Close to the success of pre-paid mobile in the developing world( India, for example, is adding atleast 2-3 million customers every month) which helped expand the market, Microsoft with its partners is expected to launch pre-paid PCs!
The initiative, dubbed Microsoft FlexGo, aims to lower the barrier to buying a PC by requiring a smaller initial payment. After paying for minutes on the PC over time, consumers ultimately own it outright -- albeit for a higher total cost than if they had paid in full up front.
From a business perspective, the market potential is large. Some companies involved in the FlexGo program estimate that more than 1 billion people worldwide earn enough to buy PCs under the initiative, but not enough to buy one on their own.
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