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Exactly. This is why Windows 8's future is still very uncertain. If it wants to compete in the tablet market, it will have to be on ARM, no ifs or buts about it
by nextparadigms 15y ago
Exactly. This is why Windows 8's future is still very uncertain. If it wants to compete in the tablet market, it will have to be on ARM, no ifs or buts about it. But the problem is Windows 8 is starting from scratch on ARM, not unlike WP7 in the smartphone market. So why would anyone still want a "Windows 8 tablet" over an iPad or even an Android tablet, which would still have many more apps that work on it than Windows 8 for ARM? There's not a very big compelling reason to want it.
- nobody31415 15y agoCorporates will buy it because it's Windows. Average Joe will buy it because MSFT has a massive ad budget Of the rest; (money>sense) > iPad : Android ;
- NonEUCitizen 15y agoI think you meant: (money > sense) ? iPad : Android ; i.e. the 2nd '>' should've been a '?'
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- vogonj 15y agothe added value of a Windows 8 tablet over a Windows Phone device is that a heavily-encouraged subset of applications will run across those devices and a traditional desktop. Windows Phone will only run desktop Silverlight applications out-of-the-box (and even those require some cajoling.) Windows 8 Metro-style apps will run across desktops and tablets without any additional work. and 90% of the world still runs Windows on their "traditional" computers, so this is an appealing proposition.