All I would say is look at what happened when ibm sold their pc business to Lenovo. Without googling, what were the issues then that people were afraid of? Did Lenovo acquire the warranty business also or did someone else purchase that?
Way back when I had a Compaq computer that required service and I remember calling HP for it. From: C.E. Gene Connor [mailto:cege...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 10:44 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: HP going out Sorry if this is ot or ?? I just heard this on cnn and searched the net for more info on the news of this. My question to you all for I know a lot of you all as I do "all my laptops,desktops etc. are HP's" What will become of mine and your support and warrenties. I still have over 3 years on some of my laptops. My question to you all is. Since I'm just a little guy, compaired to some of the bigger corps you all are connected to and have 100's or 1000's of their products etc. Will the new buyer have to stand behind what we are now getting from HP ?? info. http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/18/technology/hp_pc_spinoff/index.htm?sourc e=cnn_bin&hpt=hp_bn3 http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2011/08/19/247670/HP-announces-ma jor-shake-up-ditches-WebOS-and-PCs-buys-Autonomy-for.htm http://lifehacker.com/5832333/hp-shutting-down-operations-for-touchpad-a nd-webos-phones -- Gene C. Misc. B.S. http://genec-lori.com/ PackRat GarageSale http://genec-lori.biz/ Genes-Computers Inc. Yulee ,Fl Established 1981, Microsoft OEM Registered member, system builder & Active registered Microsoft Partner Active Charter Partner of The Association of System Builders and Integrators If you think you're beaten, Then you are! If you give up the fight, Accept it !! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin This email and any attached files are confidential and intended solely for the intended recipient(s). If you are not the named recipient you should not read, distribute, copy or alter this email. Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and do not represent those of the company. Warning: Although precautions have been taken to make sure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage that arise from the use of this email or attachments. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin