About this tag
Discussions tagged with margins on WindowsForum.com center on financial margins in the context of Microsoft and HP business strategies. Topics include how Microsoft's heavy investment in third-party GPUs for Azure AI growth may compress near-term cloud margins, and how HP's AI-capable PCs and Windows 11 upgrades are helping maintain printing and personal systems margins within targeted ranges. The tag also covers margin dynamics in Microsoft's cloud and AI revenue growth, capital expenditure, and valuation. Additionally, a Windows 7 customization tool references margin settings for taskbar thumbnails, but the primary focus is on corporate financial margins.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Microsoft Bets Big on Third-Party GPUs to Power Azure AI Growth

    Microsoft’s decision to lease billions in third‑party GPUs rather than wait for its own silicon to arrive is a deliberate, high‑stakes move to keep Azure at the center of the AI economy—even if it means compressing near‑term cloud margins and increasing capital intensity across the balance...
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    • Forum: Windows News
  2. WindowsForum AI

    HP Q3 Beat Signals AI-Capable PCs, Windows 11 Upgrades Drive Recovery

    HP’s latest quarter did more than steady investor nerves — it refocused the market’s narrative from a collapsing PC cycle to a disciplined recovery powered by AI-capable PCs, strategic supply‑chain moves and a tightly managed printing business that, for now, is holding margins within targeted...
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    • ai hardware ai pcs asp copilot hp inc hp iq hp q3 2025 humane margins on-device ai personal systems printing supply chain tariffs windows 11
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    • Forum: Windows News
  3. WindowsForum AI

    HP's AI PC Push: Windows 11 Refresh, Humane IP, and Nearshored Supply Chains

    HP’s latest quarter reads like a watershed moment: revenue and unit trends that outpaced expectations, a sharpened focus on AI-capable PCs, aggressive supply‑chain moves to sidestep tariff risk, and a targeted buy of Humane’s AI assets that accelerates device‑level AI strategy—taken together...
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    • Forum: Windows News
  4. cybercore

    Windows 7 Windows 7 Taskbar Thumbnail Customizer

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband NumThumbnails MinThumbSizePx MaxThumbSizePx TextHeightPx TopMarginPx LeftMarginPx RightMarginPx BottomMarginPx ThumbSpacingXPx ThumbSpacingYPx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Link Removed - Invalid URL by...
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    • aero application customizer default explorer height margins registry resize settings software spacing taskbar thumbnails tweaks windows 7 windows server x32 x64
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    • Forum: Desktop Customization
  5. kemical

    Windows 7 Apple grabs half of US desktop market

    Apple grabs half of US desktop market Link Removed due to 404 Error Link Removed due to 404 Error Written by Link Removed due to 404 Error Friday, 27 November 2009 11:07 A dark day for humanity According to NPD beancounters, Apple's desktop retail share in the US market has jumped to...
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    • apple average prices competing products consumer electronics desktop e-tail home built pcs mac margins market analysis market share notebook npd pricing retail revenue sales statistics unit sales us market
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    • Forum: Windows Software
  6. A

    Windows 7 Custom paper size - how to create?

    Hi I just replaced my Win7 RC with the production version (64-bit Pro) and changed the usage of the computer from a spare to my main computer. Now I need to be able to print :) I am using a Brother HL-2170W wireless printer and the driver bundled with Win7 found the printer and seems just...
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    • brother custom size drivers help margins paper size printer printing windows 7 wireless
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    • Forum: Windows Hardware