Internet Explorer may not have been popular among customers, but it has solid support from business. I remember when MS changed MSN search to Bing. It didn't change the market share of the search engine.
I am not surprised as 25% of Intel's revenue is coming from data centers.
With shrinking PC market, they have to make up the difference from somewhere.
I used to visit yahoo sport on regular basis. I love the white background.
Now, I avoid it due to its slowness.
Therefore, I am not sure she is best person for the CEO position. She is making all the wrong changes.
I believe it is money issue, since many old hardwares lack window 7 drivers. A direct upgrade is not possible. If they have to upgrade to window 7, they will have to purchase a new computer.
I have tried Opera 12, Chrome 28(?), firefox 25, and internet Explorer 10 on a computer which I have built in 2001. I feel that Opera is fastest.
It has
CPU athlon 1200
Ram 1 GB
ATI 9200.
Chrome and Firefox are very slow.
Internet Explorer can't even load.
If MS has maintained price of Window 8 at $15 or $40, there is no need to get Window 7 for consumers.
I think one of reasons for the popularity of Window 7 among consumers is that it is easier to crack. By comparison, it is very hard to crack Office 2010 and office 213, their adoption amongs...
I am going against the trend. I think window 8 is easier to use without start button. That is because I only use few applications.
I think Window 8 is designed with customers like me in their mind.
For some small business, they have one computer, one cash register, and one scanner. What is the point of replacing them every 3 years. They are costly to replace. These business do not have large cash reserve like big ones.
They spent a lot of money on software. For small business $5,000 is...
Here is breakdown of operating income:
CPU: 22m
Graphic: 76m
Others: (6)m
It appears that AMD is depending on graphic revenue to make profit.
While Intel is
CPU: 3,260m
Data Center: 1,393m
Others: (1,149)m
It seems that McAfee is part of others.