Microsoft seeks former glories with ‘Always Connected PCs’
Microsoft is going to be having a crack at reinventing personal computing with the introduction of constant connectivity.
May 31, 2017
Microsoft is going to be having a crack at reinventing personal computing with the introduction of constant connectivity.
The move itself seems to be an attempt to recapture some of the fortunes Microsoft experienced during the 90s and 00s; essentially the period where Microsoft was top of the world and the tablet-horror show hadn’t started writing the obituary of the personal computer. Constant connectivity would allow Microsoft to potentially regain some of this fortune; it’s early days for the moment, but your correspondent finds the idea appealing.
“There is a new generation of users that need to be connected to the cloud at all times. They are students, creators, freelancers, small businesses, and enterprises,” said Peter Han, VP of Partner Devices and Solutions at Microsoft. “This means sharing experiences across screens and leveraging the latest network technology like gigabit LTE and eSIM.