Google is targeting SA’s consumer market with its line of laptops, as the Silicon Valley technology giant moves in to compete in a market that has long been dominated by Microsoft and its Windows operating system.
Windows, invented by Bill Gates and his company in 1985, has long dominated the desktop operating system market. An operating system refers to the interface between a computer user and computer hardware that manages system tasks and resources. ..A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and Sunday Times Daily.