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if windows 8 has even half the success of windows 7 it will automatically become a big player in the tablet market considering all those convertible laptops tha
by kyriakos 14y ago
if windows 8 has even half the success of windows 7 it will automatically become a big player in the tablet market considering all those convertible laptops that are showing up. pricing will matter but getting an i7 processor and SSD in tablet form does cost a lot and if they are to be compared to Apple's products I believe they should be compared to MacBook's rather than iPads. Talking about Windows 8 x86.
- mrgreenfur 14y agoTotally agree. If they are desktop replacements then they aren't iPads.
- ajross 14y agoRight, that's the "Tablet + Laptop Replacement" market. And I agree, I think MS would be expected to keep that, because it's still not reasonably possible for anyone but the most casual consumer to replace their desktop software with a tablet yet. But the notable price in the linked article is the $600 for the Tegra 3 box, which obviously won't run much of the desktop software. Asus is already selling a 7" Tegra 3 laptop (the Nexus 7) at 1/3 that price. Is a 10" partially-desktop-incompatible (!) tablet really worth three times the price of a broadly equivalent Android device already in the market?
- rsynnott 14y ago> pricing will matter but getting an i7 processor and SSD in tablet form does cost a lot These prices are for a Tegra 3 and an Atom. One assumes that if you want an i7 it'll be a little more :)