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Apple stellar sales and profits with the first generation of iPads caused that state of denial from one side. Gaming profit going away from PCs (to consoles and
by Shorel 10y ago
Apple stellar sales and profits with the first generation of iPads caused that state of denial from one side. Gaming profit going away from PCs (to consoles and tables) was the other side. Even apple neglected their laptops in favor of the profitable divisions.
Everyone wanted to have one 'App' store to profit as much as Google and Apple. Even Amazon has one nowadays. Steam filled a void.
What Microsoft realized is that they could add good hardware and a store to the Windows experience and get some of that profit.
- pjmlp 10y agoAnd are getting it back with hybrid tablets and the new type of netbooks. I seldom see Android devices on that category at local computer stores.
- digi_owl 10y agoWell the Android tablet market got hung out to dry by Google during late 4.x Android, while at the same time Intel was trying to get their foot in by selling Atoms at a loss. Thus everything just kinda got stuck in a doldrums. I hope Android 7 and a renewed attention to tablets by Google will help some.
- digi_owl 10y agoMS has been trying to get tablets to work since the days of Gates. His last act before handing the chair over to Ballmer was to launch UMPCs and convertible laptops, with a variant of XP to complement them.
- MrRadar 10y agoYep, this goes all the way back to "Windows for Pen Computing"[0], a version of Windows 3.1 for very early tablets. Here's a video of Bill Gates showing it off: https://youtu.be/eenDjMXfVBQ?t=2m22s https://youtu.be/eenDjMXfVBQ?t=2m22s [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_for_Pen_Computing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_for_Pen_Computing
- digi_owl 10y agoYou would not have guessed that guy was one of the most scheming and ruthless CEOs of the PC market. Heck, that video may well be more enjoyable than any keynote Jobs ever delivered.