2015考研英语阅读微软和PC行业_大学英语阅读

2015考研英语阅读微软和PC行业

　　微软长期以来，一直处于PC行业金字塔的顶端并保持繁荣。

　　The vast majority of PCs run on Microsoft s Windows operating system and are powered byIntel s processors.

　　绝大多数的个人电脑都在运行微软的操作系统，并采用英特尔处理器，

　　They bear the brands of Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo and others, and nowadays are mostlymade by Taiwanese contractors.

　　他们承担的惠普，戴尔，联想和一些其他品牌，如今大多数是由台商承办的。

　　The trouble is that people increasingly prefer to buy mobile devices, made by Apple orrunning Google s Android operating system.

　　不过，麻烦的是，人们越来越喜欢购买由苹果或者谷歌安卓系统运行的移动设备，个人电脑的销量正在以两位数的速度迅速下降。

　　Sales of PCs have been falling at double-digit rates. From the pyramid s apex to its base,companies are desperate both to refresh the PC and reduce their reliance on it.

　　从金字塔的顶端到底层，所有的公司都在拼命的刷新他们的个人电脑，减少对它的依赖，

　　Few are having much success.

　　不过极少能获得很大的成功。

　　Frank Gillett of Forrester, a research firm, reckons that Windows share of the market forpersonal devices, once 95% or more, has dropped to around 30%.