Many people find it baffling that Microsoft wants to promote the tab project again, but Feng Yu understands Microsoft's true intention.
Tab is Microsoft's tablet computer, which can also be regarded as the prototype of a tablet computer. It still uses the p system, a simplified version of the p system.
Microsoft's Vista system, with its tab configuration, cannot be used at all. Therefore, if Microsoft wants to continue to promote tabs, it must re-announce the update and maintenance of the p system and start selling the p system again!
When Microsoft promoted tabs, it spent a lot of money, but ended up losing money. Not many people like this product, which Microsoft considers to be an extremely advanced product, and sales are much lower than Microsoft expected.
Later, Microsoft stopped pushing frantically and did not continue to upgrade the product. After all, this product itself was boycotted by hardware manufacturers and PC manufacturers.
Microsoft can't dominate the operating system and other software markets, and now it's trying to steal our market, right
The performance configuration of that tab is similar to that of netbooks at this time, maybe a little bit behind the PU. As a result, the price is similar to IBM's high-end business notebook. How many people can buy it
Of course, this product is also a trial for Microsoft. Test the attitude of those hardware manufacturers and p manufacturers to see if they will really unite to boycott Microsoft.
The results are obvious. The accessories obtained by Microsoft are the most expensive. Although many of them are developed by themselves, the cost remains high. After adding in profits, of course it becomes more expensive, but not many people buy it.
At that time, touch screen technology was not very good, and even the problem of screen scratches had not been solved. The design concept of that product is very advanced, and Feng Yu actually likes it, but due to technical reasons and other reasons, the product is actually very poor.
The original p was actually developed for this purpose and was upgraded on in2000. Otherwise, how could the p system be launched not long after in2000 was launched
Later, it was discovered that p was much better than in2000, and user feedback was also very good, so in2000 was discontinued and the p system was mainly promoted.
And the p system did not disappoint Microsoft. In a few years, it brought back several times profits for Microsoft!
So although Microsoft failed on tab, looking at the entire project, Microsoft actually made money because of the existence of the p system, but the tab product failed.
But even so, Microsoft wants to re-promote the tab project and re-increase its promotion efforts, which surprises many people, especially those p manufacturers.
What is Microsoft going to do? The competition with Lianxiang Yinshan is not over yet, and we are already at a disadvantage. Now it comes to touch the bottom line of our p manufacturers
Do you, Microsoft, really think that you are still the same Microsoft as before? We p manufacturers can no longer rely on you Microsoft. If we don't have a contract, we can even get rid of you Microsoft directly!
os is so popular in the market now. Take a look at the vista you developed. It has overwhelming negative reviews. How long has this been launched? Even the compatibility issues of application software have not been resolved yet.
Of course, there is another reason why they support Microsoft. They are worried that Lianxiang Yinshan will grow into another Microsoft. In this case, they will kill one wolf and cultivate another one.
Therefore, what best suits the interests of p manufacturers is for Microsoft and Lianxiang Yinshan to restrain each other. They can even bring the fruit company in and have a Three Kingdoms War.
When the time comes, the price of software will definitely continue to drop, then the selling price of their complete machines will drop, and their profits will exceed those of those selling software!
Now Microsoft is actually trying to promote the tab project again. Is this to test their attitude, or is it planning to break out and start cannibalizing their market
Where does Microsoft get the confidence to break their alliance? Unless Microsoft’s original intention is not to sell tab tablets!
These p manufacturers also understand what Microsoft is going to do.
Microsoft does not really want to sell p products and compete with them for the market, but Microsoft intends to find a reason to continue to update and sell p systems!
In this way, Microsoft will have two systems for sale, and it can also reduce the price of the p system and seize the os market.
Microsoft can't just say that because our Vista is on the market, it won't stop updating P and continue selling it, right
Even if Vista is on the market, Microsoft will not stop selling it, and will definitely continue to sell it. That is, the two systems will be sold at the same time, and it will definitely develop a new seventh-generation Windows operating system to surpass OS and regain the market. Become the dominant operating system again!
To put it bluntly, this tab is a fig leaf for Microsoft!
After thinking about this, those p manufacturers stopped talking. Anyway, they didn't think this product could be successful. Touch-screen laptops are available from larger PC manufacturers, and Microsoft's creativity is no longer new.
Moreover, Microsoft's tab performance-to-price ratio is definitely still very poor. It won't sell many units, and it won't have much impact on their market.
They even think that the new Tab launched by Microsoft may have worse sales than the previous one, because now there are netbooks. The performance of the product of more than 400 US dollars is not much different from the performance of the Tab of 2,000 US dollars, but the price is different. How many times will it take consumers to buy your Microsoft tab
Unless Microsoft can still make innovations, and this innovation is not the kind of innovation that it thinks is good, but consumers think it is useless, it must be real innovation.
Sure enough, three days later, Microsoft announced that due to the relaunch of the tab project, the p system would be re-introduced to the market at the price after the previous price reduction, and it promised to continue to update and maintain it for at least eight years.
At the same time, the Vista system will also launch an enterprise version and a flagship version. The flagship version is a simplified version with a lower price, a smaller system footprint, and less demanding PC hardware requirements.
Liu Chuanzhi called Feng Yu immediately and asked Feng Yu his opinion on this matter.
Feng Yu asked, what do you think
The goals set at the beginning have already been exceeded. Originally, Lianxiang Yinshan wanted to occupy 20% of the market share in the sales of new systems.
As a result, now, the sales of OS are almost the same as those of Vista, achieving a 50-50 split.
Of course, at this time, more users still choose the p system. They have not changed it yet, and there is no need to change it now. The market share of Microsoft systems is still far ahead.
Some users who originally planned to change the os system decided not to change it at this time. Although os is similar to p and is better to use, p can still be used now and does not need to be replaced. Why spend that money
When is it time to replace the computer with a new one, it should be replaced together with the system.
Liu Chuanzhi excitedly told Feng Yu that Microsoft was admitting failure and planned to develop a seventh-generation system. Microsoft has given up. We defeated the powerful and arrogant Microsoft!
… (To be continued.)