It needed a system that would allow additional PCs and printers to be added without having to reconfigure or shut down the network.

它需要这样一个系统，允许添加另外的PC和打印机而不必重新配置系统或者关闭网络。

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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.

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。

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Re-striping sleek new PCs with the old operating system is simply going to make less and less sense, even if the it department has a perfectly good site license.

在新的电脑设备上使用老旧的操作系统正在变得越来越没有意义，就算你们的IT部门对它的支持很完美。

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The shift away from PCs also has posed a problem for Microsoft, whose Windows operating system powers most PCs but hasn't made much of a dent with other types of devices.

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Microsoft wants to replicate the success it has had with its Windows operating system for PCs with something similar on mobile devices.

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Then Windows came along and PCs standardized around that operating system.

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