Chapter 1044: Computer Upgrade
"Second shijie" since the merger and four "!". Except for helping the "second shijie" to work together to design a dedicated game-level computer, the hardware department has not made much progress in other aspects.
In the field of gang, relying on the relationship of Lin Feng in the domestic low-end market occupies more than half of the market share, but foreign countries are still extremely sluggish, and the market share above the skin is still occupied by "roar" At present, it is impossible to fight at all on jishu, and can only rely on the "spider platform" launched by the "four" to save some face. As for profits, last year for the whole of "heart." It brought more than 10,000 dollars of profit to the company, and it is no exaggeration to say that this is not as good as the original "Legend". The monthly net profit day and while bringing low returns, it also tied up a large amount of the company's cash.
As for the similarity between "Gong" and "", at present, the situation in the graphics card market is slightly stronger than that of """ and "Gangsi". Fourth, "carved up the market, but the profit is also quite low. Low let", four, "hardware development minister He Guoyuan is a little shameless to see Jiangdong's father!
The biggest contribution to the company may be to provide sales of about 100 million US dollars, so that "the second shijie." Such a game-based company can be among the strong companies, which is probably the only place that has contributed to the company since the merger and "four".
It's just that this kind of contribution is a little embarrassing, but now, it's time for these two hardware departments to contribute to the company!
Lin Feng looked at Lu Zhiyi and He Guoyuan. He looked at Bruce Alan again.
"Bruce, Lu Zhiyi, He Guoyuan. About the "Game Entertainment System. How's the research going?" Lin Feng asked expectantly.
The three frowned. Since the last time Lin Feng proposed the concept of "game entertainment system" (dedicated), the company has set up a special research team to study it, but there are many problems.
"Lin, there's something wrong with this!" said Bruce and Allen with a frown.
"What's the problem?" Lin Feng asked.
"It's very simple, now the computer is an open architecture, if we follow the example of the home game console, design a set of "game entertainment system, (dedicated), not impossible, this is not difficult, but the problem is that after the consumer buys the computer, it will not be able to upgrade it, that is, this set of matching" game entertainment system. will become one-time and cannot be upgraded. Upgrading, obviously this is not in line with the current trend. Bruce Allen said with a frown.
"Yes!Lin, we have now developed a simple dedicated game entertainment system, and the performance is better than that of installing "Microsoft" with the same configuration. The system plays tricks on the above, but the problem is. Once a user replaces hardware, including even memory modules, the performance of the system plummets due to the limitations of the dedicated system, and may even drop instead of going up. In this way, it is difficult for consumers to pay for it in the end! After all, computer updates are changing with each passing day. Moreover, the demand for computer hardware for games is also increasing day by day, and consumers cannot buy a computer that can only last for two years, or a year, or even less than a year!" Lu Zhiyi echoed.
Especially in the graphics card market, updates are far from other computer accessories, and this is even more so. Where a dedicated gaming entertainment system can't. He Guoyuan also agreed.
The three of them didn't understand the "game entertainment system" (dedicated) proposed by Lin Feng. I feel that this is a bit of a reason, and the computer made in this way can still be called a computer!
For the doubts and incomprehension of the three of them, Lin Feng can also understand. After all, the three are not authentic Chinese, let alone real players, and their thinking is limited by the times, or their thinking is limited by inertia, and they often think under inertia, which will make people enter a thinking misunderstanding.
"Hehe, about" the game entertainment system. Let's not talk about the (dedicated) question, I want to ask you one thing, what do you think is the main purpose of the current sales of personal computers on the market?" Lin Feng asked with a smile.
"The main uses are in games, entertainment and office (including studying). Games aside, entertainment is divided into watching movies and surfing the Internet, etc., as for office, it is different according to the job position, and the application is different. Lu Zhiyi said rationally.
"Yes, that's for most consumers. What do you do when you buy a computer?" Lin Feng asked. "Games and entertainment!" the three of them said in unison.
Computers were originally designed to help people do their jobs, to help people solve many problems that they couldn't solve alone. But with the advent of computers, one of the greatest minds of the century has now become one of the most important entertainment tools for people. This has to be said, quite ironic. However, it must be admitted that with computers, the spiritual life of human beings is indeed much more fulfilling, especially for those ordinary people, their spiritual emptiness is greatly satisfied.
"Yes, people who are overly angry buy computers. The main purpose and time are spent on games and entertainment. Hence the high drama entertainment system that I proposed. (Dedicated) is to serve these people, although it has a strong target, but these people are undoubtedly the mainstream customers of the market! It can be said that we only need to design the corresponding "game entertainment system" according to a mainstream configuration, (dedicated) on the line. Lin Feng said.
Everyone nodded, but shook their heads again.
"If it's just for entertainment, that's fine. But if it is a game, then with the capacity of computer games is getting larger and larger, the requirements for computer hardware are getting higher and higher, although the dedicated game entertainment system can be higher than the "Microsoft, the system swings higher performance, but with the upgrade of computer games. Hardware that cannot be upgraded can be a major bottleneck. In this way, the consumer at the time of purchase. It will definitely be the most important reference. Lu Zhiyi groaned.
If the computer you buy can't be upgraded, then many consumers probably won't buy it. Otherwise. After all, computers are not like televisions. A washing machine or refrigerator can be used for ten or eight years with a one-time investment. Computers are different, not to mention computers ten years ago, they were five years ago. The mainstream configuration computer three years ago, now take it out and use it, and you can't stand it!
Therefore, consumers when buying a computer. The ability to upgrade is also an important basis.
Hearing Lu Zhiyi's words, Lin Feng smiled.
"Lu Zhiyi, with all due respect. As a hardware developer, when you produce computer hardware, especially in terms of construction, do you usually think about the upgrade of players?" Lin Feng asked.
When Lu Zhiyi heard this, he frowned and shook his head helplessly. For their manufacturers. The most hopeful thing is that every time a new product is opened, Dushu Muscle Home can pay for it, to upgrade, to pay for the manufacturer's high research funds. For example, every time a new product is introduced, a new architecture is introduced, which is not compatible with the previous one, just to keep consumers paying for replacement computers. Instead of. Simple upgrades.
"Hehe, in that case, everyone, I want to ask, how many consumers will upgrade their computers every once in a while after buying a computer?" Lin Feng asked?
The crowd shook their heads. From ordinary consumers, there are really not many people who upgrade their computers every once in a while. It is no exaggeration to say that many people will not upgrade their computers after they buy them until they are obsolete. This is not only due to the fact that the computer architecture changes from time to time, but also because most gamers don't have that much money to level up as often.
Whether it is the East in the exhibition or the West, the poor are still the majority.
"However, Lin, although the overall architecture of the computer does not change often, the graphics card, memory or hard disk players can change it frequently. For example, change to a powerful graphics card and add a memory. Add a hard drive, these replacements are very common. The replacement of the hard disk has no effect on the "game entertainment system" (dedicated), but the replacement of the graphics card and memory will cause instability in the system, especially the graphics card, we have tested, if you directly replace other graphics cards, the performance of this dedicated game entertainment computer will be far inferior to the configuration. Install "Microsoft, the system of computers!" Ho said.
Lu Zhiyi and Bruce nodded one after another. This is also their most serious problem now, in order to improve the performance of the game, the most direct is to replace the graphics card, increase the memory, but once replaced, according to Lin Feng's instructions to develop a special computer for game entertainment, the performance is declining by a dive, which makes people quite speechless.
Lin Feng smiled!
"This is indeed a problem, but can't you fix it according to different hardware?" Lin Feng said with a smile.
"This is naturally possible, but there are so many players, how do we "I understand!" Bruce Alemben was still questioning Lin Feng, but the words came to zuihou. A stirring spirit in his brain understood what Lin Feng meant.
Lin Feng nodded, it seems that Bruce and Allen have understood. However, seeing that Lu Zhiyi and He Guoyuan were still dazed, Lin Feng explained with a smile.
"Since players need to update their hardware to improve their computer's performance, we can completely roll out patches based on the hardware that players replace. For example, we can add an automatic scan (update) to the "Game Entertainment System, (Dedicated)". of the program. The computer is automatically scanned every time it is turned on. If there is a change in the hardware of the current system. It will automatically scan, then send its updated hardware information back to our company database, and then automatically download the corresponding patches to upgrade it, so that the system can still fully exploit the computer's performance!" Lin Feng explained in detail.
Everyone suddenly realized. Indeed, as long as one such applet is added, then the problem of player updating and upgrading can be completely solved. Of course. In this way, the programmer who is responsible for opening the "game entertainment system" (dedicated) has a hard time. But this will undoubtedly bring huge returns!And it will also make the "second shijie" in addition to games and hardware, and this industry will touch the core of "Microsoft".
Thinking of this, everyone was excited! All along, as a fourth, person, the biggest dream in my life is to challenge the "Microsoft" empire. But if "Microsoft" cannot be defeated on the operating system, then "Microsoft" will never be defeated. But. If this "game entertainment system" (dedicated) can be opened, the "second shijie" will have the ability to compete with or even defeat "Microsoft".
"Also, for those consumers who replace the whole machine, I suggest that our company will also recycle it at a discount. Consumers can take the "gaming and entertainment computer" that they think is no longer enough to the company for a discount to exchange it for a more powerful computer. Lin Feng said.
The crowd was taken aback. That's something that no company ever does.
You know, these computers that have been obsolete are almost junk antiques, basically of no value. If the company recycles it. Not only do consumers have to be discounted, but they also have to rent space to store the hardware. At the same time, employees should be hired to take care of it. And large-scale recycling, and more importantly, there are many radioactive electronic components in the computer hardware, which can cause semi-permanent damage to the land, which will make the company pay a lot of money for environmental protection.
It can be said that Lin Feng's suggestion is quite unfavorable. But Lin Feng not only insisted, but also had a great appetite.
"We not only recycle our company's "game and entertainment computers", but also recycle all the complete computers on the market!" Lin Feng said angrily.
Frightened! This, this, this is too exaggerated. If this is to be recycled, there is no telling how many "scrapped" there are on the market. The sea of computers into the "second shijie" thinks about the computer piled up. The crowd wanted to faint.
"Ahem, boss, although this can help the company open up the market and improve the "game entertainment computer." of the market. But this seems to be not very cost-effective in terms of cost. After all, companies also need to spend a lot of money on renting venues and hiring employees. Although I didn't make a detailed calculation, my preliminary estimate is that for every "scrapped computer, the company will lose about 10,000 yuan!" Wu Zhaopu reminded on the side.
He understood what Lin Feng meant, and Lin Feng hoped to increase the sales of "game entertainment computers" and increase the company's market share of personal computers by acquiring "scrapped" computers. But this is not to interfere with the wise choice, which is irrational.
At the time of Wu Zhaopu's words, Lin Feng was noncommittal.
"Mr. Wu, do you only need to make a blade yuan? It's so cheap!" Lin Feng said with a smile.
Wu Zhaopu was speechless for a while. It's cheap, it's true, a computer only needs to be used in yuan. But what if there are more computers? How many computers are there in the country now? At least about 10,000 knives are used, and if they are all exchanged, it will be an extremely astonishing expense, and this is only a rough calculation of the cost of the site and labor, and the relevant environmental protection and other expenses are not calculated. In the event of an electronic contamination incident, it is a major blow to the company's reputation.
What's more, this is only for China. What a frightening number it would be if the world's computers were! However, Lin Feng has long been familiar with this!