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> This the latest in a string of deals by Toshiba, which has been forced to sell off units to repair a balance sheet after the bankruptcy of a nuclear energy su
by FussyZeus 8y ago
> This the latest in a string of deals by Toshiba, which has been forced to sell off units to repair a balance sheet after the bankruptcy of a nuclear energy subsidiary.
So it's not really related to the perpetually prophesied "end of pc era" that the tech media has been waxing poetic about since the first iPad release, it's because Toshiba's having financial troubles.
- pdpi 8y agoThey’re still selling the unit for less than $40M, coming from a market leader position a few years ago. Not exactly a vote of confidence insofar as the industry is concerned
- FussyZeus 8y agoI mean, everyone and their mother has a laptop line at this point. I could see buying another company's brand of laptops as more about securing a new label than about something you actually want to make.
- scarface74 8y agoThere isn't any profit in being just a commodity PC maker.
- saint_fiasco 8y agoBut surely they would have sold some other unit instead, if the laptop unit had been more profitable.
- Arnt 8y agoThat doesn't make sense. The profitable units are the ones that can be sold for good money, and money is the reason for selling.
- throwaway2048 8y agoyou however are going to unload the crap first, if you care at all about the future of the company.
- FussyZeus 8y agoThat assumes the company has a future, which if they're selling off divisions as part of bankruptcy is far from a sure thing.