HP not yet Seeing Hoped-for Windows 10 ‘Stimulation of Demand,’ CEO Says
It's “incumbent” upon HP as the “global commercial PC leader” to “reinvent what the category is capable of,” such as with the introduction this week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona of the HP Elite x3 all-in-one device, CEO Dion…
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Weisler said on a Wednesday call on results for Q1 ended Jan. 31. The Windows 10-based HP Elite x3 is a “revolutionary category-creating mobile solution that brings together mobility and computing in a truly meaningful way,” Weisler said. It “unites phablet, laptop and desktop experiences into a single device,” he said. Though Windows 10 is “a tremendous operating system platform,” HP has “not yet seen the anticipated Windows 10 stimulation of demand that we would have hoped for, and we're carefully monitoring any sort of price developments that could further weaken demand,” Weisler said. Microsoft representatives didn’t comment Thursday.