Rebirth 79: I opened a bank in the United States

"You still said that you don't understand this market?! You just said that you don't understand computers?!"

Amidst Carter's suppressed, but not completely suppressed, unbridled laughter that was almost perverted, Rick silently spit out a sentence.

At the same time, he focused his gaze on Carter in a complicated manner, not knowing whether he should cry or laugh for a while.

happy?Looking at the situation in front of you, this guy obviously has a good understanding of this market and it can not only directly tell the direct source of this chip, but also know exactly which foundries there are, and even the operating system on Osborne One. .
This guy can bluntly say that this system will soon have to be named Ka, oh no, the surname is Wei
This can't help but make Rick even more optimistic about the future of this computer manufacturing company!

With policy orientation, I can handle the federal level by myself, and Carter can handle the local level.It can be said that as long as the two of us work together, this company will definitely get the benefits and orders we deserve!

Of course money is not mentioned, Rick believes that as long as Carter wants to do it, he will not be out of money.

With the money, the relationship, and now the professionalism of the market is also directly full. At least in Rick's eyes, this can no longer be regarded as completely out of the market.
This business can't be justified!
But suddenly, thinking of Carter's perfunctory attitude just now,
"Ah, actually, I really don't know much about it. It's really a coincidence. What's on this thing. You have to know that Microsoft's largest hardware business today is to make software cards based on the Z80 chip. Although this chip purchase Fang and the manufacturer of the software card is Seattle Computer Company, but as a technology supplier, I helped take over part of this business, so I really know a little bit about this chip. You want to change to 6502, I don’t think so understood"

"The same is true for CP/M. You may not know that Microsoft almost merged with DRI, which made CP/M, into one company. In the past, in terms of software, Microsoft's largest business income came from making languages ​​​​for CP/M. Support, until we reached a cooperation with IBM, the business focus shifted from basic to DOS, but basic did not let go. So. "

Carter couldn't laugh or cry, except that the computer market in the United States is really small today.Don't know what to say at all.
He sighed and lit a cigarette to refresh himself. At the same time, Carter calmly told Rick the story behind the past.After receiving the other party's suddenly enlightened performance, Carter also raised his question that he had held back for a long time:
"It's reasonable, the Osborne One you bought is actually very successful from a commercial point of view! Most of the computers on the market today are pursuing high configuration and new technology!"

"It's like IBM's PC. The first model still uses KB as the storage unit. It hasn't been a few years. Hey, it has been updated to a 5MB hard disk. Oh, by the way, the storage of this thing is still using a floppy disk."

"That is to say, the customers we face are different, and not all computers need to pursue high configuration. The computers for programmers and enthusiasts do need to be updated frequently, because they play different games, and they really can People who squeeze the performance of a computer to the extreme are not enough."

"And their income is also good, and it's no pressure for them to be a few thousand dollars more expensive. After all, this is also a kind of investment in production tools. But in the ordinary consumer market, [-] dollars, You can still carry it and go, this computer, it shouldn’t be like you said, why is it about to go bankrupt? Its current performance is enough for some daily office work, making charts and so on, it’s still no problem!”

"To use what you said just now, the boss of Osborne is also stupid! He is seriously ill! Or maybe at the beginning, the sales volume was so good that people swelled up. Do you know what he did?"

Hearing Carter's words, especially seeing Carter's little confused expression, Rick couldn't help being happy.

"Last year, that guy from Osborne made a very high-profile announcement that Osborne Computer Company is about to launch a brand new Executive and Vixen. As the successor of Osborne No. 24, the new model will have a higher configuration, and The battery will also be integrated into the brand new computer. Really mobile office, not like this stupid guy, although it can be carried around, but it does not have a battery itself, if there is no power supply, it is a [-]-pound dumbbel."

"I noticed that this thing doesn't have a battery. Moreover, it doesn't have a fan, so there is a problem with heat dissipation. Do you feel it? The temperature in our dormitory is much higher now"

If a battery is added, then this thing will really have the most prominent feature of future laptops!

Carter thought inwardly, and at the same time told a discovery he had just made.

Computers of this day and age don't have fans, so that's not a big deal.After all, the computing power is not high, and there are no 3A masterpieces for you to run, and Master Lu who smokes is just a baby in his infancy.

Under normal circumstances, there is no problem with heat dissipation.But maybe it was because of the high integration level, or maybe it was because summer was coming, and after running the Osborne One with the power on for a while, Carter felt that the temperature in the dormitory was much higher.

This may be a psychological effect, but a less than good customer experience, if it can be improved, this may be a market advantage!

"Let's talk about this question later, I will continue."

"The problem with Osborne is not that he bragged about how good the new models are, but that after he blew the cowhide, he couldn't come up with new products! And more consumers saw that the new models were better than the old ones. With so much progress, why buy the old model?"

"Wait for the party?!"

carter happy
Isn't this just waiting for the party's history to reappear? !

Although the internal causes of waiting seem to be different, the result is the same.
"I seem to understand what you mean, because Osborne is so high-profile, the sales of Osborne No. [-] have plummeted. People are waiting for the new model to come out. But it's not a big problem, as long as the new model comes out You don't want to say that until now, they haven't launched a new one, do you?"

"Then who says it's not?"

"There are technical difficulties?"

"Don't look at me, I don't understand this. Anyway, what happened to him is called the Osborne effect, a classic negative teaching material. In short, if we want to do it in the future, we must not make this mistake! Old stock Before you deal with it, absolutely don’t shout about the new release in advance.”

"Don't worry, I'm not stupid. If I want to do it, it must be to pre-research the first generation, announce the first generation, and sell the first generation. I have to give myself some leeway in between."

Carter shook his head helplessly, it's hard for Carter to say anything about this kind of thing.
In a few months, I can almost earn a small target, which is still a small target of US dollars, and the expansion is justified.

"That's right! Hey, don't even mention it, your three-generation law is not bad! When you become awesome in the future, just call this thing Black's law."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and go to sleep!"

"Sleep, sleep, wait, there is one more question!"

"what?"

"When are you going to start?!"