Long time no see, old man. ”

"Bill, it's been a long time, you, the richest man in the world, it's too difficult to see each other. ”

"Dale, I don't like to hear this, when can't you see me?"

Bill meets Dale at a café.

That's right, this Dell is the founder of Dell Computer.

Dell started a PC company at the age of 19 with $1,000, and since then, he has become the world's largest PC sales giant. Of course, not only that, Dell's business is not only personal computers, but also high-end servers, storage business, and network equipment.

However, the most well-known business in the world is their Dell computer.

At the same time, Dell computers are also Dell's most profitable business.

"I don't believe in this kind of thing, let's say, what's the matter?"

"We've been in a bit of trouble lately. ”

"I heard you right. ”

Dell was extremely surprised: "You Microsoft are still in trouble, is the U.S. government looking for your problem again?"

In Dell's eyes, if you want to talk about Microsoft, he is basically invincible.

Except for political reasons, Microsoft is unlikely to be in trouble.

And before that, Microsoft almost split them in two because of the federal court.

Even if they do, with Microsoft's strength, they can solve it quickly.

"Hehe, the U.S. government didn't bother us, it was a Chinese company that bothered us. ”

"Enterprises from China, are you talking about Huanyu Technology?"

"That's right. ”

Bill nodded.

"Bill, I know what you're talking about. ”

After all, it is a computer, and the netbook that has recently popped up in China has not yet been sold in the United States, but this new product is still known to Dell as a computer.

"I hope that our cooperation will continue. ”

Bill said seriously.

"Bill, we've been working together for so many years, do you think I'm going to break the previous collaboration?"

"Sorry, I didn't mean to, I just had some concerns. ”

"Don't worry, we're not interested in netbooks. ”

Dell has worked with Microsoft for decades, and under their cooperation, Microsoft has become a global operating system giant.

Similarly, they Dell has become the number one selling computer brand in the world.

Although it seems that Microsoft is a little better than Dell now, Dell doesn't think they are much worse than Microsoft at all.

Dell knows that partnering with Microsoft is the cornerstone of keeping them going.

With a small netbook, it is impossible for him to shake the previous cooperation with Microsoft.

"Thanks, old man, I need to go to HP. ”

Dell got a clear answer, and Bill went to Hewlett-Packard.

Like Dell, HP has also said that they will continue to work with Microsoft.

It's just that, in addition to the two statements, the two computer companies are not calm inside.

"Boss, I feel like we should launch our netbooks right away. ”

"Netbooks are a very good idea, and we need to follow up right now, as it hasn't become popular in the U.S. yet. ”

"Wait any longer, we won't have a chance. ”

Separated from Bill, Dale returned to the company.

It's just that for the advice of the people underneath, Dell has a bit of a headache.

He doesn't really approve of netbooks.

Although it seems that netbooks are selling well in China.

But that's because there are too few computers in China, so everyone wants to buy a cheap computer.

But in the United States, he thinks it will definitely not be popular.

Of course, the Chinese market is also very large and should have been entered.

It's just that Dale seems to be a little hesitant.

As for the reason, it's too simple, if they get in, will the new netbook continue to support Windows?

In itself according to the years of cooperation with Microsoft, this should not be any hesitation.

However, if this is installed with windows, then how can it be PK with other netbooks.

You know, Windows is not free, and every computer costs hundreds of dollars to install Windows.

Do you think the cost is a few hundred dollars more?

Far from it.

If Windows is installed, should Intel's processor be installed?

You know, Windows and Intel processors are a perfect match.

Even if you switch to AMD, it's not so perfect.

Moreover, even if it is changed to AMD, the CPUs of both of them are expensive.

In this comparison, if you continue to install Windows, then their production cost will be 1000 more than ordinary netbooks.

1,000 more, which is basically impossible to survive in the manufacturing industry.

Not to mention 1,000 yuan, sometimes 100 yuan more, a company will be finished.

Of course, there are also inexpensive ones.

For example, VIA's C4 chip.

After the launch of Huanyu Netbook and Shenzhou Netbook, VIA also launched their business on a large scale.

In the notebook market, they have not been considered by few computer companies for VIA chips.

However, in the netbook market, if you want to keep costs down, then, you can only choose VIA.

If you have both Windows and Intel processors...... So, what's the difference between this and a notebook?

Netbooks are low-priced.

This low price is outrageously low.

Reducing costs in certain meta-materials alone is far from reaching the level of netbooks.

So.

Here's the problem.

Should Dell make a netbook, or not?

Of course, this problem is not only for Dell, but also for HP.

After Bill's contact with HP, although HP once again stated that it would firmly cooperate with Microsoft, in the face of the outbreak of the netbook boom on the Chinese side, it is impossible to say that it is not red-eyed. In their eyes, although the netbook is a thing that changes the soup but not the medicine, although his price is also very cheap. But if you play like Huanyu Technology, the profit is also very large.

In particular, Huanyu System announced that it was completely free of charge, which saved a lot of costs.

Plus the C4 chip is also cheap.

In addition to this, a range of other computer components are not very expensive.

All things considered, it's actually a very lucrative business.

"Do you want to make a netbook?"

This gave them some headaches.

However, after all, it is a commercial company, and it is impossible not to make money.

But they don't want to do it with great fanfare.

Soon, some of the world's computer sales giants came up with a solution.

Try it first.

Right.

No matter what the future holds for netbooks, if you take a wait-and-see attitude, you will be out.

Anyway, try to produce some first.

Anyway, the first batch they don't produce so much, if the effect is better, increase it.

If it doesn't work well, just turn it off.

Moreover, trying to produce a batch will not affect the big picture of cooperation with Microsoft either.

Everyone wants to make money, and it's impossible for them to rely on Microsoft entirely.

In fact, this is the idea of some global PC manufacturers.

For computer companies at the regional level, or at the single market level, there is not so much to think about.

For example, Tsinghua Tongfang in China, Founder...... These are some computer companies.

Although these computer companies are well-known in China, they are not well-known in the world.

They just want to sell more computers, they just want to make more money.

In the past, there was no way, I could only use Microsoft's windows, and I could only use Intel's chips.

But now, with a way that doesn't use Windows and Intel chips, how can they stand still stupidly.

In the meantime, netbooks are just getting started, and a series of computer manufacturers are already on the way......

(End of chapter)