We have a lot of questions about HPs lovely new leather-bound laptop,the Spectre Folio.
Will it have that gorgeous leather smell?
Will it age like a fine book?
Just how sticky will it get?
Were here to find out.
The journey begins
The first port of call was trying to get some information from HP itself.
I was hoping Id get a straight answer when I asked:
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The answer I received?
A percentage isnt going to cut it.
I need to know the precise(-ish) number of cows that are going to die, dammit.
This means we need maths.
Next up, we have to work out roughly how much of HPs Spectre Folio is covered in leather.
Lets look at some photos.
Clearly, leathers coating both sides of the unit.
Lets have a closer look.
Ah, so theres a touchpad in there too, good to know.
Then, we need to work out the area of the leather around the trackpad.
This makes the size of this section about166.4cm2.
The approximate area of leather across the entirety of the equipment is1666.56cm2.Or, to round it up,0.1666m2.
A truly devilish measurement.
Cow time
Next, we need to work out how much leather an average cow can produce.
And by work out, I of course mean take a figure from elsewhere.
Thats good enough for me.
This means that an average cow can produce28.5 Spectre Folios.
Time for some more assumptions.
To begin, lets assume that 2017 and 2018 will have very similar sales figures.
So,according to Statista, HP shipped55.48 millioncomputers in 2017.
This gave them21 percentof the personal computer market share in that period.
These devices accounted for5.2 percentof the personal computer market.
For the sake of argument, lets assume this is true of HPs sales too.
A quick glance onHPs websiteshows that it currently sellssixdifferent types of 2-in-1 devices.
For ease, lets say HP sells an equal amount of each.
This means that over the course of a year, HP can expect to sell around480,000Spectre Folios.
Which sounds pretty realistic.
How many cows will they need to murder if they sell that many?
HP is going to send 16,842 bovines to the murder factory to support its new product line.
Thats an awful lot of cows.
But how many cows is itreally?
So, good riddance?
No judgement over here.
