Voodoo EnvyHewlett-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. Two advantages the Voodoo Envy has over the MacBook Air are removable batteries and an Ethernet port. In other words, since the Voodoo Envy has these features that are consistent with full size laptops, in terms of the adoption process, it has the advantage of _____.
A. compatibility
B. complexity
C. maturity
D. observability
E. trialability
Answer: A
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