Chapter 1509

"Of course, it's a smaller MSN!!" Bill Gates couldn't help laughing.

Seeing this, some readers may wonder whether the larger the installation package is, the better, because it represents the more experience and functions of the program?

This may be a normal idea in future generations, but in 1999, no one ever wanted the larger the installation package, the better.

The reason is very simple. Everyone's computer capacity is too small.

In 1999, the standard hard disk size of home computers was about 2GB. If anyone has a 5GB hard disk, it is the top computer.

At the same time, because computers are expensive, many people's computers are left over from the 1990s and the 1980s. The capacity of these computers is even worse. They are calculated in MB.

So now most computers and users hate large installation packages.

Take QQ for example. An installation package is nearly 50MB.

For a computer with 2GB hard disk capacity, the installation system of Windows 95 needs 200MB of space. If you count all kinds of commonly used software, it is great that 1GB of space can be left in 2GB.

But a computer must not only install some common software, but also install games. A game is very large. Take the latest Red Alert 2, which has an amazing capacity of 310mb.

Three Red Alert 2, you can occupy the whole hard disk.

Moreover, with the continuous operation of the computer, all kinds of garbage files will continue to be born. There is no computer cleaning assistant these days. These garbage are difficult to clean automatically. As a result, more and more garbage will accumulate, further compressing the space.

It's really hard for many users to squeeze out 50MB of space.

Of course, as long as you squeeze and delete some garbage, the 50MB space can still be squeezed out, but anyone who looks at the dark one in his computer, and all the hard disks are full of red, will feel very bad.

Therefore, users in this era, when they install software, often look at the size of the software for the first time. If it is too large, they will give up the installation.

On the contrary, if they are small and exquisite, they will instinctively choose.

This is why Bill Gates laughed. As an elite in the computer industry, he certainly knows how fascinating it is for users to compress the installation package to less than 10MB.

"Chairman, if the installation package is small, the download speed will naturally be faster!" Haoke said next. "Now the average download speed in our country is about 26KB seconds."

"We have conducted a test. It takes at least half an hour to download QQ at this speed. At the same time, we have also investigated many users. Because of the different networks and the stability, it is very easy to have problems. It often happens that the connection is disconnected halfway through the download and needs to be downloaded again, which makes downloading QQ a torture, and some people even go offline After seven or eight hours, you can't download QQ completely! "

"But our MSN installation package is only 7.8mb, which is one eighth of the volume of QQ, so the download speed is 8 times faster. If you are lucky, you can download it in a few minutes. At the same time, because the download time is short, the disconnection of download rarely occurs, which further improves the stability of download!" Haoke said proudly.

"For example, if you download QQ, it's equivalent to eating a cow for a meal. Even if you die, it's hard to finish a meal. But if you download our MSN, it's just a roast chicken. Maybe a meal is not enough!"

"Good!!" Bill Gates smiles brightly. These two improvements are very key and users will like them.

But Hawke continued "Chairman, because MSN is small enough, it will occupy a small amount of memory and run faster. I asked people to estimate that if the simplification is completed, the fluency of MSN will be more than doubled, and the probability of system jam, deadlock or outright crash will also be reduced to a very low level. Our software experience is unparalleled Yes! "

"OK!" Bill Gates smiled more brightly.

Then, Hawke personally demonstrated for Bill Gates.

Moreover, Hawke also designed a comparison group. He first put the MSN installation package on a public server, then blocked Bill Gates, and downloaded QQ and MSN software at the same time.

As a result, MSN was successfully downloaded in only five minutes. At this time, QQ download was only about 20%.

As a result, the two people waited for 20 minutes before QQ was downloaded.

The next step is the installation of the two software, which starts from then on.

I have to admit that the installation speed of MSN is also very fast, almost completed in the blink of an eye, while the installation of QQ took about three minutes to complete, and there was a problem that the installation failed and had to be reinstalled.

When I saw here, Bill Gates's smile was about to overflow.

Finally, it is the experience of running fluency of the two. The two computers begin to enter the level at the same time. 100 friends have been added to the two accounts in advance.

"Start sending messages!" at the order of Haoke, the 100 friends sent messages to this account at the same time, and Haoke was responsible for opening these pop-up windows.

As a result, after opening about ten pop-up windows, QQ got stuck and the computer couldn't control it. No matter how you click the mouse, the picture was motionless.

MSN fully persisted until the fortieth pop-up window before the system crashed.

"OK! Great!!!" Bill Gates couldn't restrain his smile at this time. He patted hawk on the shoulder and said directly "Mr. Hawke is indeed a great talent. In front of the new version of MSN, QQ is no match at all. I announce that this upgraded version will be released immediately, and Mr. Hawke will comprehensively result in the daily management and operation of MSN!!"

"Don't worry!" facing the appreciation and important task of Bill Gates, Hawke said calmly, "even if we all feel very good, it doesn't necessarily represent the meaning of users. Therefore, we might as well release the internal test bat version on the forum now, and let a few users test it and see their comments before making a decision!"

"After all, changing a large version is a very big thing, which will affect the experience of all existing users. If you can't get direct feedback from users, there is still a great hidden danger!" Hoek said.

"Good! Excellent!" Bill Gates thoroughly trusted and appreciated hawk. At the same time, he began to believe that jobs took the credit of hawk.

After all, it's hard for Haoke to be such a stable and meticulous person. This is the talent Microsoft needs!