But isn't this what Meg would say if she *WAS* selling it ?
See: Leo devalued HP's PC business by making a premature anounciculation. If Meg wants to do some "damage control" before finding a buyer that's the first thing she would leak in media.
HP may not lop off its PC biz after all: CEO Meg Whitman is still chewing the stats and weighing up the impact on its other hardware operations. Whitman is set to make the final decision at the end of this month, though HP's board were already getting cold feet before the exit of former CEO Leo Apotheker, who hatched the plan …