Chapter 172 Fake IBM
Chapter 172 Fake IBM
At the beginning of the new year, William White is planning how to swallow NBC and Disney cheaply. There are a large number of garage companies like crucian carp in the river, and Tiny Machine Company is a special one.
As we all know, International Business Machines is the full name of IBM. Coincidentally, the first three letters of Tiny Machines are also the same. This company that is still hanging out in the garage actually calls itself IBM.
You are international, then I am small, and it is no big deal.
For the personal PC market, IBM's judgment has indeed gone wrong, and now it will not only be slapped in the face by Wall Street, but also ridiculed by a group of companies in the garage.
There is also that damn Apple, who actually regards itself as the leader of the industry, and that malicious White software, no matter what software comes out, the first release is always the Apple system, and it is so shameless to say that the system is stable.
Well, this is actually putting eye drops on Big Blue. They really don't understand how William White knew that their system was unstable. This is a special rhythm to greet the waist and eyes!
They actually know that Motorola's 6700 has been released, and this thing is actually the same as the market expected, which is the castrated version of 6800.
The 32-bit channel has been canceled, and the CPU frequency has also been reduced. The performance is far worse than that of the 6800, but so what, the price is very cheap!
Now Markkula is also struggling with what kind of chipset this Lisa computer uses. As William White said, it is easy to get messed up if it is too big.
The 6800 is not a real 32-bit processor, and its performance is stronger than that of the 6700. Unfortunately, the memory is so expensive now that it is impossible for you to install more than one megabyte of memory.
"Jobs, I think William White is right, 32-bit channels are meaningless until large memory is common."
"Markula, that bastard is only concerned with his own interests. If we reduce the Lisa's specifications, we will definitely not be the opponent of IBM."
"However, the current price is too expensive, so there will be problems."
"It shouldn't be a problem. After all, the performance has improved so much, and it is reasonable to be more expensive."
Is it more expensive? After hearing the news, William White was very speechless. You said it was more expensive than $10,000.
"Tom, don't worry about Apple. They have been dazzled by success. It's time for them to wake up. Pay attention to Wang An and Kang Maoda, and tell them that more than three thousand dollars will be miserable."
"Okay, boss, let's work on other systems first."
"Well, is MSDOS out yet? Tell Big Blue we need at least six months."
"OK."
16-bit CPU, there are quite a lot more than 8-bit processors, but the development of memory is delayed, 128KB really can't take advantage of the CPU, at least 512KB is needed.
The crux of the problem is that 256KB is considered high-tech now, and 512 KB should be saved. It is impossible in the past two years. Even if the research and development is successful, the price will make people desperate.
You said one trillion?
Don't joke, this thing is not a personal PC.
16-bit CPUs don't have a long life in history. Apple's second-generation machines were still used in the 1990s, and this thing didn't sell too many.
Computers with 8-bit processors have more than 10 million units in the market, and the Apple II alone has more than 5 million units. However, the Lisa computer is in a state of distress. It is unknown how many will be sold, and the number should be very rare. yes.
Not to mention Apple, even Big Blue did not sell too many, the main reason is that the price and performance do not match.
The current second-generation Apple is 6600, which is far stronger than in history. If Big Blue and Apple do not change, their sales will definitely be lower than in history.
This is actually an opportunity. It is a pity that instead of seizing this opportunity, Apple resorted to various methods of death.
The Lisa computer is ridiculously expensive, and Old Joe’s Macintosh is even more ridiculous. You don’t even have a hard disk, and you don’t even have a graphical interface. My buddy just wants to ask, where do you plan to install the system?
The final operation is even more funny, Lisa has become an upgraded version of Macintosh.
Well, the Lisa computer with a graphical interface installed is really good, but brother, the Macintosh is something in the $3,000 range, and if you sell one, you will lose at least $1,000, so you can't continue playing like this.
The ancestors of the Celestial Dynasty have long said that any business can be done, but the business that loses money cannot be done.
This sentence is very reasonable. For example, Apple, you can clean up the inventory. What to do after cleaning up, your product line will collapse, and your Lisa computer is used to measure the price. You really have everything. Can't sell it.
William White originally wanted to avoid this incident, but now it seems impossible. The inertia of history is so strong that the role of individuals is really limited.
It's not that William White has good intentions, he's only doing it for his own benefit, since this path doesn't work, he can't abandon the thigh of the blue giant.
By the way, this pirated IBM is still very interesting, or you should be disgusted with Big Blue, those old guys are really hated.
Someone planned to embarrass Big Blue, and that tiny machine company naturally became famous, and a few college students who were completely funny, suddenly became the darlings of the media.
It is self-evident what attitude these anti-mainstream guys have towards the blue giant. Of course, the blue giant is repeatedly mentioned in order to attract attention.
The unscrupulous media even claimed that there may be two IBMs in the United States in the future, and Tiny Machines has great potential.
Although everyone in the IT world knows that this is nonsense, this does not prevent this group of guys from joining in the fun. As a giant in the industry, there are certainly not many people who envy and hate Big Blue. Since someone is provoking trouble, everyone should follow suit.
Big Blue is struggling right now. They are very capable, but they don't spend too much energy on personal PCs.
If you don’t invest in resources, a large company is actually not as good as a small company. If nothing else, just giving a computer a name is not enough, it’s almost like a fruit fight.
Well, neither bananas nor mangoes seem to be as catchy as apples. After hearing this joke, William White felt thunderous.
Nima, if all compatible machines are called bananas in the future, this is too ridiculous, why don't you call it a beast?
In fact, this was someone's unintentional mistake again. The PC has been turned on by someone. This is the first one used by IBM. Originally, computers in this era were called fruit machines.
White Software has directly occupied the title of PC, and now everyone has gotten used to it, and Big Blue can only continue to struggle with various names.
MSDOS is as unreliable as possible, Intel's CPU is not very stable, and there is no trace of other supporting software.
White software?
Don't be kidding, how can people take it out now and ask you to copy it?
This is the original words of White Software, so hanging nothing to choke the IBM people to death.
To say that this is much ado about nothing, William White is not so free yet, and it is no secret in the industry that Lotus Software, which has obtained the blood tonic, cooperates with Big Blue.