"When Windows 8 hits, the iPad will move to third place, behind Andoid and Windows... very quickly."
What I want is a tablet as good as an iPad when it's in tablet mode, but when I dock it at home, it's as powerful as a true Windows laptop (eg desktop mode). Kind of like a Transformer Prime, with a different OS on the tablet side and a different OS on the notebook side.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure Microsoft's strategy on Windows 8 tablets will give me what I want. Latest rumor has Windows on ARM being stripped of any desktop mode. In this case, I see it as having very little strategic advantage over an iPad as far as being beyond what you call a media consumption device. What makes it Windows, other than perhaps better driver support for peripherals? Are those peripherals that you need on an iPad-like device?
That leaves Windows 8 on x86 as being the no-compromise iPad killer, but that depends on whether Intel can support a tablet form factor with their mobile chips. That means no fans, long battery life, instant on, etc. |
