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They are letting Apple define what a tablet does, then adding "ps. it has a keyboard in cool colors". MSFT should be able to do better and show the kinds of th

They are letting Apple define what a tablet does, then adding "ps. it has a keyboard in cool colors". MSFT should be able to do better and show the kinds of things we can do with this that would get us excited.

fluidcruft 14y ago
Honestly (and I think I represent a certain segment here--the people that really are interested in a tablet but have to deal with Office and other Windows-shackled things) all they need to show is "Hey it's an iPod + Office so you can do your damn work sometimes without always lugging your laptop about". For the people that understand this, that's implied by the Windows logo. The closest I got to settling on an iPod/Android tablet was when OnLive came into existence. Partly, if I could just use OnLive from my linux workstation, I'd almost reach nerdvana and I wouldn't need my netbook for the windows anchorware. But I still sometimes need/enjoy thinking by scribbling with a pen on paper and I want a device for that. Smearing fingers doesn't cut it.
- greedo 14y ago
  I wonder how large the market is for buyers with this sentiment. I believe that part of the appeal of the iPad (and iOS) is that it's not Windows on a tablet, but instead, a more intuitive computing experience. One of the executives in my company was using Citrix on his iPad. He kept expecting the Citrix app to be, well, more app like. Instead he was stuck using a Windows application published by our Citrix farm on a touch interface. It wasn't a good experience, and now we're investigating converting a lot of our in house applications to iOS etc. Now the Windows administrators? They're all over this type of thing, though they would never give up their workstations.
  - Ecio78 14y ago
    And do you think it makes sense to convert "a lot of our in house applications to iOS" because "one of the executives" hadn't a "good experience"? I hope the investigation will take into account the costs and the benefits (benefits other than making this executive happy with his iPad, i mean) I'm not criticizing you, this sh*t happens to me every time too... (executives that want toys etc..)

fluidcruft 14y ago

Honestly (and I think I represent a certain segment here--the people that really are interested in a tablet but have to deal with Office and other Windows-shackled things) all they need to show is "Hey it's an iPod + Office so you can do your damn work sometimes without always lugging your laptop about". For the people that understand this, that's implied by the Windows logo. The closest I got to settling on an iPod/Android tablet was when OnLive came into existence. Partly, if I could just use OnLive from my linux workstation, I'd almost reach nerdvana and I wouldn't need my netbook for the windows anchorware. But I still sometimes need/enjoy thinking by scribbling with a pen on paper and I want a device for that. Smearing fingers doesn't cut it.

greedo 14y ago
I wonder how large the market is for buyers with this sentiment. I believe that part of the appeal of the iPad (and iOS) is that it's not Windows on a tablet, but instead, a more intuitive computing experience. One of the executives in my company was using Citrix on his iPad. He kept expecting the Citrix app to be, well, more app like. Instead he was stuck using a Windows application published by our Citrix farm on a touch interface. It wasn't a good experience, and now we're investigating converting a lot of our in house applications to iOS etc. Now the Windows administrators? They're all over this type of thing, though they would never give up their workstations.
- Ecio78 14y ago
  And do you think it makes sense to convert "a lot of our in house applications to iOS" because "one of the executives" hadn't a "good experience"? I hope the investigation will take into account the costs and the benefits (benefits other than making this executive happy with his iPad, i mean) I'm not criticizing you, this sh*t happens to me every time too... (executives that want toys etc..)