http://www.cool3c.com/article/75069 应使用者要求，HP 再度推出预载 Windows 7 产品 由 Casper 於 二, 2014/01/21 - 10:43am 发表 电子产品 HP windows 7 观众要求 HP（目前应该只有美国）在上周开始寄发挂有「小七再临」（Windows 7 is back）的电 子邮件宣传给使用者，主要内容是提供预载 Windows 7 的选项，同时最多还可以省 150 美元，这项促销也已经在官方网站开跑，还强调是应使用者热烈要求的结果。 同时目前在美国官网上面，除非选择客制化出货，不然几乎全线桌机产品都是以 Windows 7 预载出货，笔电方面虽然有部分是挂 Windows 8，不过绝大部分也是以 Windows 7 挂牌，甚至连 All-in-One 也都以非 Windows 8 机种在推销，一如 Android 产品。 如果 HP 开了这一枪，其他 PC 厂似乎也有跟进的可能，看来微软提早推 Windows 9 出 来坦的计画，恐怕是刻不容缓了。 图文引用来源：The Verge、HP http://www.pcworld.com/article/2089403/ouch-hp-brings-windows-7-back-by-popular-demand.html http://tinyurl.com/k9rhhqo Ouch: HP brings Windows 7 'back by popular demand' Ian Paul @ianpaul Jan 20, 2014 8:22 AMprint With Windows 8 bearing a good share of the blame for the declining PC market, HP is falling back on Windows 7 for its latest marketing push. The world’s second largest computer maker recently began promoting PCs loaded with Windows 7 on its U.S. website, buoyed by an email marketing push. “Back by popular demand,” HP’s U.S. website reads, offering customers the chance to get $150 off a new computer loaded with Windows 7. While other manufacturers—including Dell and Lenovo—also sell a limited number of Windows 7 PCs to consumers, only HP is advocating the aging OS with such gusto. PC shipments have been declining for seven consecutive quarters, so HP’s Windows 7 hype could be an attempt to bolster lagging sales by reverting to Microsoft’s more successful (and less contentious) version of Windows. No end in sight Microsoft has yet to put a firm end date on when computer makers have to stop pre-installing Windows 7 on new PCs, according to the company’s lifecycle page, and that is unlikely to change anytime soon. With a potential mass migration from Windows XP coming in 2014, having Windows 7 as an option could keep Metro haters within the Windows ecosystem. Plus, Microsoft probably doesn’t want to see a repeat of the Vista era, when Dell used the Windows Pro-level “downgrade” rights to sell more Windows XP devices such as the Inspiron 1525. Speaking of XP… Then again, with extended support for Windows XP coming to an end on April 8, HP could be hoping to get an early jump on deals to attract longtime XP users shopping for a new PC. Windows 7's traditional interface would be much less of a shock to reluctant XP upgraders than Windows 8's Live Tiled Start screen. Even with this new promotion HP’s selection of Windows 7 PCs is severely limited. At this writing, the company offered only two laptops running Windows 7, compared to 28 with Windows 8.1 and five (five!) with Chrome OS. Moving over to desktops, HP offers three with Windows 7, seven with Windows 8, and 26 with Windows 8.1. Perhaps, if this Windows 7 push is successful, the company will expand that lineup, but that is far from clear. Of course, the answer to why HP is hyping Windows 7 could also be “none of the above” as Stephen Baker, the Vice President of Analysis for the NPD research group, told PCWorld via email. “I think HP sees an opportunity and is reaching out to exploit it like any good selling organization would,” Baker said. “I believe anything else is reading way too much into one email marketing campaign.” --

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