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To: Cogito who wrote (132399)	4/27/2012 11:07:33 PM
From: pyslent	Read Replies (1) of 213181

"I keep reading these articles where people say that everyone will choose Windows 8 tablets because they will want to stay with what's familiar to them." Microsoft is hoping that the Metro interface will BECOME familiar to people. And this time, they are betting the crown jewels. Instead of just building a feature into Windows and hoping people use it, like they did with Internet Explorer or Window Media Center, they are pushing it front and center as the Start Menu replacement. As foreign as it may seem now, think about how familiar it will be to millions once they see it 30 times a day. Concurrently, think about how attractive it will be to developers to have that kind of captive audience to sell apps to. An iPad-like userbase nearly instantly. But I agree with your point that the familiarity argument will hold no water whatsoever for the first year of tablets based around Windows 8 / RT. Initially, the selling points will have to center around legacy/Office support or mouse/keyboard compatibility, or simply that it's just a better tablet than the other guys. Consequently, I predict slow take up of dedicated Windows 8/ RT tablets. But over time, it might prove to be a slow grower.

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