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Microsoft Expected to Introduce Tablet

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Re: Microsoft Expected to Introduce Tablet

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Post by SquareWheel »

niels_olson wrote: post #2

Where'd all the comments go today? Great articles, no commentary? Is everyone on their way home from WWDC?

I stopped reading at the second paragraph.

  Microsoft is about to concede that Apple may be onto something.
Microsoft has been wanting to do a tablet for a decade. It's not like Apple invented the concept.

Re: Microsoft Expected to Introduce Tablet

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Post by dman »

gfosco wrote: post #3

Unless they have a screen that can rival the Retina, this is dead on arrival.

What if its for 50 bucks and subsidized via ads? Or if it allows you to play Xbox games remotely over the internet? Or if it has great handwriting recognition? Or if you can program on it using any language you want?

Re: Microsoft Expected to Introduce Tablet

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Post by [deleted] »

SquareWheel wrote: post #4
niels_olson wrote: post #2

Where'd all the comments go today? Great articles, no commentary? Is everyone on their way home from WWDC?

I stopped reading at the second paragraph. Microsoft is about to concede that Apple may be onto something. Microsoft has been wanting to do a tablet for a decade. It's not like Apple invented the concept.

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Re: Microsoft Expected to Introduce Tablet

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Post by cryptoz »

SquareWheel wrote: post #4
niels_olson wrote: post #2

Where'd all the comments go today? Great articles, no commentary? Is everyone on their way home from WWDC?

I stopped reading at the second paragraph. Microsoft is about to concede that Apple may be onto something. Microsoft has been wanting to do a tablet for a decade. It's not like Apple invented the concept.

Maybe you should keep reading as you've completely misinterpreted the sentence. The author is stating the Microsoft has spent a long time trying to make a tablet by building software and leaving the hardware to others while Apple builds both the software and the hardware. Then the author states that maybe Microsoft is realizing they should build the hardware too.

Re: Microsoft Expected to Introduce Tablet

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Post by gfosco »

dman wrote: post #6
gfosco wrote: post #3

Unless they have a screen that can rival the Retina, this is dead on arrival.

What if its for 50 bucks and subsidized via ads? Or if it allows you to play Xbox games remotely over the internet? Or if it has great handwriting recognition? Or if you can program on it using any language you want?

50 bucks and subsidized via ads? Then Microsoft loses an epic fortune and only has users without money.

play Xbox games remotely over the internet? It's just unfeasible. Control schemes on a tablet do not translate to console games.

great handwriting recognition? Then it's going to require a stylus, and many won't care. Not a good enough feature... The world has largely moved on from this desire.

program on it using any language you want? Lol! We're talking about Microsoft here! It's going to be a WinRT walled garden!

Re: Microsoft Expected to Introduce Tablet

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Post by Zirro »

Finally. One of the major reasons I use Apple-products today is that the hardware and software works together out of the box, which creates the feeling that they were made for each other.

With clunky PCs, I've never experienced that feeling. Hopefully Microsoft can get it right this time, and make it feel like a quality product. While I enjoy using my Apple devices a lot, they do need some competition to fuel innovation.

If Microsoft manages to pull this off the right way, with a feeling of great quality to it, I could even see myself buying one to try out Windows 8 properly.

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