There was a video recently from either Level1Techs or GamersNexus about the recent intel event. In it, they mentioned one of the unforeseen outcomes of Microsoft forcing this upgrade cycle is increased adoption of Macs for corporate laptops. If Apple manages to make significant inroads in the office space, I doubt MS will try this again. Although. we are in the enshittification era and it’s all about squeezing the customer instead of trying to keep or gain new ones.
Windows hasn’t been the cash cow for a long time. Office is still pretty big (and the corporate licensing is often bundled), but the big moneymaker is Azure.
If these companies are switching to web-based services in Azure, it ends up being a net positive for Microsoft.
There was a video recently from either Level1Techs or GamersNexus about the recent intel event. In it, they mentioned one of the unforeseen outcomes of Microsoft forcing this upgrade cycle is increased adoption of Macs for corporate laptops. If Apple manages to make significant inroads in the office space, I doubt MS will try this again. Although. we are in the enshittification era and it’s all about squeezing the customer instead of trying to keep or gain new ones.
Windows hasn’t been the cash cow for a long time. Office is still pretty big (and the corporate licensing is often bundled), but the big moneymaker is Azure.
If these companies are switching to web-based services in Azure, it ends up being a net positive for Microsoft.
Good point.