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Originally Posted by rcentros
Here's the problem ... Microsoft has been "making hay" for years over the fact that Windows is required to run certain "standard" applications, that's why it's supposedly "superior" to Linux (or so the argument goes). So is it the fault of Surface RT buyers that they expect a Microsoft product to be compatible with Windows applications?
If you can't get the specific Windows apps you expect on a Windows machine, what's the advantage of the Surface RT over an Android, or an iPad or a Chromebook? After all these also come with the "abstract concept of apps." And, with the iPad and Android tablets there are many, many more and many more polished apps than with the Surface RT.
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I agree that I was agreeing with you. I was directing snark at the idea that the qualifications for Win8 Metro being a success are "it
has apps". The "abstract concept of apps" vs "specific apps" meaning that if I want to do something and look for a app to do it, I will find one on Android and iOS, but not necessarily on Win8. If I look for apps and
then figure out something to do with them, then sure, Win8 has apps.
Win8 has apps. Android/iOS has the apps people
want.