Lenovo entering 'PC plus' era, CEO says

PC demand growth has waned over the past year as more consumers flock to ultraportable and increasingly powerful tablets and smartphones for basic computing. Hewlett Packard (HP), Dell and other stalwarts of the PC industry are now fighting to sustain growth as tablet computers eat into their PC-related businesses.

But PCs aren't disappearing anytime soon.

"We don't live in a post-PC world," Lenovo Chief Executive Yuanqing Yang said in an interview in Las Vegas on Wednesday. "We are entering the PC plus era."

Yang said it is a post-PC world for one group: companies that do not innovate in PCs.

Lenovo, he said, has redefined the category with products like Yoga, a laptop running Microsoft Corp's Windows 8 that can be converted to a tablet PC by flipping the screen all the way backwards, and Twist, another laptop that has a screen connected through a hinge.

The two laptops have had brisk sales in the United States with Lenovo capturing 40 percent consumer market share in the $900 and above category.

Lenovo entering 'PC plus' era, CEO says | Reuters
 
I guess Microsoft got it right. They developed Windows 8 for this very reason.

Jim :cool:
 

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The point of the article is that Lenovo does not believe that the PC/laptop is dead and that the future is only in tablets and mobile phones. It's another observation that the traditional desktop environment is valid and must be supported.
 

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Sometimes it isn't getting a point across, but having to admit there is change coming. And, people sometimes find it hard to accept change (always have and always will).
 

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It's more evolution than revolution and, honestly, Microsoft is once again somewhat late to the party. A long time ago, I thought that hand held devices would be ubiquitous and supplant the desktop PC. They are most certainly ubiquitous, but I now believe that they will be an adjunct and each filling a requirement, with some overlap, but no one device taking over all functions.
 

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It's more evolution than revolution and, honestly, Microsoft is once again somewhat late to the party. A long time ago, I thought that hand held devices would be ubiquitous and supplant the desktop PC. They are most certainly ubiquitous, but I now believe that they will be an adjunct and each filling a requirement, with some overlap, but no one device taking over all functions.

Go back and have a look at some of my posts Ray.
 

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Go back and have a look at some of my posts Ray.

I'll use one of your sayings Ray, you just don't understand.

Do you think that every time I post something, it's about you?

Funny, but you mentioned my name.

Anyway Ray, why do you think I've been saying I'm excited about Windows 8 and it's possibilities and all the different machines. The PC plus era is exactly why I'm excited about Windows 8, no other reason.
 

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Funny, but you mentioned my name.

Anyway Ray, why do you think I've been saying I'm excited about Windows 8 and it's possibilities and all the different machines. The PC plus era is exactly why I'm excited about Windows 8, no other reason.

I didn't mention your name in my post that you quoted.

These devices have been effectively on the market for years, I've been using just such a touch tablet going on two years now with Windows 7. But Windows 8 doesn't add any startling new things, in my case it partly misses the mark. I can fully appreciate the possibilities that these devices can provide, which is exactly why I bought my tablet. Also, Microsoft is simply following on from what they started with XP Tablet PC Edition, which came with my Fujitsu P1610. But they went the wrong way trying to play catch with Android and Apple by introducing RT first.
 

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Funny, but you mentioned my name.

Anyway Ray, why do you think I've been saying I'm excited about Windows 8 and it's possibilities and all the different machines. The PC plus era is exactly why I'm excited about Windows 8, no other reason.

I didn't mention your name in my post that you quoted.

These devices have been effectively on the market for years, I've been using just such a touch tablet going on two years now with Windows 7. But Windows 8 doesn't add any startling new things, in my case it partly misses the mark. I can fully appreciate the possibilities that these devices can provide, which is exactly why I bought my tablet. Also, Microsoft is simply following on from what they started with XP Tablet PC Edition, which came with my Fujitsu P1610. But they went the wrong way trying to play catch with Android and Apple by introducing RT first.

Trouble is Ray no one was really taking any notice with Windows 7, probably because it wasn't designed for touch, now people are taking notice and a lot of people are frothing at the bit.

Is it all too little too late, I hope not, because I want to see the possibilities.
 

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Trouble is Ray no one was really taking any notice with Windows 7, probably because it wasn't designed for touch, now people are taking notice and a lot of people are frothing at the bit.

Is it all too little too late, I hope not, because I want to see the possibilities.

If Windows 7 wasn't designed for touch, how come I can use touch to do everything that I can in Windows 8 on the same tablet.
 

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Trouble is Ray no one was really taking any notice with Windows 7, probably because it wasn't designed for touch, now people are taking notice and a lot of people are frothing at the bit.

Is it all too little too late, I hope not, because I want to see the possibilities.

If Windows 7 wasn't designed for touch, how come I can use touch to do everything that I can in Windows 8 on the same tablet.

I'd say its got a lot to do with ease of use and precision, Metro is very easy to use, you can just push screens out of the way. Also I'd say Windows 8 would use less battery power, especially in Metro or RT.
 

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I'd say its got a lot to do with ease of use and precision, Metro is very easy to use, you can just push screens out of the way. Also I'd say Windows 8 would use less battery power, especially in Metro or RT.

I can do exactly with my current tablet, with either version of Windows. For people who do not need/want the apps, how they work is irrelevant. Battery power with the Surface Pro will be no different to that of most tablets running Atom or iX processors and may well be worse than many notebooks/laptops because of battery size limitations. Running apps will not save on battery power, as it's the processor, graphics etc that consumes the power.
 

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. . .another post going in the wrong direction. Please people try to stay on topic. . .:D
 

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Hi all

Now now children -- let's be nice and say on topic.

Lenovo already had their "Twist" type of PC's which were part tablet part PC.

In any case what IS a tablet and what is a PC.

In the case of a workstation or server blades there isn't any argument.

However looking at say the new HP ENVY series where you can remove the screen (similar but better IMO to Lenovo's "Current Twist type PC"s) and it works as a full blown tablet -- the boundaries get very blurred.

One could argue that a Surface PRO with a keyboard isn't anything other than a "Collapsible" PC. What can't it do that a PC can do - especially if it's fitted with decent RAM and a powerful processor.

Lenovo realized this a while ago --I am looking forward to a slightly better engineered version rather than the current twist models.

People will still need "classical desktop" GUI's for some while yet --especially if they do a lot of typing --in no way can a touch screen operate quicker when creating large text documents than by using a keyboard ==and even the most amateur "One fingered" typist can type far quicker than they can write using a pen device.

Devices are morphing into all sorts of form factors but they are still essentially computers.

I predict eventually a small tablet like device being able to project stunning 3-d holograms -- wouldn't this be great for watching sport or movies -- or even for "face to face long distance communications". CPU power and Internet bandwidth would need to be orders of magnitude better than now --but remember Moore's Law is still valid.

Combined devices are the way of the future -- I'd buy a powerful "Ultrabook" in a shot if I could remove a THIN lid and use it as a tablet when I needed to --saves buying TWO devices as well.

Lenovo (and even Ms) are on the right track here whereas the good "Old Fruit Company" seems to have missed the boat with this type of approach. Ipads are rapidly becoming to be seen as "Yesterdays Market" while companies like Samsung are starting to fill the void with some very nice products -- and Lenovo too.

Cheers
jimbo
 

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Hi Jimbo,

The way I see it is a tablet is a PC except in a different form. My first Mac (1987) though it needed to be plugged in was designed to be mobile. Thus, tablets are also designed to be mobile computers. Though fairly basic tablets can do just about anything that a PC can do (blue tooth key boards stretch the imagination), thus the reason people are looking at them as a replacement not so much for a desktop computer system but laptops.
 

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"traditional desktop environment is valid and must be supported." If only Lenovo would understand that and give support but they do not, over at their forum are quesitons upons questions not being addressed, no windows 8 drivers forth coming though people need them in the worst way. You cannot get help from phone support, if they promise to call back they do not, but sales, now that is another thing, those phones get answered quickly I am told.
 

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