Chapter 1044 Computer Upgrade

"Second World" since the merger and "four"! After. w.x `*novel*mm book friends to organize ~ provide ~ provide straight to the freeze; carved a, hardware development department, in addition to helping the "Second World" collaborative design Outside of a dedicated gaming-grade computer, not much has been done about it.

In the field of steel, relying on Lin Feng's relationship, it has occupied more than half of the market share in the domestic low-end market, but it is still extremely sluggish abroad, and the market share above Piju is still occupied by "Ho Can". There is no way to fight against it at all, and we can only rely on the "spider platform" launched by the joint "Fourth" to save a little face. As for profits, last year's "heart" brought the company more than ten thousand dollars in profits. It is no exaggeration to say that this is not as good as the original "Legend". Monthly net profit day and while bringing in low returns, it also took up a lot of the company's cash.

As for "Gong" and "" are similar, at present, the situation in the graphics card market is slightly stronger than that of "" and "Gang Four. Four" has divided up the market, but the profit is also quite low. He Guoyuan, the head of the hardware development department of "Fourth", is a little ashamed to see Jiang Dong's elders!

The two major hardware development departments may have made the greatest contribution to the company by providing sales of about 100 million U.S. dollars, allowing "Second World." Such a game-based company can become one of the world's most powerful companies. This is probably only after the merger and ", four" are the only places that contribute to the company.

It's just that this kind of contribution is somewhat embarrassing, but now, it's time for these two major hardware companies to start contributing to the company!

Lin Feng looked at Lu Zhiyi and He Guoyuan. He looked at Blue Jing Allen again.

"Bruce, Lu Zhiyi, He Guoyuan. About "Game Entertainment System." How is the research going? "Lin Feng asked expectantly.

The three frowned. Since Lin Feng proposed the concept of "game entertainment system" (dedicated) last time, the company has set up a dedicated research team to research it, but there are many problems.

"Lin, there's something wrong with this!" Bruce Allen said with a frown.

"What's the problem?" Lin Feng asked.

"It's very simple. Now computers have an open architecture. If we follow the example of home game consoles and design a set of "game entertainment system, (dedicated), it is not impossible. This is not difficult, but the problem is that consumers will buy computers. After that, it will not be able to be upgraded, that is to say, this set of computers that cooperate with the "game entertainment system" will become a one-off and cannot be upgraded. It is obviously not in line with the current trend." Bruce Allen said with a frown .

"Not bad! Lin, we have already developed a simple dedicated game entertainment system, the performance is better than that of the same configuration," Microsoft said. The system is playing strong talk above, but the problem is. Once the user replaces the hardware, including even the memory module, due to the limitations of the dedicated system, the system performance will plummet, and may even drop instead of rising.

In this way, it is difficult for consumers to finally pay the bill! After all, computer updates are changing with each passing day. Moreover, the demand for computer hardware for games is also increasing day by day. It is impossible for consumers to buy a computer that only lasts for two years, or one year, or even less than one year! "Lu Zhiyi echoed.

"That's right! Especially in the graphics card market, updates are much faster than other computer accessories. This is especially true in this aspect. It is something that a dedicated game entertainment system cannot do." He Guoyuan also agreed.

The three of them did not understand the "game entertainment system" (dedicated) proposed by Lin Feng. I feel that this is a bit of a rationale. Can a computer made in this way still be called a computer?

Lin Feng could also understand the doubts and incomprehensions of the three of them. After all, the three are not authentic Chinese, let alone real players, and their thinking is limited by the times, or their thinking is limited by inertia, and they often think under inertia, which will make people enter a misunderstanding of thinking.

"Hehe, about the" game entertainment system. Let's not talk about the (dedicated) issue. I want to ask you one thing. What do you think is the main purpose of the current sales of personal computers on the market? " Lin Feng asked with a smile.

"The main uses are games, entertainment, and office work (including learning). Not to mention games, entertainment is divided into watching movies and surfing the Internet. As for office work, the application varies according to the job position." Lu Zhiyi said rationally .

"That's right, that's for most consumers. What do you buy a computer for?" Lin Feng asked. "Games and entertainment!" The three spoke in unison.

Computers were originally used to assist people in their work and to help people solve many problems that cannot be solved by manpower alone. But with the development of the computer, one of the greatest inventions of this century has now become one of the most important entertainment tools for people. This, I have to say, is quite ironic. But it must be admitted that with computers, the spiritual life of human beings has indeed been enriched, especially for ordinary people, their spiritual emptiness has been greatly satisfied.

"That's right, people who are too generous buy computers. The main purpose and time are spent on games and entertainment. Therefore, the high-end entertainment system I proposed. (Dedicated) is originally intended to serve these people, although it has a strong Targeted, but these people are undoubtedly mainstream customers in the market! It can be said that we only need to design a corresponding "game entertainment system (dedicated) based on a mainstream configuration. "Lin Feng said.

Everyone nodded, but shook their heads again.

"If it's just entertainment, it's not a problem. But if it's games, as the capacity of computer games increases, the requirements for computer hardware are also getting higher and higher. Although dedicated game entertainment systems can create gods better than "Microsoft , the system exerts higher performance, but with the upgrade of computer games. If the hardware cannot be upgraded, it will become a major bottleneck. In this way, consumers at the time of purchase. It will definitely be the most important reference. " Lu Zhiyi said in a deep voice.

If the purchased computer cannot be upgraded, many consumers may not buy it. otherwise. Such a computer is a one-time consumer product, why do you buy it! After all, a computer is not like a TV. A washing machine or a refrigerator can be used for ten or eight years with a one-time investment. Computers are different, not to mention computers from ten years ago, five years ago. The mainstream configuration computer three years ago is now used, and you can't stand the slow speed!

Therefore, when consumers buy computers. The ability to upgrade is also an important basis.

Hearing Lu Zhiyi's words, Lin Feng smiled.

"Lu Zhiyi, with all due respect. As a hardware developer, when you produce computer hardware, especially in terms of structure, do you usually consider player upgrades?" Lin Feng asked.

Hearing this, Lu Zhiyi frowned and shook his head helplessly. For their manufacturers. The most hopeful thing is that every time a new product is released, the manufacturers will be able to pay for it, to upgrade it, and to pay for the manufacturer's high research and development funds. For example, every new product will introduce a new architecture, which is incompatible with the previous ones, just to make consumers continue to spend money to replace computers. instead. Easy to upgrade.

"Hehe, since that's the case, everyone, I would like to ask, after buying a computer, how many consumers will upgrade their computers every now and then?" Lin Feng asked?

Everyone shook their heads. From ordinary consumers, there are not many people who upgrade their computers every now and then. It is not even an exaggeration to say that after buying a computer, many people will not upgrade until the computer is eliminated. This is not only because the computer architecture is constantly changing, but also because most players don't have that much money to upgrade frequently.

Whether it is the developing East or the developed West, the poor are still the majority.

"However, Lin, although the overall structure of the computer will not be changed frequently, the graphics card, memory or hard disk players can be replaced frequently. For example, changing a powerful graphics card, adding a memory, adding a hard disk, these replacements are Very common. The replacement of the hard disk has no effect on the "game entertainment system" (dedicated), but the replacement of the graphics card and memory will cause system instability, especially the graphics card. We have tested that if you directly replace the other graphics card, it will The performance of a dedicated game and entertainment computer will be far inferior to the same configuration. Install the "Microsoft, system computer! "He Guoyuan said.

Lu Zhiyi and Bruce Allen nodded again and again. This is also the most serious problem they found. In order to improve the performance of the game, the most direct way is to replace the graphics card and increase the memory, but once replaced, the performance of the gaming and entertainment computer developed according to Lin Feng's instructions will drop like a dive, which is quite impressive. Speechless.

Lin Feng smiled!

"This is indeed a problem, but can't you correct it according to different hardware?" Lin Feng said with a smile.

"Of course this can create gods, but with so many players, how can we" I understand! "Bruce Allen was still questioning Lin Feng, but at the end of the sentence, his mind was agitated, and he understood what Lin Feng meant.

Lin Feng nodded, it seemed that Bruce Allen had understood. But seeing Lu Zhiyi and He Guoyuan's still blank expressions, Lin Feng explained with a smile.

"Since players need to update hardware to improve computer performance, then we can launch corresponding patches according to the hardware replaced by players. Let the "game entertainment system (dedicated) play its best! For example, we can add an "automatic scan (update)" to this "game entertainment system (dedicated)". program of. It will automatically scan the computer every time it is turned on. If the current system hardware changes. It will automatically scan, and then send its updated hardware information back to our company database, and then automatically download the corresponding patch to upgrade it, so that the system can still fully utilize the computer performance! "Lin Feng explained in detail.

Everyone suddenly realized. Indeed, as long as one such small program is added, the problem of player update and upgrade can be completely solved. certainly. In this way, the programmers responsible for developing this "game entertainment system" (dedicated) have worked hard. But it will undoubtedly bring huge rewards! Moreover, "Second World" will involve a large industry in addition to games and hardware, and this industry will touch the core of "Microsoft".

Thinking of this, everyone was excited! For a long time, as a fourth person, the biggest dream in my life is to challenge the "Microsoft" empire. But if you can't beat "Microsoft" on the operating system, then "Microsoft" will never be defeated. but. If this "game entertainment system" (dedicated) can be launched, "Second World" will have the strength to compete with or even defeat "Microsoft".

"Also, regarding those consumers who replace the whole machine, I suggest that our company will also carry out discounted recycling for them. Consumers can make gods to take the "gaming and entertainment computers" that they think are not capable enough, and take them to the company for discounted exchange , to buy a computer with more powerful performance. "Lin Feng said.

scare! Everyone was startled. This is something no company has ever done.

You know, these obsolete computers are almost junk antiques, basically worthless. If the company recycles it. Not only must consumers be discounted, but a venue must also be rented to house the hardware. Also hire staff to take care of it. Moreover, large-scale recycling, and more critically, there are many radioactive electronic components in computer hardware, which will cause semi-permanent damage to the land, which will cause the company to pay a large amount of environmental protection costs.

It can be said that Lin Feng's suggestion is quite unfavorable. But Lin Feng not only persisted, but also had a huge appetite.

"We not only recycle our company's "game entertainment computer" but also all the complete computers on the market!" Lin Feng said in a huff.

scare! This, this, this is too exaggerated. If this is to be recycled, there are so many "scrap" computers on the market that have entered the "second world". Thinking about the scene where computers are piled up like a pile, everyone wants to faint.

"Cough, boss, although this can help the company open up the market and improve the "game entertainment computer." market sales. But this seems to be cost-effective, not very cost-effective. After all, the company also needs to spend huge sums of money on renting venues and hiring employees. Although I haven't calculated it in detail, according to my preliminary estimation, the company will lose about ten thousand Renminbi yuan for every "scrapped, scrapped computer!" Wu Zhaopu reminded from the side.

He understood what Lin Feng meant. Lin Feng hoped to increase the sales of "game entertainment computers" and increase the company's market share in personal computers by purchasing "scrap" computers. But this is not a wise choice of intervention, it is irrational.

When it came to Wu Zhaopu's words, Lin Feng was noncommittal.

"Mr. Wu, do you only need to buy Renminbi? It's so cheap!" Lin Feng said with a smile.

Wu Zhaopu was speechless for a while. It's still cheap, indeed, a computer only costs RMB 10000. But what if there are more computers? How many computers are there in the country now? At least about 10,000 yuan, if all of them are exchanged, it will be an extremely astonishing expense. This is only a rough calculation of the site cost and labor cost. As for the related environmental protection costs, it is not calculated. Once an electronic pollution incident occurs, it will be a major blow to the company's reputation.

What's more, this is only China. What about computers all over the world? What a frightening number that would be! However, Lin Feng had already planned for this! (to be continued)