HP to Drop iTunes in 2006?

Shame HP

Not such a good thing.

I'm sorry to hear HP is doing that.I think it's a big mistake.But hey! HP usually makes big mistakes anyway.
They should stick to making printers imho.

so? can't users just download it anyway?

Can you blame them? Why pre-install iTunes when you aren't selling iPods? The only reason then put iTunes on their PCs was to cut down on customer support calls of how do I install iTunes. Now not having iPods themselves, its up to Apple to help a user get iTunes installed. Also, iTunes is a money maker for Apple. Whey give someone else advertisement if you aren't getting anything out of it? Sounds like a good business move by HP.

I have a request for ALL PC makers. Stop bundling all of this crap at all!! Give me a clean system and let me decide.

grapes911 said:

Can you blame them? Why pre-install iTunes when you aren't selling iPods? The only reason then put iTunes on their PCs was to cut down on customer support calls of how do I install iTunes. Now not having iPods themselves, its up to Apple to help a user get iTunes installed. Also, iTunes is a money maker for Apple. Whey give someone else advertisement if you aren't getting anything out of it? Sounds like a good business move by HP.

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Microsoft won't give them anything. And if they think they can make money by opening their own store they're sadly mistaken. I'm not saying they should continue to bundle iTunes, but what are they really going to do?

David

Strategy?

HP has a Strategy? Since when?

ericdano said:

HP has a Strategy? Since when?

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To not go out of business. So far... so OK.

Arcus said:

I have a request for ALL PC makers. Stop bundling all of this crap at all!! Give me a clean system and let me decide.

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Amen! When I got my new gateway computer, about 1/2 the bundled crap didn't even work because it was all internet based and the service hadbeen shut down.

yellow said:

To not go out of business. So far... so OK.

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HP is like the #2 computer maker in the world.

Seems logical. Microsoft has power over HP. Apple has none at the moment. So HP bows to Microsoft. No surprise. iTunes is still a free download with huge mindshare, and bundled on CD with every iPod.

MacFan782040 said:

HP is like the #2 computer maker in the world.

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that says more than you realize

thejadedmonkey said:

Amen! When I got my new gateway computer, about 1/2 the bundled crap didn't even work because it was all internet based and the service hadbeen shut down.

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I think that--besides loading down the system--it makes for poor show. The idea of a 'desktop' is to have a loose analogy of a (virtual) desk. When I buy a new desk at the furniture shop, I expect it to be clean, inside and out, after it's been assembled.

What do I find? AOL, Netscape, EarthLink, and half a dozen other 'browsers' on a Windows desktop, plus a bunch of other shortcuts to 'Install trial version of Quickbooks Pro now,' or some such.

Apple handles things a *little* better, maybe, since it's easier to uninstal this junk and I know that it's not loading the system down; I see that it pays the bills--even for Apple--to do some dealings with, say, EarthLink.

One wonders if this is due to some external pressure from MSFT and their OS discounts...I am not saying it is happening, but you know it is especially with MSFT's new store ariving...

They need to spend more of their effort making stylish and light notebooks that lure unsuspecting female Taiwanese into their grasp.

MacFan782040 said:

HP is like the #2 computer maker in the world.

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Well... You have Dell up here at the top.. and then a million miles away, the rest, including HP and Gateway and others. HP's CPU sales were bad so their solution was to buy Compaq. Smart move. But their new CEO is much better suited to pulling them out of the rut they were in. Anyway.. I didn't say they were out of business. They're still in business. And their stock has come back quite well from where it was a few years ago.

But as far as business models go.. Not too much computer innovation coming from them, right?

No surprise, and you can hardly blame them. Why on earth would they give Apple a free helping hand? There's no reason to.

HP has a digital media strategy? Since when.

I guess nobody was buying them, opting for the real deal instead. Maybe people thought that HP somehow messed with the insides, so they were unsure about buying from them.

-mark

avkills said:

HP has a digital media strategy? Since when.

I guess nobody was buying them, opting for the real deal instead. Maybe people thought that HP somehow messed with the insides, so they were unsure about buying from them.

-mark

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Since the new CEO took over..
I'm guessing HP's strategy is to hang on to Microsofts coat tails.

deanbo said:

Not such a good thing.

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...for HP.

Who cares?

Oh, didn´t think of Steve

Arcus said:

I have a request for ALL PC makers. Stop bundling all of this crap at all!! Give me a clean system and let me decide.

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That, however, isn't a majority view. Most people use PCs for personal use mostly because they are used to them and find them simple, so when they get their brand new computer, they're ready to start using Media Player, MS Word, and Solitaire as soon as it is turned on. They dont' use Apples becase they are scared to branch out and entertain the thought that that pre-bundled Windows junk is the best of the best and the only thing worth using.

Rock on Apple.

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deanbo said:

Not such a good thing.

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...for HP.

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Please explain to me why not bundling someone else's software, that someone else will make the money from, is bad for HP?