PC Disruption, Tablets and the Netbook

April 15, 2013 by Dave Michels

Microsoft had a choice; it could use Windows 7 to bolster Netbooks, or wait for another vendor to disrupt its PC licensing revenue. It chose the latter, and has been working to correct ever since.

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