HP has spent the last few years in a pissing contest with Dell.  HP enjoys being able to say that they ship more computers than any other company, but with a lot of smart moves Dell has been making recently.  Resisting being undone, HP is focusing on netbooks since it’s a section of computers that are growing rapidly.

They aren’t just trying to keep their lead by introducing netbooks, but they’re getting creative.  Expect them to have 4-10 different flavors and price points in the next 12 months.  Since HP owns Compaq, expect a few netbooks to come out under the Compaq name.  Also, when you figure that HP is the biggest retail brand being carried everywhere from Best Buy to Costco you can see that things are going to be interesting.

Hopefully this will mean that prices will come down.

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