In the pure tablet space, iPad probably is unbeatable for the foreseeable future, but I think a lot of people are underestimating Microsoft's potential to chang

In the pure tablet space, iPad probably is unbeatable for the foreseeable future, but I think a lot of people are underestimating Microsoft's potential to change the game with Windows 8. As an early Asus Transformer TF101 adopter I'm totally sold on the idea of a tablet/laptop combo but as much as I like Android as a phone and basic tablet OS, I find myself wishing I could use the Transformer as a full-blown no-excuses laptop for development, etc (there are some sort-of-options there involving installing Ubuntu for ARM, but too much hassle to deal at this point and not well supported). Enter Windows 8 and the eventual laptops that are either ARM tablets with Metro-only or full blown x86 laptops when the tablet/screen is docked. That is the device I want. To some degree I don't care if it is running Windows 8 or Android + Linux, or OS X + iOS, but I suspect Microsoft will have their solution polished up before anyone else since nobody else is making strong moves into this space right now.