After returning to his office in a data research company, Chen Geng felt that after Windows 2.0, it was time to take out another killer feature of the company in terms of hardware......

“boss？”

Don Ellitledge, who hurried over after receiving Chen Geng's call, was a little curious about why his boss called him over in such a hurry.

"Don, please be seated," seeing Don Ellitridge, Chen Geng made a "please sit" gesture and asked at the same time, "What do you want to drink?"

"Just give me a cup of mocha," Don Ellitledge said to his boss, "it could be sweeter." ”

"OK," Chen Geng gestured to his secretary, motioning for her to make a cup of coffee for Don Ellitridge, and then didn't say politely to Don Ellitridge: "Tang, I called you over this time, because the company has a project." ”

"Boss, you say. ”

Don Ellitledge nodded immediately - when he received a call from Chen Geng's secretary asking him to come over, Don Ellittridge already had a premonition in his heart.

Chen Geng didn't immediately say what kind of project he was going to hand over to Don Ellitledge this time, but asked him: "Tang, you are a person who needs to travel a lot, so have you ever encountered such a situation: when you go on a business trip and need to use a computer to handle some work at hand, but find that there is no computer available at all?"

"Yes, boss, I've encountered this situation too many times, and every time I hate why there isn't a laptop computer in the world that can travel with him," Don Ellitledge nodded sympathetically, as a top talent in the high-tech industry who needs to travel a lot, Don Elliettridge has encountered too many fucking situations where he needs to deal with work after arriving at the hotel, but he doesn't have a computer at hand, thinking of the company that the boss said has a project, he immediately reacted: "So...... The company is interested in developing a portable computer that can take it with you on the road, right?"

It's no wonder why Don Elliettridge can immediately associate laptops with portable computers from Chen Geng's words. Especially in the computer industry, the portable computer is not a great concept, although there are no portable computer products on the market now, but similar things have appeared in Hollywood science fiction movies, all experts in the computer industry firmly believe that with the development of computer technology, the kind of portable computer that can be carried in Hollywood movies will appear in recent years, and the data research company is the largest in the microcomputer market. At the same time, it is also the strongest competitor: IBM has even announced plans for the development of their laptop products.

Now that IBM has begun to project laptop products, Don Ellitridge, the largest manufacturer of microcomputers in North America and the world, doesn't think Data Research will be left behind.

It's a pleasure to talk to smart people!

"Yes," Chen Geng said, "How about it, Tang, give you a year, can you do it?"

"A year?"

Don Ellitledge frowned: a year to make something no one had done before, it was no small task. After thinking for a moment, Don Ellitledge asked Chen Geng: "Boss, what is the project budget that the company has given us? To what extent do we want to go? Is it a mature commodity that can be brought to the market, or is it a sample that shows the company's strength?"

These questions are critical.

The project budget determines how far Don Elliettridge and his team can go, and how far they can do it directly determines the final cost of the laptop: if it's just to show off the data research company's technology, it's a cost, but if it's for sale, the cost of manufacturing must be considered at the beginning of the design.

"Cost is not the first thing, the main thing is to show our technical capabilities, of course, we can't completely ignore the cost, and the other is to preferably carry our Windows 2.0 system. As for the R&D budget......" Chen Geng pondered for a moment and said: "$3 million, the first batch of $1 million will be allocated to you." In addition, if the progress of the project is satisfactory, but the budget of $3 million is really insufficient, additional items can be added as appropriate. ”

Unlike the development of desktops, even if you look at the world, you don't know how much money will be needed to develop this type of portable computer, and it is appropriate to relax the research and development budget.

A total budget of $3 million?

Don Elliettridge breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt a little more pressure on his shoulders.

In any company, the R&D budget represents the importance that the company attaches to the project. With a budget of millions of dollars at most, the company has set a budget of $3 million for this laptop project, which can be imagined how much the company attaches to this project: after the successful development of this portable computer, the company may expect to be able to sell much, but it must be able to demonstrate that the technical strength of the data research company in the field of microcomputers is undoubtedly NO.1 through this product!

Aware of this, Don Ellittridge couldn't help but ponder in his heart, since it is going to be equipped with Windows 2.0 system, then the best choice is to build a complete hardware system with 32-bit 80386 as the core, but the 80386 processor does not seem to have a low-power version, go back and discuss with the inter company, and ask them if they have a plan to develop low-power 80386 chips, if it really doesn't work, then only use low-power 80286 chips, and the product must be good-looking......

Pretty?

Don Ellitridge suddenly realized one thing: his boss is the world's top industrial designer, and if he doesn't need such a powerful designer, isn't it tyrannical?

Realizing this, Don Ellitridge immediately blushed: "But boss, you have to get your hands on this laptop." ”

Chen Geng raised his eyebrows: "Huh?"

"In terms of technology and engineering, as long as the budget is sufficient, I am completely sure, but in terms of product styling and design, I am ......," Don Ellitledge smiled, "In order to ensure that our products can be an instant hit, or ...... You try?"

it!

Chen Geng didn't expect Don Ellitledge to hit his mind on himself.

However, Chen Geng also admits that what Don Elliettridge said makes sense, in this era when no one has ever made a portable computer, everyone is blind, and no one knows how the overall shape of the portable computer should be designed, since this is the case......

"It's okay," after a little hesitation, Chen Geng happily agreed: "I am responsible for the shape and appearance." ”

Don Elliettridge rejoices!

He didn't expect his boss to agree so happily, just like he said, with the strength of the data research company, he is not worried about the engineering implementation and software level, the only thing he is worried about is the modeling and design level of the product, but now, since the boss is willing to take action, there is nothing to worry about.

"That'...... Boss, what's the name of our project?" asked Don Ellitridge.

Chen Geng couldn't help but smile: "Hmm...... Since our desktop is called thinkcenter, then the laptop is called ...... ThinkPad is good. ”

"ThinkPad?

Don Ellitledge immediately nodded his head, thinking that the name the boss had given to the laptop was simply vivid, the only question was, why was the boss's smile so weird?

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In the United States in 1985, the $10 million propaganda budget was insane, with television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and street ...... For a while, no matter where people went, they could always hear, see, and feel the news that Windows 2.0, the new generation of the data research company's microcomputer operating system, would be officially launched in a month.

At the same time, compared with Windows 1.0, the innovation and optimization of Windows 2.0 has also made the entire technology community talk about it:

Better system stability;

More intuitive and accurate graphical operation performance;

Ability to support more languages;

Compatible with both 16-bit and 32-bit operating systems;

The first operating system in history to support 80386, a 32-bit X86 architecture chip;

Optimized network performance as well as built-in Outlook email functionality......

............

All kinds of new and optimized functions have made the entire technology community full of expectations for Windows 2.0, and the major computer media that have the opportunity to get the Windows 2.0 beta version have instantly turned into licking dogs and licked Windows 2.0 wildly, and the most influential computer professional journal in North America affiliated with the Association for Computing Machinery: "Newsletter of the American Computer Federation" is not stingy with its own praise, writing in their article:

"For a long time, whether it is a fool's graphical operating system, or a convenient, fast and easy-to-use mouse, I think that Windows 1.0 is the most perfect personal computer operating system in the world, and I even think that within ten years, there will be no computer operating system beyond Windows 1.0, but what I didn't expect is that data research companies are so dynamic and ambitious, they are not satisfied with Windows The success of 1.0, three years after the launch of Windows 1.0, they have once again launched an upgraded version of Windows 1.0: Windows 2.0.

I can't describe the first time I used Windows 2.0, I can only say that it was a 'great' operating system, and Windows 2.0 gave me as much shock as I did when I first experienced a graphical operating system on a microcomputer!

I strongly believe that every computer user should upgrade their operating system from 1.0 to 2.0, and that gap is like moving from the age of steam to the age of the internal combustion engine......"

Amid the much media touting Windows 2.0, Windows 2.0 is finally starting to hit the market......

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