New ipad ends Software era or force Microsoft to give in

Original title: The end of the new ipad by software era yesterday, the fifth-generation tablet ipad Air, second-generation ipad Mini and MacBook notebooks finally unveiled, while the hardware configuration updated, Apple also for the first time on Mac computer equipped with OS X new operating system for free, Ended Apple's 16 operating system license sales history. From the release of the new product, whether it is the ipad Air, the ipad Mini, or the MacBook, the hardware upgrades, Apple also announced the iOS device ilife and iwork two sets of suite application for free. At the same time, Apple has for the first time ever been completely free of the latest OS X Mavericks updates to Mac computers (including laptops and desktops), which means that all Mac users will be free to upgrade to new versions without paying for them, and users will need to pay before they can complete the update. Analysts have analyzed Apple's move to expand the market share of OS X operating systems, promote the popularity of the new system among Mac users, and help Apple develop its ecosystem around Mac products. Liu Qishing, editor-in-chief of the Communications World Network, said in an interview with the Beijing Business press: "Free operating system platform and mobile applications have become increasingly overwhelming advantage, Apple to users gradually free to open its software content and services, its business model adjustment can be seen, that is, software for hardware, with high-quality software content and services to drive hardware equipment. "Apple's free to some extent changed the industry's inherent rules, which is undoubtedly the PC-dominated Microsoft has no small pressure." Windows and Office software have long been the backbone of Microsoft's revenue, and in the short term it will certainly not give up this part of the revenue. Under the pressure of Apple's free system policy, Microsoft will be forced to make price concessions on its windows system.