Windows 8 for tablet hands on

Re:Windows 8 for tablet hands on by tomkarlo on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @02:03AM (#2995077)

How interested are developers going to be in developing apps for a "maybe" platform when they can be developing for an installed base of 50-odd million iPads right now? What if this is a TouchPad? It doesn't seem like a good bet on the tablet side given the history.

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Re:Windows 8 for tablet hands on by balac on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @04:40AM (#2995387)

Windows is a "maybe" platform? cmon...

One of the most attractive aspects of this to me is that I would not be developing just for a single device tablet OS. The applications will run across both tablets and desktops, and even a Microsoft "failed" Windows release is sure to see a massive uptake, especially as it will be the default OS on the vast majority of new computers.

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Re:Windows 8 for tablet hands on by Tyrannosaurs on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @06:49AM (#2995666)

As a tablet it's a maybe platform.

It's not as if Microsoft haven't tried to do this before and failed and they're taking a pretty different approach to what's working in the market at the moment.

It's possible that Win 8 can be a success on the desktop / laptop but fail as a tablet OS.

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Re:Windows 8 for tablet hands on by sunchild on Wednesday September 14, 2011 @10:55AM (#2996473)

On the flipside, you're more likely to be developing for a lot of different versions of that OS, and – over time – you'll be developing for the lowest common denominator among them.

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