"Netbook?"

Wu Haijun blinked, it was the first time he had heard of such a thing as a netbook.

"What is a netbook for?"

"It's very simple, it's a laptop for surfing the Internet. ”

"What's the difference between that and a notebook?"

"Well...... The difference isn't huge, but netbooks focus on surfing the Internet. ”

Speaking of which, netbooks are also notebooks.

However, netbooks aren't as powerful as laptops.

"I kind of get it. ”

After all, it is a computer. Although it was the first time I saw this netbook, after just thinking about it, Wu Haijun understood: "This netbook of yours can only be used to play games on the Internet, and there may be problems with other operations." ”

"Yes. ”

Chen Yu nodded, and then added: "It's not a problem, it's mainly to browse the web and play small games, but some large games can't be played, because the performance can't keep up, but it's still okay to use some office software." ”

"But why don't I buy a notebook?"

Wu Haijun asked again.

"Because we're cheap. ”

"The price of our netbooks can be half or even a third of the price of a regular laptop," Chen said. ”

"You make me think. ”

Wu Haijun feels that the concept of netbooks is relatively new.

However, he still has some confusion about whether this thing is popular with the market or not.

Theoretically, the performance of netbooks is naturally not as good as that of ordinary laptops.

In the same way, if the performance is not comparable, the cost will definitely not be higher than that of a notebook.

The cost is not high, and the final terminal price will be cheaper.

But it's one thing to be cheap, it's another thing to be able to sell it.

Just like their Shenzhou computer.

Although their Shenzhou computers are cheap, their performance is not worse than others at all.

Not only are they not worse than others, but their performance is better than others.

This is the advantage of Shenzhou.

But now the main low-price, low-performance netbook, which seems to be the opposite of Shenzhou's strategy.

The most important thing is that he is afraid that no one will buy such a notebook.

"Chen Yu, do you think anyone would buy such a notebook?"

"Of course, if it were me, I would definitely buy it. ”

"Why?"

"One is because it's cheap, anyway, I use the computer to play on the Internet and watch Lianlian, not the other. Although such a netbook cannot satisfy all users, it can satisfy some users. ”

"That's right. ”

"On the other hand, our netbooks can be made smaller and lighter. Ordinary notebooks are generally about 2.5KG, and our netbooks can be less than 1.5KG, or even 1KG. ”

"1 kilogram?"

Wu Haijun touched his chin.

He took a book and weighed it in his hand.

This book is about two pounds.

If a netbook weighs about the same as a book, or is slightly heavier, that's fine.

"There is one more that we can do without using the Windows operating system. ”

"If you don't use the Windows operating system, what system do you use, Linux?"

"Yes, linux. If you just play mini-games on the Internet, there are many Linux systems nowadays. ”

"The main reason is that users are not used to it. ”

"Then find a Linux system that imitates Windows. ”

In fact, there are many Linux systems imitating Windows now.

It's just that they don't imitate it completely, only partially.

But even if it is partially imitated, in fact, for many users, they are not used to too many operations.

Friends who have used Linux systems may know that at first glance, it is difficult for you to find the difference between this and Windows.

Besides, if it's just for ordinary users, just chatting and playing YY games on the Internet, it won't have much impact.

Of course, this is also the reason why Chen Yu will cooperate with Shenzhou.

His purpose was to launch his own Linux operating system.

Netbooks are one of the best platforms to install the Linux operating system.

In fact, in the previous life, there were many netbooks that had the Linux operating system installed and had no problems using them.

"Chen Yu, you wait, let me think again. ”

Before, if it was just about cheap and lightweight, Wu Haijun was just interested.

But now that he suddenly said that he didn't need Windows, Wu Haijun felt that it was a big business.

Of course, this is not to say that Wu Haijun wants to make an operating system.

For the time being, he didn't have that idea.

But he has always made computers, but he knows that in fact, the price of the Windows operating system is very expensive, and it is generally hundreds of dollars.

Although many users nowadays install piracy privately, they don't need money.

However, Shenzhou has a lot of computers that must be pre-installed with Windows operating system, such as cooperation with major companies, and computers of government agencies, they all need to be pre-installed. It is naturally impossible for them to install pirated versions of such pre-installations, and if they install pirated versions, Microsoft will find trouble with Shenzhou in minutes.

The more genuine they can pack, the more they cost.

But at this time, if you don't use the Windows operating system and change to Linux, the cost is definitely greatly reduced.

Even if there are some commercial Linux, the price is far less than one-tenth of that of Windows.

In terms of cost, it will save a lot of money.

"Mr. Wu, how is it?"

Seeing that Wu Haijun's heart was moved, Chen Yu asked with a smile.

"What do you say?"

"Don't hide it, in a word, do you want to do it?"

"Dry. ”

With a dry word, Huanyu Technology reached a cooperation with Shenzhou Computer.

However, after Chen Yu and Wu Haijun reached a cooperation, Chen Yu did not stop.

Chen Yu not only wants to abandon the Windows operating system, he also wants to abandon Intel's CPU.

In the field of PC computers, the strategic cooperation between Microsoft and Intel not only makes Microsoft's windows dominate the world, but also makes Intel's CPUs dominate the world. These two clearly know that as long as the two sides are bound, they can get a steady stream of profits.

At first, Chen Yu's idea was just to launch his own operating system.

But after thinking of the netbook, all of a sudden, Chen Yu found that the other party's CPU Chen Yu could also break through the encirclement.

What Intel, what AMD, Chen Yu didn't have any way to use their CPUs before.

But now, Chen Yu has found an opportunity.

For example, there is a company called "VIA Electronics", which also produces its own PC chips.

If you want to talk about VIA Electronics, we have to talk about the history of VIA Electronics.

In 1987, Wenqi Chen founded VIA Electronics.

At that time, Chen Wenqi, a former employee of Intel, only made chipsets, that is, Nanqiao and Beiqiao chips, when he founded VIA Electronics. Later, by chance, in 1998, it acquired Cyrix and IDT...... This has made VIA a full-service provider of integrated components for Internet-based systems. To put it simply, at this time, VIA Technologies has more business than Intel and AMD.

Not only do they make their own chipsets, they also enter the CPU field, and even, they make their own GPUs.

At its peak, VIA had more than 50% of the global chip market.

However, in the face of the rise of VIA, Intel began to fight back.

They first sued VIA for infringing their patents, and the lawsuit hurt VIA's vitality so much that the lawsuit is still unfinished and is still being fought. It was not until 2013, in the previous life, that the two parties reached a settlement.

Then Intel took another action to block it, announcing that as long as motherboard manufacturers using Intel processors could not use VIA's chipsets, which forced VIA to make its own motherboards.

But that's not all, what's more, in order to completely destroy VIA, Intel directly built the Northbridge chipset into the CPU and no longer licensed it to a third party, so the VIA chipset business completely collapsed.

However, this is also Chen Yu's opportunity.