Posts by adam 31 3 publicly visible posts • joined 5 Apr 2012
As a custom PC and laptop builder, I built 3 times as many machines last year than ever before because unlike the major retailers, I was able to offer Windows 7 in my new machines, so Microsoft really did me a favour by releasing such an awful operating system. This HP news is bad news for me though.
They're not going to bother. They are going to - sorry, are already switching to Macs instead. Yes, I have seen an unprecedented switch from PCs to Macs this year by both my business and residential customers despite the recession. The probable cause of this is the love that people have for their iPhones and iPads, followed by an assumption that a Mac will be just as brilliant. A new, difficult to adjust to and aesthetically ugly OS from Microsoft is likely to accelerate this trend IMO.
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