"My dear, it seems that our vacation trip has only come to an end, and the Rockefeller consortium and the California consortium have asked Apple to immediately convene a board meeting to discuss what to do with IBM. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Li Zetian sighed slightly.

Yu Jingqiu knew the priority of the matter and said, "Well, then let's go back." ”

Li Zetian said: "After the wedding in October, I will go on my honeymoon to compensate you!"

"Okay. ”

So, on the same day, the two returned to San Jose, and then stayed in a small villa where Li Zetian was.

Simba welcomed the arrival of the hostess very much, and always followed Yu Jingqiu, wherever Yu Jingqiu went, it followed wherever he went, but Li Zetian "snubbed", and Li Zetian was so angry that he renamed it - "Simba, the color dog"!

When Yu Jingqiu heard this name, she laughed "poof".

After a good night's rest, the two attended Apple's board of directors the next day.

Yu Jingqiu is a major shareholder of Apple and is naturally a member of the board of directors.

After the board members arrived, Li Zetian, as the chairman, was the first to speak.

"IBM's product launch, I've seen it, they launched a "mobile personal computer" called IBM-5110, what do you guys think about that?"

Li Zetian wanted to laugh in his heart, if IBM launched a desktop personal computer, he would still be really scared, but he actually launched a notebook, isn't this looking for death? If it can be developed, Li Zetian will not have asked Apple to develop it quickly, and can IBM come out on top?

Tian Shuai said at this time: "In fact, before IBM launched the 5110, it had already launched the 5100 mobile computer in September 1975, which weighed 25kg, and integrated the keyboard and 5-inch CRT picture tube, tape drive and other input and output devices into a suitcase-sized integrated computer, because of its miniaturization and portability, it was called "mobile business computer", which was a pioneering feat at the time.

Although IBM used the most advanced technology at the time, the IBM-5100 was extremely expensive, more than $20,000 per unit, which only a few consumers could afford, and its target audience was obviously not individual users, but business users. However, less than half a year after users got the expensive IBM-5100, endless quality problems followed, seriously hurting IBM's good market reputation. Half a year ago, when IBM decided to enter the personal computer market, it decided to make a comeback and try to develop a "mobile personal computer" that could beat Apple on the basis of the IBM-5100 - IBM-5110.

That's where IBM-5110 comes in.

The IBM-5110 is cheaper, lighter in weight and not far behind in terms of performance. It can be seen that IBM is menacing this time, and I am afraid that it will have a huge impact on Apple!"

Li Zetian nodded and looked at the others.

Zhang Yan shook his head, glanced at Li Zetian, and wanted to say something, but swallowed the words again. He had previously proposed to Li Zetian to develop a mobile computer, but Li Zetian believed that the hardware conditions at that time were not mature and did not recommend development. But now, IBM has launched mobile computers, and if Apple was also developing mobile computers, then there would be a product to fight it.

Zhang Yan couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart.

Others then voiced their opinions.

Thomas Rockefeller also came to the board of directors this time, he didn't know much about technology, but he could read words, and among all the people present, everyone else talked about IBM with a hint of nervousness and worry, but Li looked indifferent and fearless, as if he was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai with a pearl of wisdom in his hand.

So, he asked, "Mr. Li, I wonder what you think of IBM-5110?"

Li Zetian smiled faintly and said: "This thing is not a big deal, it is impossible to pose a threat to Apple at all! IBM still doesn't understand what a personal computer is? A personal computer is a computer that ordinary users can afford, how much does the IBM-5110 cost?"

"$5,000!"

"$5,000 is a lot cheaper than the $20,000 of the previous generation. However, for ordinary users, this price is still unacceptable! The price is too expensive, and computers that cannot be popularized are bound to be eliminated! In fact, IBM's positioning of IBM-5110 itself is a mistake, and it is not difficult to infer from the price of IBM-5110 that IBM is ambitious, and it wants to exhaust personal computers and commercial computers, so it has launched products with prices between ordinary users and commercial users.

Li Zetian smiled and continued, "In addition, this machine weighs 18.5kg, which is said to be a mobile computer, but it is actually inconvenient to carry, can you carry it around all day?"

Yu Jingqiu shook his head, "I'm afraid that after a while, my hands will be tired......"

"Yes!" Li Zetian nodded at Yu Jingqiu, and continued, "In fact, Apple is also working on mobile computers, but we know that the current hardware conditions are not mature enough, so we are not in a hurry to develop and launch products. If Apple wants to launch a mobile notebook, it must meet at least three conditions: first, the price is right, the price of the low-spec version of the computer must be less than $2,000, second, it must be lightweight, less than 10kg, and third, it must be powerful enough to meet the basic needs of users!"

After speaking, Li Zetian laughed, "Let's wait and see, IBM will soon know that personal computers are not played like this!"

Listening to Li Zetian's explanation, everyone was immediately relieved.

Thomas Rockefeller couldn't help but praise: "Chronos, you are worthy of being the pioneer of the personal computer, and you can see the problem thoroughly! It seems that IBM is going to make a mistake this time." With that, he laughed.

Unlike Apple's downturn on the IBM-5110, the outside media is unanimously optimistic about it, and many third-party software developers have also decided to develop software for the IBM-5110.

On July 1, IBM officially released the product.

In the beginning, there were a lot of buyers.

However, the next day, sales plummeted.

A week later, the total sales were less than a thousand units.

A month later, sales did not exceed two thousand.

One step ahead is advanced, two steps ahead is a pioneer, and three steps ahead is a martyr. Sure enough, as Li Zetian expected, IBM-5110 hit the street...... Li Zetian's own development of products was based on the conditions at the time, such as the personal computer Apple-l, and it happened that Intel launched the 8080 microprocessor, which could be successful. For example, the Walkman just lacked an idea, and the technical conditions were already mature, and although it went through several twists and turns, it finally succeeded.

At this moment, the media were stunned and couldn't believe that IBM had actually suffered Waterloo.

People can't help but be disappointed with IBM.

Why are the computer giants like this-garbage?!!

IBM's board of directors was naturally aware of the failure of IBM-5110 and began to become more cautious about entering the personal computer. If the next product is still not successful, it will be laughed at in the industry! Therefore, it will be a long time before the next PC is released.

The failure of the IBM-5110 was also a failure of Intel, as IBM was using an Intel-8080 microprocessor, which made Intel even more disappointed in the microprocessor division. Li Zetian has naturally been eyeing Intel for a long time, and at this moment, he feels that the opportunity has come!

"You can't do it yourself, Times Technology needs a head ......," Li Zetian muttered.

(The head of Times Technology selects candidates, and the interested person leaves a book review message, name, experience, and how the protagonist intersects, the more detailed the writing, the better, this role is very awesome)

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