Is Apple betting the farm on the new iPad (iPad3 or iPadHD or ?)? - Page 17

elcreative · 03-11-2012, 05:52 PM

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Plus, Windows 8 is coming this year. That could be a real game-changer.

SeaKing · 03-11-2012, 06:15 PM

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Plus, Windows 8 is coming this year. That could be a real game-changer.

I am also interested in Windows 8, and am holding off on a notebook computer until that is standard. My girl has a Windows 7 machine that is very nice but my Home XP does just as well. We will have to see about W8.

W8 on a tablet is intriguing. I would have to see how it worked. Is W8 just going to duplicate Android and iOs. If so, I don't see a reason for it on a tablet. It will cost too much for the hardware to run the Windows 8.

Still the idea is intriguing.

fjtorres · 03-11-2012, 06:41 PM

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W8 on a tablet is intriguing. I would have to see how it worked. Is W8 just going to duplicate Android and iOs. If so, I don't see a reason for it on a tablet. It will cost too much for the hardware to run the Windows 8.

There are *two* versions of Win8 Tablets coming; one with x86 CPUs and one with ARM processors. Both will run full Windows and most Win8-specific software.
But *only* the x86 tablets will be backwards compatible with existing windows software.
As a ten-year user of both Windows TabletPCs and WindowsCE devices, it is the x86 tablet platform I'm most interested in but since Win8ARM will be getting MS Office, if the price and hardware is right I wouldn't hesitate to get one.
Everything I've seen about Win8 suggests it is going to be a *very* good mobile OS--the question is how good the hardware be.

monkeyluis · 03-11-2012, 06:57 PM

I don't see Win 8 tabs making it in the consumer market at all. Maybe business. But look how well the Playbook did...or didnt.

ScotiaBurrell · 03-11-2012, 08:28 PM

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the question is how good the hardware be.

Same manufacturers same as Android so same qualitiy.

Belfaborac · 03-11-2012, 09:02 PM

I'm not sure I see why Win8 shouldn't do well in the marketplace. Every preview I've read has concluded that it is very well suited to tablets and Windows is still the most prevalent consumer OS out there, which to my mind gives it a built-in advantage. If the previews turn out to be right, that is and if the hardware it's stuck onto is competitive.

wizwor · 03-11-2012, 09:51 PM

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I don't see Win 8 tabs making it in the consumer market at all. Maybe business. But look how well the Playbook did...or didnt.

Win8 is metro which was the zune interface. It was well received. Win8 will do very well.

fjtorres · 03-11-2012, 11:01 PM

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Same manufacturers same as Android so same qualitiy.

Gee, I hope they can do better than that...

HansTWN · 03-12-2012, 12:00 AM

I have no doubt that Windows 8 systems will be light years ahead of IOs and Android in usability and functionality. But who cares? MS is no good at marketing. Look at what they have done with Windows Mobile, after years now finally the first really attractive phones are coming to market, thanks to Nokia. Same with the XBox, took them years to be a real competitor.

Windows 8 tablets won't make much of a splash when they come out, but MS is always in it for the long haul. I personally would love a full OS, with an easy to use and finger friendly interface, real multitasking, and capable of running full office and CAD programs. Oh, with 12 hour battery life, of course. 12.1" screen and maximum weight 1 1/2 pounds One can always dream.

HansTWN · 03-12-2012, 12:06 AM

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Gee, I hope they can do better than that...

They are all made at Foxconn, anyway....

SeaKing · 03-12-2012, 12:52 AM

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I have no doubt that Windows 8 systems will be light years ahead of IOs and Android in usability and functionality. But who cares? MS is no good at marketing. Look at what they have done with Windows Mobile, after years now finally the first really attractive phones are coming to market, thanks to Nokia. Same with the XBox, took them years to be a real competitor.

Windows 8 tablets won't make much of a splash when they come out, but MS is always in it for the long haul. I personally would love a full OS, with an easy to use and finger friendly interface, real multitasking, and capable of running full office and CAD programs. Oh, with 12 hour battery life, of course. 12.1" screen and maximum weight 1 1/2 pounds One can always dream.

I will two up that dream to "a full OS, with an easy to use and finger friendly interface, real multitasking, and capable of running full office and CAD programs. Oh, with 12 hour battery life, of course. 12.1" screen and maximum weight 1 1/2 pounds" plus "guitars that tune good and firm feelin' women." The 2nd group is from Waylon Jennings' song "Luckenbach, Texas / Back to the Basics of Love"

HansTWN · 03-12-2012, 12:54 AM

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I will two up that dream to "a full OS, with an easy to use and finger friendly interface, real multitasking, and capable of running full office and CAD programs. Oh, with 12 hour battery life, of course. 12.1" screen and maximum weight 1 1/2 pounds" plus "guitars that tune good and firm feelin' women." The 2nd group is from Waylon Jennings' song "Luckenbach, Texas / Back to the Basics of Love"

Well, I wouldn't even need the guitar...

ScotiaBurrell · 03-12-2012, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by fjtorres

Gee, I hope they can do better than that...

Hardware Tech in Android tabs is tech that will b in Windows tabs. What other tech is out there? Only the OS will be different.

wizwor · 03-12-2012, 03:12 AM

Metro + MS Access Runtime + 7" tablet would be pretty useful to me...

VaporPunk · 03-12-2012, 07:08 AM

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I don't see Win 8 tabs making it in the consumer market at all. Maybe business. But look how well the Playbook did...or didnt.

If Win8 is widely embraced by enterprise, it could blow everybody else outta the water. For an IT department, a single OS that runs phones, tablets, and PCs/Servers plus all the major business/productivity apps would be a dream come true. It all depends on how truly unified the OS is (x86/ARM) and how well MS can tie them all together.
Just like DOS/Windows took over the business market first and then won over consumers, Win8 could very well find its way into everyones homes. Most people are comfortable with what they use at work.

03-12-2012, 12:00 AM	#249
HansTWN Wizard Posts: 4,538 Karma: 264065402 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Taiwan Device: HP Touchpad, Sony Duo 13, Lumia 920, Kobo Aura HD	I have no doubt that Windows 8 systems will be light years ahead of IOs and Android in usability and functionality. But who cares? MS is no good at marketing. Look at what they have done with Windows Mobile, after years now finally the first really attractive phones are coming to market, thanks to Nokia. Same with the XBox, took them years to be a real competitor. Windows 8 tablets won't make much of a splash when they come out, but MS is always in it for the long haul. I personally would love a full OS, with an easy to use and finger friendly interface, real multitasking, and capable of running full office and CAD programs. Oh, with 12 hour battery life, of course. 12.1" screen and maximum weight 1 1/2 pounds One can always dream. Last edited by HansTWN; 03-12-2012 at 12:05 AM.

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