The phrase "abandon hardware" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is discussing the decision to stop using or supporting certain hardware, often in technology or gaming discussions.
Example: "Due to the lack of updates and support, we have decided to abandon hardware that is no longer efficient for our operations."
Alternatives: "discontinue hardware" or "forsake hardware".
And abandoning hardware entirely would reduce Palm to a software and services firm hardly the place for a consumer-marketing guru.
To adapt, the owners abandoned hardware sales, curtailed technical support, shortened the name of the business (and dropped the apostrophe, because customers did) and moved closer to U.C.L.A., which offers screenwriting classes.
An NYT report notes that B&N isn't completely abandoning hardware but will focus more on partnerships with hardware manufacturers and software distributors like Microsoft.
Lo these years gone by, I acquired an electrical engineering degree, and promptly abandoned hardware in favor of software, because software was far more lucrative, interesting and powerful.
Moving hardware into Windows, for example, isn't abandoning hardware, or slimming it down I wouldn't think — the company wouldn't be shipping new hardware lines, or software to run on its phones if it wanted to shirk the responsibility.
In a recent interview with the Yomiuri Shimbun, Mr. Okawa said the company was likely to abandon the hardware business altogether.
Initially starting as a VOD integrated hardware and content provider, it later abandoned the hardware model for an internet only solution that offered a software interface for Microsoft Windows Media Center Edition.
Sling was acquired for $380 million last year by EchoStar, of Dish satellite fame, and isn't abandoning the hardware business.
When HP CEO Leo Apotheker announced that the company was seeking options for its consumer PC business and abandoning the hardware mobile business its stock dropped 20%.
