HP’s revival plan: Hope the death of Windows XP spurs PC sales

HP could certainly use a lucky break and the company thinks it may just get one as soon as Microsoft stops supporting Windows XP next year. Computerworld reports that HP executives are banking heavily on the demise of Windows XP to revive their fortunes and have even come up with a catchy slogan to describe the opportunity: “Goodbye XP, Hello HP.” Enrique Lore, the senior vice president and general manager of HP’s business PCs, said during a press conference this week that HP sees the end of XP as “a big opportunity” while adding that consumers looking to replace their XP-based machines would deliver a “significantly” bigger boost to flagging PC sales than Windows 8 ever would. Lore also said that HP hoped to differentiate itself from the PC pack by building products that “are cool.”