Fate Of Microsoft's Windows 8 Will Impact Taiwan,

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   10 comments, 5 called-out Comment Now Follow Comments Following Comments Unfollow Comments Comment Now Follow Comments Following Comments Unfollow Comments In the face of stiff competition from Apple , the fate of Microsoft ’s latest operating system Windows 8 will have a big impact on Taiwan, home to many of the world’s biggest manufacturers of computer equipment, according to one of the island’s best-known industry leaders. 

“If Microsoft doesn’t have a good Windows 8 (product), it will be a big loss for Microsoft and then Taiwan,” Acer Group founder Stan Shih said in an interview with Forbes in Shanghaion Monday. (See related story here .) “HP and Dell will also be affected.” Powered by Goldvk Forum ,the perfessional game raiders forum,including game raides,instance,Game Gold(wow gold ), equipment, pvp, quests, etc.

Microsoft on May 31 made available a pre-release preview of Window 8, and the outlook for Windows 8 has become a hot topic at Taiwan’s big annual computer computer fair, Computex, being held in Taipei this week. (See related story about Computex here .) Find cheapest wow gold new from us. 

Since the rise of Taiwan’s computer industry in the 1980s and 1990s, manufacturers there have relied heavily on microprocessors made by Intel and operating system software from Microsoft to power their own growth. Survivors in the field’s cut-throatlandscape have emerged as key you can wow gold kaufen from online shop with safe transaction.outsourcing and design partners for U.S. brands such as Dell and HP that themselves have relied on the Windows-Intel (“Wintel”) technology.Taiwan’s long-term success hasmadethe island of 23 million people home to many of the world’smost successful electronics industry entrepreneurs, including billionaires Terry Gou andBarry Lam. (Click here for a link to the ForbesTaiwan Rich List published in May.) 

Apple’s juggernaut has created both opportunity and risk for Taiwan (see related story about screen-maker TPK here ), with the upshot that manylong-term partners ofMicrosoft are concerned that Apple will eventually win over their business-related customerswho still use Windows-based products if Windows 8 doesn’t do well.  

For Microsoft, Shih said, “it’s not enough” for Windows 8 to only match Apple’s current popular features, Shih said. “You have to compete with the new Apple.” 

Perhaps alluding to the price that Microsoft wants to charge for Windows 8 – another source of worry in the industry, Shih also noted, “You have to create value.”  

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	10 comments, 5 called-out Comment Now Follow Comments Following Comments Unfollow Comments Comment Now Follow Comments Following Comments Unfollow Comments In the face of stiff competition from Apple , the fate of Microsoft ’s latest operating system Windows 8 will have a big impact on Taiwan, home to many of the world’s biggest manufacturers of computer equipment, according to one of the island’s best-known industry leaders. “If Microsoft doesn’t have a good Windows 8 (product), it will be a big loss for Microsoft and then Taiwan,” Acer Group founder Stan Shih said in an interview with Forbes in Shanghaion Monday. (See related story here .) “HP and Dell will also be affected.” Powered by Goldvk Forum ,the perfessional game raiders forum,including game raides,instance,Game Gold(wow gold ), equipment, pvp, quests, etc. Microsoft on May 31 made available a pre-release preview of Window 8, and the outlook for Windows 8 has become a hot topic at Taiwan’s big annual computer computer fair, Computex, being held in Taipei this week. (See related story about Computex here .) Find cheapest wow gold new from us. Since the rise of Taiwan’s computer industry in the 1980s and 1990s, manufacturers there have relied heavily on microprocessors made by Intel and operating system software from Microsoft to power their own growth. Survivors in the field’s cut-throatlandscape have emerged as key you can wow gold kaufen from online shop with safe transaction.outsourcing and design partners for U.S. brands such as Dell and HP that themselves have relied on the Windows-Intel (“Wintel”) technology.Taiwan’s long-term success hasmadethe island of 23 million people home to many of the world’smost successful electronics industry entrepreneurs, including billionaires Terry Gou andBarry Lam. (Click here for a link to the ForbesTaiwan Rich List published in May.) Apple’s juggernaut has created both opportunity and risk for Taiwan (see related story about screen-maker TPK here ), with the upshot that manylong-term partners ofMicrosoft are concerned that Apple will eventually win over their business-related customerswho still use Windows-based products if Windows 8 doesn’t do well. For Microsoft, Shih said, “it’s not enough” for Windows 8 to only match Apple’s current popular features, Shih said. “You have to compete with the new Apple.” Perhaps alluding to the price that Microsoft wants to charge for Windows 8 – another source of worry in the industry, Shih also noted, “You have to create value.”