Users could tweak their PCs in various ways to personalize them.
用户可以用各种方式来调整自己的PC，实现个性化。
Before customers are willing to give up their PCs completely, cloud service providers must do a lot better.
在消费者愿意完全抛弃他们的PC之前，云服务提供商还必须做得更好才行。
Gates built Microsoft into a global powerhouse by selling proprietary software that users loaded onto their PCs.
盖茨通过出售专有的软件将微软打造成了全球性的巨头；用户购买软件安装在自己的个人电脑上。
That page is then accessible from a web browser and editable even if the user doesn't have the software on their PCs.
然后用户使用浏览器就可以访问这个页面，即便用户在自己的电脑上没有安装软件也照样可以编辑这些文档。
But if Apple and Google expect customers to ditch their PCs for these devices, the accompanying services better be rock-solid.
但苹果和Google若想要消费者把他们的PC换成这些移动设备的话，相应的服务最好能坚若磐石。
Having used it at home to let Grandma see the children on their PCs, people now feel more comfortable trying video communication at work.
已经在家里使用过视频通信让奶奶通过电脑屏幕见到自己的孙子之后，人们在工作中也想使用它。
Visitors may sign in to get their photo taken for a temporary "smart card" like the ones that employees use to enter buildings and log on to their PCs.
游客可在登记后照相取得一张临时的“智能卡”，和员工进出办公大楼及登入个人电脑的卡片相同。
Currently, about 9% of Europeans watch live TV on their PCs and 4% record TV programs to a hard drive, either through a dedicated media PC or with a DVR.
目前有9%的欧洲人在PC上看电视节目，而又4%的人会把电视节目录制到硬盘上去，不是通过专门的媒体PC就是通过DVR。
Employees want their PCs to boot in 10 seconds, not 10 minutes, and they don't want to have to get a cup of coffee while opening a 20 MB spreadsheet in Excel.
员工希望电脑的启动时间是10秒而不是10分钟；他们也不希望打开一个20MB大小的Excel电子表格时，还得泡上杯咖啡等着。
While many people use their PCs to keep track of their contacts and address books, new services like Friendster and Spoke combine those address books together.
当很多人还在利用他们的个人计算机记录联络人和地址簿时，新的服务像Friendster和Spoke已经将那些地址簿全部整合在一起。
Today, nearly 3 million users access Netflix's instant streaming service, watching an estimated 5 million movies and TV shows every week on their PCs or living room sets.
今天，每个星期有近三百万用户访问Netflix的即时观影服务，通过电脑和客厅里的设备看有大约五百万部电影和电视节目。
But soon, many consumers found that these pre-loaded applications made their PCs run slower by increasing startup and shutdown times for their machines and hogging memory.
但很快，许多顾客发现这些预装的应用程序延长了电脑启动和关闭的时间，占用内存，拖慢了他们电脑的速度。
Verizon's FiOS TV offers access to a few user-generated Web sites; Comcast and Time Warner cable are rolling out services that let subscribers stream cable channels to their PCs.
Verizon的FiOS电视提供访问一些用户生成的网站，Comcast和时代华纳有线正在推出的服务，让用户通过电脑即时观看有线电视频道。
Verizon's FiOS TV offers access to a few user-generated Web sites; Comcast and Time Warner cable are rolling out services that let subscribers stream cable channels to their PCs.
Verizon的FiOS电视提供访问一些用户生成的网站，Comcast和时代华纳有线正在推出的服务，让用户通过电脑即时观看有线电视频道。
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