2015考研英语阅读微软和个人电脑业_大学英语阅读

2015考研英语阅读微软和个人电脑业

　　调查公司Forrester的Frank Gillett认为微软一度站个人设备市场95%以上的视窗系统现在所占份额跌到了大概30%。微软随后的回应是适用于触屏个人电脑和平板电脑的视窗8系统，发布于去年十月，同时拥有廉价平板和电话的版本。应用以矩形磁贴展示在桌面，为了使用手指触控而不是鼠标点击。微软成功的Xbox娱乐系统也使用同样的外观。微软的想法是这种风格上的统一会帮助微软从桌面霸主转变成移动设备霸主，同时也更新个人电脑。

　　It has not happened yet. Few businesses were likely to hurry to buy Windows 8 anyway;some have yet to switch to its predecessor, Windows 7. Consumers have not taken to tileson PC screens: a new version, Windows 8.1, due in October, will make it easier for them tostick with the old look. Only now is a wide choice of touch PCs and tablet-PC hybridsappearing.

　　然而这个愿景还没有实现。很少的企业急着想购买视窗8系统，有些甚至都没有使用前代的视窗7系统。消费者也没有习惯笔记本屏幕上的磁贴，将于10月发布的最新版本的视窗8.1会让消费者更简单的回到传统桌面。现在有很多混合型平板电脑机型出现在市面上。

　　Microsofts own tablet, the Surface, has been a flop, forcing it to make a $900m write-off inits latest results. Windows phones, mostly made by Nokia of Finland, are far behind iPhonesand Android devices, with just 3.3% of the world market according to Gartner, anotherresearch firm. They have ousted BlackBerry from third place, but that is not saying much.