Meanwhile, PC sales are declining in the U.S. and Europe. So it's a slow/negative growth market with small profits.
Virtually all of the (non-Apple) profit in the PC market accumulates to Microsoft and Intel. Windows costs around $50, that means that even if they could make a tablet as cheaply as Apple, they would still make significantly less profit.
And there is no evidence at all that anyone can compete with the iPad right now.
Dell had $2.9 billion in consumer sales, $ 73 million profit: http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/secure/fiscal12q2_relea...
Meanwhile, PC sales are declining in the U.S. and Europe. So it's a slow/negative growth market with small profits.
Virtually all of the (non-Apple) profit in the PC market accumulates to Microsoft and Intel. Windows costs around $50, that means that even if they could make a tablet as cheaply as Apple, they would still make significantly less profit.
And there is no evidence at all that anyone can compete with the iPad right now.