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The whole point is to have devices in the near future which act as a tablet and then can convert into a laptop or even desktop if it gets docked to a large moni
by rlu 14y ago
The whole point is to have devices in the near future which act as a tablet and then can convert into a laptop or even desktop if it gets docked to a large monitor and keyboard.
Metro mainly for touch, desktop mainly for mouse/keyboard. One device, 3 scenarios.
Does that not excite you at all?
- Spooky23 14y agoNot really. Hybrid devices always suck.
- randomfool 14y agoThe big question is whether there's more similarity (today) between tablet and laptop than tablet and phone. Microsoft has bet on the tablet-laptop combo while Apple and Android have taken the tablet-phone route. If Apple does indeed release a 7" iPad then this further cements the tablet-phone approach. Microsoft will have difficulties competing here immediately because Win8's UI is not made to scale down that small and it would be awkward to release 7" devices running WP8 (2 different tablet OSes!). Most people agree that there needs to be more continuity between desktop and mobile and Microsoft is setting themselves up decently with Windows Phone 8 (based on the Win8 core and WinRT). My concern with Windows 8 is that it took a cheap route to extend to tablet UIs (the second shell, Metro), resulting in 3 UI platforms- desktop (classic shell), tablet (Metro), phone (WP8), rather than 2.
- mtgx 14y agoBut Microsoft is forcing you on Metro even on the desktop, which leads me to believe that they think Metro-only is the future, even for desktops.
- r00fus 14y agoI got over unattainable concept design porn years ago. My childlike wonder now requires actual shipping product. Attention to detail matters - sometimes more than the grand vision. Microsoft needs to get down to brass tacks - show success stories and tell us how the tablet/laptop scenario would specifically work with Windows8.