Will Microsoft become a PC manufacturer?
Writing at MarketWatch, John Dvorak speculates that Microsoft may get into the business of selling PCs. After all, they sell the Xbox, which is a computer, so why not PCs? Dvorak writes:
Will Microsoft Corp. design, produce and ship a branded computer in the United States?
It’s already doing this in India without fanfare. Nobody has considered the possibility that the Microsoft PC in India is a market test for a bigger rollout. As of this writing the company isn’t saying. Reports out of India are sketchy.
Over the years, Microsoft has been accused of copying what Apple Inc. does, as far as user interface is concerned. Why not copy the idea of an entire branded computer, too? After all, with the Zune player, Microsoft has played follow-the-leader in hardware.
Microsoft has been very successful with this copycat strategy. That said, the company has been original and aggressive with its Xbox, pen-based computing initiatives and peripheral manufacturing.
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