Bill Gates: the Traditional PC Is Changing

Billly Gates writes "Bill Gates, in an interview with Charlie Rose last night, defended the move to Metro-ize Windows 8 and focus solely on the tablet experience (here's the video — tablet talk starts around 28 minutes in). When asked how traditional PC users will react, he explained that the world is moving into tablets, and a new PC needs to have both experiences integrated together. Also, he defended the move to build the Surface while charging his competitors a bundle for Windows 8. He says users have access to both experiences, whether it is a signature Microsoft one, or from an OEM. Is the a sign the desktop is dead or dying?" Gates stopped short of saying the traditional PC is dead, but dodged direct questions about its future. This is a big change to the stance he has advocated in years past.

Comments

Re:Why is this man allowed to keep so much money?

[misexistentialist]

Hitler supported medical research too.

Re:I DON'T WANT A TABLET

[aaaaaaargh!]

Not really. The majority of people buy just about anything you throw at them if it's advertised enough, but this doesn't imply that they really want or need it -- unless you consider demand that is created artificially by marketing experts as an expression of people's desires, which is rather cynical IMHO.