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IBM To Leave The Desktop?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the maybe-could-be dept.

Matey-O writes "John C. Dvorak's got an interesting article on IBM's behavior towards desktop PCs of late. In short, aside from the profitable laptop sales, their desktop sales lost the company roughly $1B in a serioulsy UP market. Showing no interest in the 20 year anniversary of the desktop, it looks like IBM wants to get out of the industry it effectively started. " Granted, the article is extreme conjecture, but it's still an interesting thought - the Thinkpad group, tho', rocks.

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  1. Re:For those behind the times... by danielrose · · Score: 2, Funny

    Would those be the ones who think that 3.5" disks are "hard disks"? Yeah.. Those guys are great!

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  2. On behalf of the ThinkPad group.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    we thank you :)

    -ibm thinkpad guy

  3. Re:For those behind the times... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I once had a college professor who told us that assignments had to be turned in on 'a 5.25" floppy disk or 3.5" hard disk'. So one day I handed her an old 120MB IDE hard drive. She was not amused.

  4. I can "hardly" wait by r_j_prahad · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thats all we need, a reason to make sequel to Pirates of Silicone Valley.

    I've never seen "Pirates of Silicone Valley". Would it by any chance be an adult video featuring women with artificially enhanced bosoms?

    Or maybe you meant "Silicon Valley", but I'd really rather see the other one.

  5. Alright. by NiftyNews · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...and with that he ended his strongly-worded opinion, pausing only to confirm that his post would indeed be Anonymous.

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  6. Re:For those behind the times... by Coward,+Anonymous · · Score: 2, Funny

    What do you call them then?

    Intel x86 fluent computational devices. Or Ixflucomdevs for short.

  7. Re:There's a very good REASON why IBM isn't winnin by scott1853 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I dunno, can YOU justify an extra few hundred bucks for a fancy case with a light bulb inside the case, and a window so you can see it?

    Ya do know that the only visible movement inside a case is the CPU fan, right?

    PLEASE tell me you people know that!!!!

  8. Re:IBM makes good stuff. by LazyBoy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Never let your ferret drink near the computer!

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