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Hi David, I guess what I am trying to understand is what will give HP the edge here? Clearly it won’t price.
Your first point (availability) might give them an advantage but it’s temporary.
The HP brand is worth a few points but not enough for the £130 difference.
People who choose a laptop on the basis of its small size tend to be up-market consumers, I doubt this is for them since they can afford better machines in the same size range.
My reference to Vista is purely to do with familiarity; the average consumer, for now at least, is more familiar with Windows systems, if given a choice they’re more likely to choose a Windows machine over a Linux machine.
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