PC sales in the toilet? Excuse Lenovo while it gut laughs at you Chinese PC sales juggernaut Lenovo rolled into town with another set of double-digit growth numbers for its fiscal Q3 as rivals continue to scratch around for what they can get. The firm hasn't yet toppled HP from the top of the global PC market but sales were up 12 per cent to $9.4bn and profit rose 34 per cent to $205m for …
Good bits about lenovo.
Well made. Good spec for good price.
Cash back deals
Good expansion
Windows 8 / 7 downgrade / upgrade
Bad bits
Support.....
Using differeing part numbers depending on what system you are in
Lenovo docking station compatibility information.......
Generalised specification where everything is listed as an option and nothing is confirmed as either in a specific system or not.
It's a 34% rise, but a 34% rise on something that was giving them ~1.4% profit (and now gives them ~2%) of profit on turnover. This is still pretty insignificant given that Lenovo is geared towards the business market, which should make more than the consumer market. If Lenovo can continue this growth trend for the next ten years, then they can indeed flip the bird to the rest of the market, otherwise they don't have that much to be proud of.
It would seem that the UK, US and Asian economies are teetering on the edge of a deeper economic recession. Lenovo might have captured some contracts that are helping them currently, but like Microsucks and InHell, Lenovo is not immune to the worlwide economic meltdown.
From what I am seeing the 2012 Christmas tablet buzz has faded. People who bought tablets over christmas now see their limitations, they like the convenience of them, however they realize their only a secondary device and not capable of long duration serious work.
The PC / Laptop (be that Windows, Mac or Linux OS) is still the defacto primary productive choice for 99% of individuals.
Windows 8 is actually fine once you learn a few shortcut keys.
The ultrabook prices are finally starting to drop, Dell Inspiron 15z is an example of a quality device well priced.
When touch becomes the norm on mainstream laptops I expect a jump in demand.
Still plenty of life in the PC / Laptop market once the product innovates like Windows 8.
It's sensibly servicing markets where PC's still show growth and is skillfully nicking business where it isn't, ergo from Dell, HP and others. Nothing wrong in this tack but don't for one minute think Lenovo will stick to this tram-line. They're big enough and astute enough to go for where the growth now is. when they have exhausted current growth potential.
People aren't upgrading their PC software because it worked last year and works today. Thus no new money.
People don't have tablets, and are being told they MUST have one - and the new software too. - New money.
Simples.
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