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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I agree. I wonder, if Microsoft had managed to move directly from Windows 7 to Windows 10 if they would be dominating the tablet market and also be in a much better position on the phone front?
Bill Gates saw this market coming back in 2001. Too bad they didn't have the foresight to design software for it, to get ahead of the curve.
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It wasn't the software that was lacking; it was the hardware, especially the CPUs and GPUs. I've used TabletPCs since day one and the constraints were the weight and heat load. Plus price.
The software was always stable and responsive.
Even the truncated version of windows from the PDAs was a better OS (an as OS) than the phone OSes in current tablets and phones.
MS simply hung on to the OEM partner model too tightly, too long.
Notice how quickly the hardware quality of windows tablets improved once MS launched Surface?
Even the Surface RT served a purpose, getting Intel to deliver proper Tablet-worthy SOCs. (Not the first time MS has nudged Intel to up their game by cozying up to a competitor.)