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Re:The Next Six Months by mjfern on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @09:42PM (#2200459)
> Microsoft AND Intel being effectively missing from the tablet race is staggering.

The real staggering fact is that it's just not the tablet market. Both Microsoft and Intel are also absent or significantly behind in smart phones, eBook readers, portable media players, connected TVs, and almost every market that represents computing (devices) beyond the PC for consumers.

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Re:The Next Six Months by unp3rs0n on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @11:46PM (#2200820)
you are missing the xbox.
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Re:The Next Six Months by sxtxixtxcxh on Thursday February 10, 2011 @03:37AM (#2201280)
... which uses a PowerPC chip, likely (and ironically) the reason Apple switched to Intel.
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Re:The Next Six Months by dgabriel on Thursday February 10, 2011 @10:36AM (#2202218)
The xbox/zune/netflix combo is really amazing. And the kinect is poised to create a different revolution in a different space. Tablets are not the whole future of computing, not by a long shot.
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