"Netbook?"
Wu Haijun blinked. This was the first time he had heard of a netbook.
"What is a netbook for?"
"It's simple. It's a laptop for surfing the net."
"What's the difference between a netbook and a laptop?"
"This … The difference isn't that big, but the main purpose of a netbook is to surf the net."
Speaking of which, a netbook was also a laptop.
However, a netbook's functions were not as powerful as a laptop's.
"I kind of understand now."
He was in the computer business after all. Although it was his first time seeing a netbook, Wu Haijun understood after thinking about it. "Your netbook can only surf the net and play games. There might be problems with other operations."
"Yes."
Chen Yu nodded and then added, "It's not a problem. It's mainly used to surf the net and play small games. However, it can't play large games because its functions can't keep up. But it can still use some office software."
"But why don't I buy a laptop?"
Wu Haijun asked again.
"Because we are cheap."
Chen Yu said, "The price of our netbook can be half or even one-third of that of a normal laptop."
"Let me think about it."
Wu Haijun felt that the concept of a netbook was relatively new.
However, he still wasn't sure if this thing would be popular in the market.
In theory, the performance of a netbook naturally couldn't be compared to a normal laptop.
Similarly, if the performance couldn't be compared, the cost of production couldn't be higher.
If the cost of production wasn't high, the final price would be cheap.
However, it was one thing to be cheap. Whether it could be sold or not was another thing.
Just like their Shenzhou Computer.
Although their Shenzhou Computer was cheap, its performance wasn't worse than others.
Not only was it not worse than others, but its performance was also better than others.
This was the advantage of Shenzhou.
However, they were now focusing on low-cost and low-performance netbooks. This seemed to be the opposite of Shenzhou's strategy.
The most important thing was that he was afraid that no one would buy such a laptop.
"Chen Yu, do you think anyone will buy such a laptop?"
"Of course. If it were me, I would definitely buy it."
"Why?"
"One is because it's cheap. Anyway, I only use the computer to surf the net and play games. Although such a netbook can't satisfy all users, it can satisfy some users. "
"That's true."
"There's another thing. Our netbooks can be made smaller and lighter. Ordinary laptops are generally around 2.5kg. Our netbooks can be less than 1.5kg, or even 1kg. "
"One kilogram?"
Wu Haijun rubbed his chin.
He picked up a book and weighed it in his hand.
This book weighed about one kilogram.
If the weight of a netbook was about the same or slightly heavier than a book, there would be no problem.
"There's another option. We don't need to use the Windows operating system."
"If we don't use the Windows operating system, what system should we use? Linux?"
"Yes, Linux. If you just want to surf the net and play small games, there are plenty of Linux systems out there. "
"It's mainly because I'm afraid that the user won't be used to it."
"Then find a Linux system that imitates Windows."
In fact, many Linux systems were imitating Windows.
It was just that they didn't completely imitate it, only partially.
However, even if it was only partially imitating it, many users were already used to it.
Those who had used Linux before would know that it was hard to tell the difference with Windows at first glance.
Moreover, if it was only for ordinary users to surf the net and play small games, there wouldn't be much of an impact.
Of course, this was also the reason why Chen Yu was working with Shenzhou.
His goal was to introduce his own Linux operating system.
Netbooks were the best platform to install Linux operating system.
In fact, in his previous life, many netbooks already had Linux operating system installed, and there were no problems using it.
"Chen Yu, wait. Let me think about it."
Previously, Wu Haijun was only interested when he said that it was cheap and light.
However, now that he suddenly said that he didn't need Windows, Wu Haijun felt that this was a big business.
Of course, this didn't mean that Wu Haijun wanted to make an operating system.
He didn't have this intention at the moment.
However, as someone who had been in the computer industry, he knew that the Windows operating system was very expensive. It usually cost a few hundred yuan.
Although many users installed pirated versions privately, they didn't need to pay.
However, many of Shenzhou's computers had to be pre-installed with the Windows operating system. For example, they had to pre-install the Windows operating system with the government. Of course, they couldn't install pirated versions of the operating system. If they installed pirated versions, Microsoft would find trouble with Shenzhou.
However, the more pirated versions they installed, the higher their cost would be.
If they didn't use the Windows operating system now and switched to Linux, their cost would be greatly reduced.
Even if there were commercial versions of Linux, the cost would be less than one-tenth of Windows.
In terms of cost, they would save a lot.
"Director Wu, what do you think?"
Seeing that Wu Haijun was tempted, Chen Yu smiled and asked.
"What do you think?"
"Don't hide it. Just tell me, do you want to do it or not?"
"Yes."
With just one word, Huanyu Technologies and Shenzhou Computer reached an agreement.
However, after Chen Yu and Wu Haijun reached an agreement, Chen Yu didn't stop.
Chen Yu doesn't only want to abandon the Windows operating system. He also wants to abandon Intel's CPU.
In the PC field, the strategic cooperation between Microsoft and Intel will not only allow Microsoft's Windows operating system to dominate the world, but it will also allow Intel's CPU to dominate the world. Both parties knew that as long as they were working together, they would be able to reap endless profits.
At first, Chen Yu only wanted to introduce his own operating system.
But when he thought of netbooks, Chen Yu suddenly realized that the other party's CPU could also make a breakthrough. Intel, Intel, Chen Yu.
In the past, Chen Yu couldn't find a way to use Intel's or AMD's CPU.
But now, Chen Yu found an opportunity.
For example, there was a company called VIA Electronics. They also produced their own PC chips.
VIA Electronics, we have to talk about the history of VIA Electronics.
In 1987, Chen Wenqi founded VIA Electronics.
At that time, Chen Wenqi was an ex-employee of Intel. When he founded VIA Electronics, he only produced chipsets, which were the Nanqiao and Beiqiao chips. Later, by chance, he acquired Cyrix, IDT, and other companies in 1998. This made VIA Electronics a full-scale Internet integration component supplier. Simply put, at that time, VIA Electronics had more businesses than Intel and AMD.
Not only did they produce their own chipsets, but they also entered the CPU field. They even produced their own GPUs.
At its peak, VIA Electronics owned more than 50% of the global chip market.
However, when faced with the rise of VIA Electronics, Intel started to fight back.
First, they sued VIA Electronics for infringing on their patents. This lawsuit caused VIA Electronics to suffer a great loss. Until now, the lawsuit was still ongoing and was still ongoing. It wasn't until 2013 in Feng Yu's previous life that the two parties reached a settlement.
Then, Intel blocked VIA Electronics. They announced that any motherboard manufacturers that used Intel processors could not use VIA's chipsets. This forced VIA to produce their own motherboards.
But that was not all. To completely destroy VIA, Intel built the Beiqiao chipset into the CPU and stopped licensing it to third parties. Thus, VIA's chipset business collapsed.
However, this was also Chen Yu's opportunity.
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