English Dictionary

Wintel

固有名詞

くだけた表現

(informal) The popular computing environment of the Microsoft Windows operating system running on an Intel CPU.

日本語の意味

Microsoft Windows OSが動作するIntel製CPUを搭載したパソコン環境（略称）

Many legacy business applications still assume a Wintel environment, making migration to new platforms costly.

多くのレガシーな業務用アプリケーションは依然としてインテル製CPU上で動作するMicrosoft Windows環境を前提としており、新しいプラットフォームへの移行に多大な費用がかかることがある。

意味（1）

(informal) The popular computing environment of the Microsoft Windows operating system running on an Intel CPU.

“We used to produce our publication on the Mac, but the Wintel platform is cheaper and there are just as many applications available. So it just seemed to make sense to give up the religious war and get on with the business of doing our job,” said the information systems manager at a New York-based magazine, who asked not to be named.