Who will Buy HP’s Dragon?
HP let me borrow a 20-inch “Dragon” HDX notebook for a day while I was in Shanghai. The HDX is definitely an eye-catcher with some great specs, but I still wonder how well it will actually sell. I’d love to have one of these, but the steep price tag and lack of true portability will probably keep me from picking one up.
I invited analyst Samir Bhavnani from Current Analysis West, to share his thoughts about the HDX.
He thinks the HDX will sell two to three times better than the XPS M2010. Dell launched the XPS M2010 last year at CES and I’ve yet to see one out in the wild. Bhavnani says unlike Dell, HP has a strong retail presence and simply having the HDX at stores will be a great marketing move fore the rest of its consumer notebooks. HP might not sell a ton Dragons, but the 20-incher will create a halo effect and help HP sell lots of smaller notebooks.
Samir and I agree that the HDX really should have a handle on it. If HP doesn’t want to add to the already large dimensions with a handle like the XPS, there should at least be some rubberized grip points on the case.
HP is pitching this notebook to students and others with cramped living arrangements, but will those same people be able to shoehorn one of these into their small spaces?
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I have ‘dreams’ of this laptop(?).One day when I’m able to afford one of these(in the near future!),I will have it home with me handling some serious work. . great going HP!
I just bought it, great stuff, costed be around $ 6798 along with the upgrades I asked them in it. wonderful piece of equipment.
hiii nik hru i manish from india i want to know that what are the features of the ‘hp dragon’ and also reply me that at what price can i buy this laptop in india or u can add me as your freind in orkut at the above mail address
hiii nik hru i manish from india i want to know that what are the features of the ‘hp dragon’ and also reply me that at what price can i buy this laptop in india or u can add me as your freind in orkut at the above mail address…..manish06rs049@rediffmail.com
Aimed at students? and you said it costs between 5000$ to 6000$ ???
Only ppl who are going to buy these are the ones that are tech savy, ready to shell money on new stuff (iphone owners??!!)
Pavath,
The HDX is obviously not for your average starving student ;-)
I have one on order and can not wait to get it!! All the reviews have me a little frightened about the size and weight. I purchased it to help with my business, I needed a laptop with a great screen to be on location for photo shoots. 20.1″ should be enough to see if everything is in focus and colors are right!!! I hope anyway. Seems that it may not be as portable as I was thinking. Only time will tell. HP is doing a great job of getting this unit out there and tested/talked about. Great review!
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The specs is very impresive. Reviewers held it high, but buying one of those is merely buying on impulse, a very expensive one.
If you want a large screen, I’m sure there is one somewhere out there (for desktops perhaps)that would abide that want. If you want it for your bussiness, you need portability, which in this stuff is a mere illusion. If it is used as a server, then it does not need to be moved at all, a situation where a desktop makes a perfect candidate. If you want it to view your pictures, a 20.1″ screen is way too much.
Its portability (of sorts) might have been attractive (is attractive) for students(who may need to bring thier pc with them to thier homes at times) and people with small quarters(who needto conserve space), but the price is enough for such people to think of it as an unreachable luxury. For students (while still in school) their parents would not even think of considering buying that for them. for others, they would have doupts if buying one is really worthed the financial trouble it may bring.
I think the one that would buy it are not the students at all, but the tech savvy, and a rich one at that, who just want to have to most coollest gadget they could get thier hands on. Those are the people that Parvat describes(somewhat negatively).
If their goal for manufacturing this is for students and other people with cramped places to buy for thier needs,they failed to reach thier goal terribly. Such people could not afford such item, the very same reason why they don’t have large rooms in the first place. I’m one of them, so I know.
I said a lot of terrible stuff, but still, It would be great for anyone to have one. Even I would treasure it. It would be my most prized and cared for posession if I could get one. But the price, most would not even hope of being able to buy that in my lifetime.
Parvat you are confused man, the PRIZE package is worth $5000 because it adds in a LOT of software (like Microsoft Office which alone can cost $300-$600) like applications and games, as well as Blue Ray movies like the Pirates of the Carribean trilogy in FULL HD! The regular unit costs anywhere from $1679 up to $4000 (which is around where mine is most likely going to cost though I’m aiming at lower..perhaps around $3600-$3900) or even up to 6000..but it depends on what HOW you configure it. I really pray I can win this instead but if I have to I am planning on buying it HOPEFULLY within a month or two. I’m trying to wait until they get back the rolling case in stock as well as the Blue Ray/HD RW drive, because they only have the ROM drive in stock. Having this thing would be such a blessing for my 3D/2D animation, web design/mastering, drawing/painting, music composition, video editing, and more. To win this would be even better though!
Yeah! your right dominick. If you could not win buy one. Well it might took mighty long months before it come to our country but I’ll wait.