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Originally Posted by mgmueller
iOS, re. file system, to me is a disaster.
On Windows, I drop my file to the desktop or wherever I please. Then I open it in whatever application I choose. I easily can have 5 apps active in parallel.
On iOS, even just handling a file is a pain.
Android is slightly ahead, at least I can use some kind of file explorers.
But anyone explain to me:
How can I write a mail, browse the web and download stuff in parallel on the existing tablets?
I perfectly could do so on my 3 years old Fujitsu Stylistic ST6012 Windows 7 tablet (Windows XP in the beginning). Although, I have to admit, I didn't take it with me on more than 2 or 3 trips. It was as bulky as a laptop, way bulkier than my MacBook Air for example.
So, from a business perspective, iOS and Android will be easy to beat.
Question is, whether a business oriented tablet will have any advantages over ultra-compact notebooks such as MacBook Air.
When traveling, I almost see no difference between iPad and MacBook Air for example.
Okay, iPad will start slightly faster. And of course, sometimes it's easier and more convenient, to hold a tablet in a single hand instead of finding a place to put your notebook. But basically, battery duration, weight and measurements are quite similar.
To summarise:
For me, any Windows tablet doesn't compete with the existing tablets.
Different usage patterns, different target customers, different approach.
In my opinion, Windows tablets compete with notebooks and convertibles.
And here it all will depend on performance, battery duration and such...
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Part of the point behind iOS, is to more or less remove the user from the File System. Not a step I necessarily agree with, but then again I am a power user, and I don't want my hand held.
As far as Multitasking, I cannot really comment on iOS, but with Android, it is quite easy. Hold down the Home button to get an selection of recently used apps, and selecting one of them will take you back to where you last left off with that app. Using this, you can switch back and forth between apps with ease. I use it all the time.
In comparing a Macbook to a iPad and seeing no difference, well, I dunno about that. iPad, like most tablet devices, are full screen only apps, where as you have the flexibility of a windowed desktop operating system on the Macbook. So, you have the usability to contend with. Physically they may be similar in dimensions, but that matters little. A notebook and a pen is of similar dimensions, but doesn't mean it is just as good.
Also, for Windows 8, tablets are very different than the Windows tablets you're used to. Win8 RT is all metro, all the time. If you're not familiar with metro, it is the full screen interface that Microsoft is pushing people over on. Each app takes up 100% of the screen when it is active. No windows, period. Also, Windows RT will not run any desktop app. Have you used a recent Windows mobile device, with Windows Phone 7? Or maybe a Zune, or Xbox 360 with the current interface? Well, that's what Windows 8 RT is like. Just because it has Windows in the name, doesn't mean it is anything like what you're used to. In fact, it shares more in common with Android and iOS than its name sake.