Re:Microsoft Introduces New "Surface" Tablet
by roc on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @02:20PM
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> "Microsoft's Surface looks like (for me) it could replace both the ipad and my macbook."
Things always have a way of looking like what we want them to, before we get a chance to see them. I know how it works; I spent a lot of time waiting, hoping and grumbling about Windows tablets.
And what I see here, is an ARM tablet that has a real shot as a tablet - provided the Windows side stays out of the way.
And a hand-waved x86 tablet that may or may not be notably improved over last year's Windows tablets.
From that, you seem to be hoping the best of the ARM tablet (size/battery/usability) is implicit in the x86 tablet or vice-versa (does the ARM tablet even allow keyboard/mouse style apps from third parties?).
Things always have a way of looking like what we want them to, before we get a chance to see them. I know how it works; I spent a lot of time waiting, hoping and grumbling about Windows tablets.
And what I see here, is an ARM tablet that has a real shot as a tablet - provided the Windows side stays out of the way.
And a hand-waved x86 tablet that may or may not be notably improved over last year's Windows tablets.
From that, you seem to be hoping the best of the ARM tablet (size/battery/usability) is implicit in the x86 tablet or vice-versa (does the ARM tablet even allow keyboard/mouse style apps from third parties?).
And that's precisely what remains to be seen.