Voodoo Envy Hewlett-Packard Is the Number One Seller of Personal Computers Worldwide

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Voodoo Envy
Hewlett-Packard is the number one seller of personal computers worldwide.  The company has been increasingly more creative in their computer designs following the trend set by Apple Inc. Hewlett-Packard has created a ultra thin laptop called the Voodoo Envy.  The laptop is less than a half inch thick and weights less than 3 1/2 pounds.  It is priced at $2000.  HP created the laptop to compete against Apple's MacBook Air and a model created by the Lenovo Group Ltd.  Both these models were priced at around $3000.   The MacBook Air does not have removable batteries or a built-in socket for plugging into Ethernet networks.   HP's Voodoo envy does have removable batteries and offers an Ethernet port that is part of its power adapter.   The Voodoo can also be booted up in less than five seconds made possible by software developed by HP.
-Refer to Voodoo Envy.With very few competitors and high product prices,those purchasing ultrathin computers now are probably the most venturesome consumers,also known as the _____.

• A) innovators
• B) late majority
• C) late adopters
• D) early adopters
• E) early majority

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