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Re:Creating the Windows 8 user experience by sixothree on Friday May 18, 2012 @06:00PM (#3994248)
That's great for the desktop and notebook market. But now you have to convince people to buy Windows based tablets.
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Re:Creating the Windows 8 user experience by rbanffy on Friday May 18, 2012 @06:13PM (#3994302)
Microsoft OEMs will build them in order to qualify for discounts in desktop and laptop W8 licenses. And x86-based tablets will be able to go into classic mode (and JIT JavaScript) and run current x86 apps.

Why would anyone desire a W8 ARM tablet instead of a much cheaper (as in "you can buy two of them") Android-based one or an iPad is an excellent question, but we should never underestimate the power of advertising.

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