If only it ran full Windows 8 -- it might have won based on hardware alone.
This puts different stresses on hardware and provides a unique test bed for products under development.
More than saving on hardware purchases, companies like relieving their tech staffs of maintenance chores.
When the economy turns down, businesses and consumers slow spending on hardware, software and other tech goods.
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"I don't know whether Amazon will be able to compete with Apple head-to-head on hardware sophistication, " she said.
The innovation-choking monopoly that wireless carriers have on hardware, services and content--especially in the U.S.-- is starting to crack.
But to the exclusion of all external evidence, Jobs has focused on hardware.
Since the iPhone 4S was introduced in October 2011 with iCloud and Siri, Apple announcements have focused on hardware.
Amazon has a unique value proposition in that they make no margin on hardware hoping to pick up e commerce sales.
The report said taxing internet devices could help fund culture because consumers were spending more money on hardware than on content.
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This just as it prepares to bet the company on Windows 8, which depends heavily on hardware partners for its success.
"Anything that we can do that's not dependent on hardware like infrared, we'll definitely bring to all the flagship devices, " he said.
All of them have slashed prices on hardware to reach new customers.
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Processors will not operate (including 32-bit operation) without an Intel 64 architecture-enabled BIOS. Performance will vary depending on hardware and software configurations.
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Intel and Facebook have long been technology collaboration partners on hardware and software optimizations to drive more efficiency and scale for Facebook data centers.
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Mike Taylor, of e-learning company Equiinet, said schools should be allowed to spend their "e-learning credits" on hardware that would run such media-rich materials.
For the most part, it has been primarily focused on hardware such as smart phones and less focused on the applications running on them.
It means avoiding the huge expentitures on hardware and other infrastructure.
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Jolla, the Finnish start-up with a significant number of former Nokia employees, is behind the Sailfish OS, which is expected to launch on hardware during 2013.
The ensuing commodification of the hardware however endangers the traditional business model of networking vendors such as Juniper that have relied on hardware complexity to drive margins.
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But I will disagree with you on hardware and management.
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Operating systems designed to run on hardware from multiple manufacturers and Java virtual machines promising portability across hardware and operating systems were part of the swing toward platform independence.
On hardware, IBM essentially has a monopoly within mainframes which remains superior to x-86 servers in terms of reliability, utilization, security and throughput which will see an upgrade in 2013.
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Evangelho says that a used games restriction would drive gamers to another platform, but argues that because companies lose money on hardware, those cheap gamers would actually become a financial burden.
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Android tablet makers also rely on hardware sales.
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The company provides engineering services to offload the complexity of maintaining multiple code bases which has proven to be a common issue for smartphone manufacturers, freeing the manufacturer to focus on hardware design and integration.
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World War I camofleurs concentrated on hardware like artillery and ships, with the British soon catching up on the French after initial reservations about the military benefits of Cubism, despised by some as "Boche art".
Anything more than a casual gaming device built into a TV currently is unfeasible, but with faster SoC processing and faster broadband connection, Xbox could be an installation on hardware-compatible devices rather than a discrete device.
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