Is it too late to split Windows 8 into desktop and tablet versions?

Re:Is it too late to split Windows 8 into desktop and tablet... by nextparadigms on Friday October 21, 2011 @11:40AM (#3140245)

Exactly. This is why Windows 8's future is still very uncertain. If it wants to compete in the tablet market, it will have to be on ARM, no ifs or buts about it. But the problem is Windows 8 is starting from scratch on ARM, not unlike WP7 in the smartphone market. So why would anyone still want a "Windows 8 tablet" over an iPad or even an Android tablet, which would still have many more apps that work on it than Windows 8 for ARM? There's not a very big compelling reason to want it.

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Re:Is it too late to split Windows 8 into desktop and tablet... by vogonj on Friday October 21, 2011 @02:00PM (#3140895)

the added value of a Windows 8 tablet over a Windows Phone device is that a heavily-encouraged subset of applications will run across those devices and a traditional desktop. Windows Phone will only run desktop Silverlight applications out-of-the-box (and even those require some cajoling.) Windows 8 Metro-style apps will run across desktops and tablets without any additional work.

and 90% of the world still runs Windows on their "traditional" computers, so this is an appealing proposition.

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Re:Is it too late to split Windows 8 into desktop and tablet... by nobody31415 on Friday October 21, 2011 @11:45AM (#3140275)

Corporates will buy it because it's Windows.

Average Joe will buy it because MSFT has a massive ad budget

Of the rest; (money>sense) > iPad : Android ;

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Re:Is it too late to split Windows 8 into desktop and tablet... by NonEUCitizen on Friday October 21, 2011 @12:46PM (#3140576)

I think you meant:

  (money > sense) ? iPad : Android ;

i.e. the 2nd '>' should've been a '?'

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