盖茨预见到很多PC制造商将模仿IBM的开放式架构，制造自己的个人电脑；他们同样会需要预装操作系统。

Gates figured that many PC makers would copy IBM's open architecture, and make their own PCs; they'd need to license an operating system, too.

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那是因为购买预装新版操作系统的新电脑，通常会更容易，更便宜一些。

That's because it's usually easier and cheaper to buy a new machine preloaded with a new OS.

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既然这样，Google就能够让硬件贩卖商预装Google基于BIOS的操作系统。

In that case, Google could agree with hardware vendors to pre-install Google's BIOS-based operating system.

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