Quote:
Originally Posted by CleverClothe
|
Haha. Ah The Princess Bride how I treasure thee.
Looking forward to the BUILD Conference when we'll get to hear some more information. Curious if the ARM version of Windows will have a full desktop shell (explorer.exe) or just the new touch Metro inspired interface.
The second tablet isn't all that interesting except for businesses that likely have existing investment in x86 world/Windows development and Apps. Also those out of order Atom processors still aren’t there to my mind for power vs. performance when compared to ARM's offerings. Here's a better picture of it (Fujitsu Stylistic Q550) for those interested;
BTW, I find the why all the core comments interesting when Apple's iPad is likely to be quadcore next year (if A6 rumours are to be believed). Wonder if the same questions will be asked then? Anyway as long as the cores can be intelligently shut off/throttled as needed for battery conservation I personally don't see an issue with it. The shared screen snapping and multitasking of the new shell is looking interesting so I can see all those cores being put to work, as I also can for gaming which is another play MS could make. It would side step all those Xbox Portable speculation that pops up every now and then, and considering that the Playstation Vita is pretty much off the shelf parts it seems like a real possibility.
I’m kind of hoping Microsoft does comes out with a decent offering so that we can continue to have competition in the market moving forward, better for all of us if there are more competitive players in the market.