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Computex 2018: in the shadow of Apple’s WWDC, the PC industry looks to rediscover its relevance

Computex 2018: in the shadow of Apple’s WWDC, the PC industry looks to rediscover its relevance

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https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17421622/intel-microsoft-windows-asus-qualcomm-computex-2018

Computex has always been the Wintel show.

Before the age of Android-running, Qualcomm-powered smartphones, the dominant software-hardware combo in the world of personal computing was that of Microsoft’s Windows OS and Intel’s CPUs. But now Microsoft is preparing for a post-Windows future and Intel is scrambling to figure out what else it can do beside baking chips for a satiated audience of PC users. So what does that mean for Computex, the annual Taipei-based showcase of the latest innovations in the Intel-Windows ecosystem? It means change.

Computex 2018: in the shadow of Apple’s WWDC, the PC industry looks to rediscover its relevance

Jun 4, 2018, 7:23am UTC
https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/4/17421622/intel-microsoft-windows-asus-qualcomm-computex-2018 > Computex has always been the Wintel show. > Before the age of Android-running, Qualcomm-powered smartphones, the dominant software-hardware combo in the world of personal computing was that of Microsoft’s Windows OS and Intel’s CPUs. But now Microsoft is preparing for a post-Windows future and Intel is scrambling to figure out what else it can do beside baking chips for a satiated audience of PC users. So what does that mean for Computex, the annual Taipei-based showcase of the latest innovations in the Intel-Windows ecosystem? It means change.