[bruceboughton]

When was the last time Lenovo, Asus or HP innovated on anything? They can knock out solid PCs but they are not innovators in PC hardware (any more).

[scholia]

So you don't think the Asus Transformer represented any sort of hardware innovation? The Asus Padphone? The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon? The TouchSmart 9300 Elite? Really?

[bruceboughton]

Asus Transformer & PadFone - perhaps. I'm far from convinced though.

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon - what is the innovation? Carbon Fiber?

TouchSmart 9300 Elite - an iMac clone with an external power brick?

[scholia]

You need to do more product research. What's the point of claiming a "lack of innovation" if you don't actually have a clue what innovations these products offer?

[bruceboughton]

Please educate me then. What are the innovations? Because the product pages do an incredibly poor job of showing me.