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This essay examines Hewlett-Packard and its time during the 1980s. The paper examines the environment of the time in terms of technology, and disucsses decisions made by H-P's engineers and managers that have helped make it a successful and prosperous company today. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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might even have a H-P computer, or remember the heyday of the 1980s, during which H-P calculators were popular. However, the H-P trademark is seen most often on LaserJet printers
in home and offices. The purpose of this paper is to examine how Hewlett-Packard operated during the 1980s as a PC
and technology manufacturer before moving into the area of peripherals for personal computers, and becoming successful in terms of producing printers that could be tied to the personal computing systems
that were becoming so popular in both homes and offices. These days, H-P does sell computers and other technology equipment, but it is best known for its high-quality, affordable printers.
The industry - 1980s At the start of the 1980s, the personal computer was mainly for those who made a lot of
money. Even though Tandy and Apple had come out with their first desktop computer models, mainframes were still the mode in which businesses worked, with computers primarily being used for
numbers crunching or financial analysis. At-home computers - for work or for play - were extraordinarily rare, as they were slow and cumbersome, and had very little memory for even
the basic software applications. As the technology changed, however, and became less expensive to produce, personal-computing systems began slowly to infiltrate the
business world and the home offices. The early 1980s saw the development of basic word processing systems such as Wang and IBM
DeskWriters, which had minimal storage (everything needed to be saved on floppy disks) and a slower speed; yet it was a definite improvement over the standard typewriter. By the end
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