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Old 09-14-2011, 11:30 AM   #51
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The release date for WIn 8 is at least a year away, according to Business Insider. WOW.

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There's a developer pre-release version available today. That's probably going to be somewhat buggy and not feature-complete, but good enough for developers to get started.

With Windows 7, that pre-release version came out in October 2008. Windows 7 became available just over a year later, in November 2009.

So look for Windows 8 in fall 2012. Or, if something goes wrong, early 2013.



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/windo...#ixzz1XwNXJxzZ
Think of where Apple is going to be in fall 2012. Ipad 3 will be have been out for months, and IOs 6, with God-knows-what-goodies, will be ready to go. The Apple ecosystem will be even bigger, better, and more entrenched.

As for Android, both Amazon tablets will be out by then, XOOM2 will be out, with Google even more behind it , now that it owns Motorola, and there will be a gajillion other options.
I'm sure Win8 will continue to dominate the PC market. But I just don't see it making headway in tablets. Its just too far behind.
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