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Microsoft – Glaring Obsolescence

          Microsoft is still missing the opportunity created by laptop obsolescence. The Surface Pro 3 is far more than a laptop replacement but so far Microsoft...

HPQ Q3A – Gentle drift

          HPQ is drifting from one quarter to the next with no direction.  HPQ reported good Q3A revenues as market share was gained but weaknesses in...

Lenovo Q1A – Breathing space

          Improvements give Lenovo more space to invest and execute. Lenovo reported good Q1 results as its handset business and PC business both grew share. This...

Surface Pro 3 – Portable desktop.

          Not a laptop replacement but something much better. The Surface Pro 3 has significant issues but it is the first product capable of changing the...

PCs Q2A – Signs of life

          RFM still expects the PC market to grow in H2 2014. Both IDC and Gartner gave their estimates of the PC market in Q2 and...

PCs – Two tides

          RFM continues to see the growth in the PC market in 2014E. Intel increased its Q2 guidance as end-of –life XP machines are being upgraded...

Computex 2014 – New life

          The PC market is far from dead. It is just changing.   Computex has kicked off in Taiwan and this year, more than ever, it...

HPQ Q2A– Slash and burn.

          No strategy means no recovery. Hewlett Packard reported Q2 14A results earlier than expected as it announced another 11,000-16,000 jobs are to go on top...

Lenovo Q4A– The thin red line.

          Lenovo can only just afford its strategy Lenovo reported reasonable Q4 14A results but the addition of Motorola will almost tip Lenovo into the red....

Microsoft – Keeping mum.

          Good launches but no clues given for the longer term. Microsoft stuck firmly to the script at its press conference when it launched Office for...