NutMeg Whitman: HP is building 'the PC that God wants'

[denem]

HP CEO Whitman: We've built the PC that GOD wants

HP's CEO Meg Whitman says the company is not just turning around its various messes, but is doing so well it has gleaned sufficient insights into the divine and can build a computer to God's specifications.

That computer is the Z1 workstation ... “If God needed a computer, this is the one he would build”. Whitman, a former Republican candidate for the governorship of California, was happy to repeat that comment today as she talked up the company's PC range at the at the Canalys Channels Forum in Bangkok, a venue a long way from the USA's conservative heartland. How the comment will go down there is anyone's guess.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/23/hp_ceo_whitman_weve_built_the_pc_that_god_wants/

And, no doubt, Windows 8.1 is 'a remarkable triumph'.

[Solly Mack]

1. Just needs to rest every 7 days.

[hatrack]

2. . . . .

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. ...

[Berlum]

4. WitiLeeks reports that HP is actually in league with the usual Republicon ally: His Nibs (R)

[HereSince1628]

5. My guess, you can plan on being required to tithe to your IT guy.

[dembotoz]

6. sorry this is so stupid i can't even think up a funny response

[denem]

7. Um ... how about this "Governor Meg Whitman"

sorry

[dballance]

8. Wow, the Z1 is so innovative it looks like a Windows version of a iMac.

Yep, thats sheer genius there Meg. Copy an Apple design that's been around for years in a desktop market that's quickly loosing to the tablet generation.

BTW the 27" iMac starts at $1799, not $2499. You sure aren't going to get many converts with that price. Also, I'm not sure it's going to be attractive to corporate users at that price either. You can get a good monitor that you can keep far longer than the cpu and a traditional desktop box far cheaper than $2499 and then replace the cpu as needed. With the Z1, maybe you can upgrade the HDD and memory but you're still stuck with whatever cpu you got to begin with. That's a flaw with the iMac too, IMHO.

I guess "God" must like plagiarizing.

[DetlefK]

9. Here's an image of the Z1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z1_%28computer%29




Bazinga!

[C_U_L8R]

10. Fortunately Apple is for the rest of us.

[cleanhippie]

11. So she is saying that this new computer is fictional, too?

[hootinholler]

12. Because everyone prays that it will boot. n/t

[xfundy]

13. Repugs will use God to sell ANYTHING.

Especially hate.