I was an employee of HP then (still at HPE, a result of the split). I recall when these products came out and Carly was promoting it, Apple's market cap was aro

I was an employee of HP then (still at HPE, a result of the split). I recall when these products came out and Carly was promoting it, Apple's market cap was around $6B and HP's was 10 times that at around $60B. Some of us were thinking it would be cool if Carly did a deal with Steve and buy Apple. I'm not sure if the culture clash would have worked. But within 10 years the stock numbers were reversed and we were not in so great a position being split up.