on a toy buying binge ever since 2001 when my wife passed
away and I retired and I have electronic stuff all over the house. The
current craze, though, is obviously portable devices and I've never
got into those at all. I'll just leave those for the younger
generation. For about 20 years now, I've been predicting that the next
big craze will be robots, and eventually personal robots. That's one
prediction that I've struck out on so far.

I remember back in the 70s that a lot of "experts" were predicting
revolutionary new treatments for disease in the early 21st century and
the growth of replacement, human parts, etc. That's another prediction
that hasn't materialized yet.

On May 25, 9:05 am, OccupySpring <soprano.olivi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was told laptops dont last very long and overheat easy. Thats why my
> son uses desktops for gaming.
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> I think I would like a laptop, so I could sit outside while being
> online.
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> electronics have changed so much in 20 years, I keep wondering what
> the next 20 years will bring?
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> On May 25, 8:39 am, mg <mgkel...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > Our situations are very similar. My cell phone is old and outdated and
> > I can't access the internet with it and have no desire to do so. I
> > don't own any of the mobile devices that are popular now. I did buy a
> > laptop computer once, mostly out of curiosity, and because I got it
> > for a really good price, but I only had it for a little while and then
> > sold it. I'm retired, though. So I really don't have a lot of first
> > hand information on exactly what the younger set, and especially
> > teenagers, are doing now days.
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> > On May 25, 5:22 am, OccupySpring <soprano.olivi...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > I dont really like smartphones, its too complicated to have everything
> > > on your phone. Its too small to read. I like my desktop, I guess im
> > > old fashion.
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> > > My son is a big time gamer, he has three desktops surrounded by three
> > > monitors, and uses all three when gaming... and a notebook and a
> > > smartphone. He uses his smartphone for texting and checking his FB,
> > > sending photos. The desktops are strictly for gaming, the laptop is
> > > used for research and buisness.
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> > > my cell phone is about 10 years old. I do have an ipod, but I hardly
> > > ever use it...Its good to take a quick video to send to FB, but thats
> > > about it.
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> > > On May 24, 8:35 pm, mg <mgkel...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > > I've been building desk-top computers for friends and relatives and
> > > > giving them away for almost ten years now. Currently, I have 3 of them
> > > > that I just recently built and I have found homes for 2 of them, but
> > > > surprisingly, it's not all that easy to give them away anymore. Most
> > > > people now days apparently use mobile devices, like smartphones and
> > > > notebooks, for example, and don't have much interest in desktops
> > > > anymore.
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> > > > In addition, desktop computers have become commoditized to the point
> > > > where they're all basically the same, and there's a lot of
> > > > competition, and there's very little profit margin in them anymore.
> > > > The only companies that make big profits off of desktop PCs anymore
> > > > are Intel and Microsoft while Dell and HP are struggling to keep their
> > > > head above water. I'm surprised HP didn't see this coming a long time
> > > > ago and I'm surprised that they bet virtually all their marbles on a
> > > > losing product.
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> > > > On May 23, 11:16 am, OccupySpring <soprano.olivi...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > >http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/23/technology/hp-layoffs/index.htm?iid=P...

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