1. Microsoft self-help bad PC business: lower prices across the board products;
Earlier, Microsoft risked offended partners into the field of personal computer hardware, but because of the price is too high, Microsoft's computer sales continued to decline.According to foreign media latest news, Microsoft began to take self-help program, the entire range of products to reduce configuration, price cuts Sales.
The Microsoft hardware business uses the Surface brand, which includes laptops, desktops, and hybrid tablets with an external keyboard and stylus, and Microsoft's computer business competes directly with traditional partners such as Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo and Dell.
This week, Microsoft released its fourth-quarter earnings report showing shrinking computer sales and record revenue gains, while Microsoft's hardware business has suffered a decline in the past quarter or so. In the global PC market, Microsoft's share is virtually zero and Not reflected in the statistical report of the large institutions.
According to the US science and technology news website Engadget, Microsoft has realized the lack of competitiveness of the computer business and started a massive price-cutting move recently.
It should be pointed out that Microsoft's personal computers were mainly aimed at business users in the past, pricing far beyond the ordinary consumer psychology, even after the price cuts, Microsoft's pricing is still significantly higher than the traditional computer manufacturers selling four to five hundred dollars pricing.
It is reported that Microsoft introduced a low-cost version of the Surface Laptop notebook, running Windows 10 S (similar to ChromeOS lightweight version of the operating system), built-in Intel Core m3 processor, configuration 4GB memory and 128GB flash memory, priced at $ 799, 200 dollars less than Microsoft's cheapest notebook.
Another Microsoft notebook series is the Surface Book, the latest generation of products for the Surface Book 2. The company introduced a cheaper version, equipped with 13.5-inch screen, 128GB flash memory, 8GB of memory, using the Intel Core i5 processor, priced at $ 1199 .
This notebook is priced at less than Microsoft's cheapest Surface Book 300 US dollars, but the flash memory capacity has also been reduced by half.
In addition, Microsoft cut prices for the previous Surface Laptop, the configuration of the Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM, 256GB flash memory, the price cut 200 US dollars.
Foreign media pointed out that apparently, Microsoft hopes to reduce the computer configuration and sales prices, thereby increasing sales and market share.
It should be noted that Microsoft's computer business took a detour.First introduced Surface Tablet PC, Microsoft also sells products for business and consumers, consumer tablet pricing is not outrageous, but then Microsoft gradually reduced the consumer version of the product, Enterprise Edition pricing is getting higher and higher.
It is said that Microsoft's hardware business has undergone major adjustments, the future will abandon the general consumer business, focusing on the high-end hardware market, but Microsoft did not officially announced such a transition.
From this significantly lower product prices, Microsoft did not give up a vast consumer market.
Previously, Microsoft Surface team's hardware design capabilities, highly regarded in the industry, Microsoft's Surface Pro design, created a global market, 'commercial hybrid tablet' new market, triggering the follow-up imitation of the global PC makers such as Apple.
However, due to high-end positioning, pricing is too high, Microsoft's personal computer suffered a 'not good enough.' A quarter of more than one billion US dollars in sales revenue, not only in Microsoft's total revenue is negligible, but also less than the global computer giant Fractional
Microsoft made the sale of personal computers, triggering a strong dissatisfaction with the traditional computer industry.Of Lenovo, Dell and other companies executives have said that Microsoft into the PC market is completely unnecessary, there is no development prospects in the future may face the fate of being shut down.
As the world's personal computers into the centralized, the three major manufacturers monopolize the 60% share, more and more enterprises are out of the computer market, including Sony, Fujitsu, NEC, etc. In addition, Apple, Acer, Asus these three second group The company's share is also continuing to shrink. Tencent Technology
2. The end of an era! South China's largest computer city will be closed on February 28;
February 3 this year, Guangzhou, Guangdong, the largest computer city in southern China Pacific Computer City District B end of the month, the once leading computer city in southern China an important distribution center for IT products will go through 20 years of stormy history, memories of people's hearts .
Tenants have been told that by the 28th of this month the B-lease expires and will no longer be renewed. By then B-field will be fully closed.
After graduation, it will go in the future? Tianhe District, said that we will hire the United States AECOME (International Planning Company) Tianhe Road shopping district to adjust to promote the IT market restructuring.
On the one hand, the business district will continue to focus on the IT retail core to expand its service experience format and transform itself into an IT-themed shopping mall, introducing officially licensed after-sales service shops such as Huawei, Samsung and Epson to provide consumers with one Station shopping and service experience.
On the other hand, the shopping center will turn to the service platform and the development of space maker, gradually "computerized."
Data show that Pacific Computer City under the Pacific Science and Technology Development Group, has been hailed as 'China's largest computer market', Computer City in the establishment of their own brand at the same time, founded the 'Pacific Internet' has also quickly become the industry's most well-known Web site One. Fast technology
3. Nintendo announced mini-SFC sales: more than 4 million and will continue to sell;
The old two years do not know how suddenly a nostalgia winds up, in November 2016 launched the 80's FC host (the United States called NES) replica version of 'Mini FC host', just 6 months, Sold 2.3 million units, followed by the sale of the mainframe in April.
Then Nintendo introduced a remake of the 'Mini SFC Host' of SFC (SNES) in September last year. The Mini SFC (SNES) comes preloaded with "Castlevania", "F-Zero", "Super Mario World" 21 classic games, while further reducing the drawbacks of mini FC handle too small, the result is less than six months, SFC sales exceeded 4 million units.
Recently, Nintendo announced that it will continue to sell both the mini-FC and mini-SFC this year. It will not only stop selling but also increase production, allowing many people to have fun in the game and let them have the idea of buying a switch.
This nostalgic trend and feelings of power is still continuing to ferment, the two 80s host sales have come to 6.3 million, almost half of Switch sales, with the old man continued to be on sale this year, the sales are still Will continue to grow.
But now, foreign cattle have been the price of mini-SFC speculation on the days, the original price of more than 400 pieces have been fired to about 2,200 yuan.
4.12306 why a vote on the second light? Official out of the truth
Spring Festival this year, has been officially launched on February 1. Some netizens found that in 12036 to buy a ticket to the time of the vote on the second light, all the votes are gone, and even use 'grab votes software' did not grab To the vote. What is the reason? In the end is it too much?
According to the report from China New Network, China Railway Academy of Sciences Electronics deputy chief engineer and technical director of 12306 single apricot said: 'because grab votes too hot.' It is revealed that 12306 1 second peak hours sold nearly 700 train tickets, In other words, for a second, a popular EMU ticket was stolen.For comparison, 12306 in 2012 when just on the line, a second up to only sell dozens of tickets, a difference of many times.
It is understood, 12306 will fill in the information of the passengers, click on the submit button to start queuing, in accordance with the chronological order. Since there will be a lot of people within 1 second grab votes, so the distinction will be accurate to milliseconds.
As reflected by the netizens 'show more than one ticket, but submitted no tickets', single apricot said that because of the large number of people grab votes, I will continue to make changes in the user submitted a short period of time, the vote has changed She also stressed that all ticket sales channels are shared, 12,306 no tickets, to the station, call phone channels will not buy tickets.
In addition, 12306 also intervened in the operation of the system to stabilize the behavior and grab the ticket software for a certain interception.Therefore, this year to buy tickets with software to grab votes, not easy to use. Pacific Internet