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>It's more powerful in every way than the PC I was using 5 years ago to write media player UIs. I agree about the quantity of RAM and probably even the GPU, bu
by cooldeal 14y ago
>It's more powerful in every way than the PC I was using 5 years ago to write media player UIs.
I agree about the quantity of RAM and probably even the GPU, but is there a raw comparison of the CPUs(not just cores and GHz? I strongly suspect your 5 yr old x86 PC is much more powerful than the ARM one in the Galaxy note.
>I don't know when we'll start seeing things like Eclipse running on Android tablets, or if instead app development will trend to HTML and we'll see web-based tooling around that, but I do think that it is on the cards.
I sure wish Eclipse would get on to Android instead of devs moving to HTML just because their tablet does not support a full-on IDE or programming platform.
>I also can't imagine that the Surface tablets (ARM or x86) are going to sell well at all. Not as good as an iPad for tablet things, not as good as a laptop for Office things.
This reminds me of the folks that discounted the iPad because it was not good as a smartphone for portability(oversized iPod Touch) and much less powerful than a laptop.
I agree that the Surface Pro is trying to create a new market here, but I do think there is a big market of people who want a no-compromises powerful portable tablet for on-the-go use.