Thread: Top Ten Reasons To Not Buy An iPad
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Old 12-28-2010, 04:19 PM   #167
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Originally Posted by devilsadvocate View Post
Whoever wrote your linked-to article seems to be reading from a script; Palm was taken over by HP months ago. That tablet won't run Windows but WebOS, the excellent Linux-based Palm phone OS that has a monster cult following (including my wife, until she saw how many things my Droid X could do):

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fas...ompetitio.html

In addition, Steve Bomber showed the Slate proto at CES last year, so MS was already in the game when this was written.

I checked the specs for the HP Slate. It started shipping in October and runs essentially the same hardware as convertibles such as the Asus T91MT. I would consider one myself save for 1) the pricetag and 2) the GMA500 graphics chipset, as I would try to dual-boot Linux with it. The difference your article brings up is a version of Windows for ARM-based systems; there are perfectly good tablets running Windows today as I mentioned. As it stands, I'm happy with my HP Mini and will not be springing for a tablet-anything any time soon but if you have the scratch I would say look into the Slate.
I just did a quick search and that article was from 5 days ago. I need to hang on for awhile yet before I get anything as I have shelled out a lot of money for some classes I'm taking (not to mention I still need to fix my well). this will give plenty of time for the big show in Vegas and all of the announcements to be made. *pats ancient crumbling laptop* hang in there baby!
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