As many had already predicted, the LA Times rumour about Google entering the PC market has been squashed by both Google and Wall Mart. "Reporters calling Google's public relations staff about the rumor were told it is 'wholly inaccurate.' Similarly, Wal-Mart's rather busy PR team classified the Times speculation as 'a rumor without any truth to it at all.'
And why would a high-flyer like Google want to enter the death match that is the PC industry? Slugging it out with the likes of Dell and HP for a few dollars doesn't seem appealing when you've got a high-margin ad business humming."
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Just how many delusional pieces can be written about Google ? Recently we've had the office suite hype, now the PC and Google OS hype, and of course there have been many other "popular" rumours. Yes Google are interesting in a number of respects but many people seem to be projecting their unreasonable technological fantasies onto them and expecting their dreams to come true. It ain't going to happen ...
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Mountain View, CA (AP) - Google announced wednesday that they successfully negociated with Albertson's to distribute their Google Electric Blender. The GooBlender will have a search feature to search for fruits and vegetables, and it will also display sponsored ads. Retail price hasn't been announced yet.
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http://bbrv.blogspot.com/2005/11/compoogle.html
They idea is still good.
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dslreports.com was poking fun at this a few days back with an article titled "A Google Panda Army" found here: http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/70888
"We have evidence that Google is buying up all the world's pandas and creating a giant panda army. Or hey, they're creating the ultimate 1984 Orwellian nightmare. Google is buying Opera. They're creating an online office suite. They're offering national free Wi-Fi. They're creating entire cities out of cheese. Or today's unsupported rumor, they're selling dirt-cheap PC's with Google built operating systems at Walmart. Apparently this "Google Cube", will connect users to a super Google network via miles of fiber-optic Google love. Join the fun! No facts required!"
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Dying: PC resellers are selling less and less computers each year, their sales drop by about a few percentages each year.
Low-margin: Apple is supposed to have the highest margins, but on every Apple computer sold, the reseller loses about 4%-7% (same goes for iPods). However, Apple computer sales are rising like crazy. I got these figures from an Apple Reseller, by the way.
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"What do mean by dying, low-margin pc business?"
Making 10-20% when a new system sold for 2000.00 was a fare profit. Making 5% when a new system sells for 500.00, is a bit tougher to handle.
The pc repair business isn't doing so hot either. It's becoming increasingly tough to justify repairing a system which can be replaced for the same price and covered under a fresh warranty.
The days of the disposable PC are already here for some users. First sign of trouble, and they simply buy another system.
It's twisted, but it's true.
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