Microsoft Hardware

Microsoft Hardware

In computing, Microsoft hardware, developed in the software-oriented environment of Microsoft and integrating with that software,[1] has included (for example)[2]

References

  1. ^ Cargile, Andy; Fry, Ken (2008), "Managing the Evolution of Microsoft's Hardware Business", in Lockwood, Thomas; Walton, Thomas, Building Design Strategy: Using Design to Achieve Key Business Objectives, Allworth Communications, p. 87, ISBN 9781581156539, http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=B5tZkKg5v20C, "The Microsoft Hardware Division was founded in 1982 on the principle of deep integration of hardware with software." 
  2. ^ Cargile, Andy; Fry, Ken (2008), "Managing the Evolution of Microsoft's Hardware Business", in Lockwood, Thomas; Walton, Thomas, Building Design Strategy: Using Design to Achieve Key Business Objectives, Allworth Communications, p. 87, ISBN 9781581156539, http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=B5tZkKg5v20C, "The division was originally charged with creating the company's first mouse compatible with Microsoft Word. [...] the 1990s saw an expanding variety of products, including PC keyboards, gaming joysticks and gamepads, a cordless telephone system, PC audio speakers, and trackball devices." 
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