Tomorrow morning in New York City, Microsoft will host an event that should include an array of new hardware, including, yes, a new Surface Pro device.
Computer-makers are doing somewhat better, but deferring the purchase of new hardware is an easy way to cut costs.
There's a proliferation of new hardware formats coming and as a company, we have to learn how our users are going to use them.
Owners stay happy, too, getting fanicer software without the tedium of a new purchase.The adoption of new hardware is not driven by these owners sitting on their hands, of course.
Analysts point to its global reach, skilled management and the fact that so much of its business comes from steady revenue from software licenses and services contracts instead of sales of new hardware products.
As each blamed the other, credibility collapsed.By packaging business consulting with IT, IBM now hopes to sell its customers full, all-singing, all-dancing, business "solutions", rather than vague promises about the benefits of new hardware or software.
One of the main outcomes of new hardware may be that, unlike Seidel's secure five minutes with the Defence Department mainframe, the contemporary writer is no longer alone in the room.
Schiller did unveil one piece of new hardware: a new 17in MacBook Pro, a top-end laptop with prices starting at £1,950, which follows the slimline MacBook Air by having a non-removable battery.
The event had been billed as a presentation of new hardware devices; some were even describing it as the most significant event of its kind that Google had ever held.
