quote:By Ed Hardy, TabletPCReview Editor | Saturday, May 11, 2013 | 204 Reads
Windows 8 tablets with Intel's Bay Trail processor are scheduled to debut before the end of this year. These are going to offer performance and battery life that will drastically reduce demand for Windows RT.
The Problem
Ever since the successful release of the,....
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I have to say I found this quote interesting:
quote:A great many consumers are either confused because they don't understand the difference between Windows RT and the full Windows 8, or they rejected the platform entirely because they think a tablet with Windows ought to act like one.
I've always maintained that there is room in the market for different kinds of tablets. Which is why I think X86 / X64 PC tablets and ARM tablets can coexist serving different functions with some overlap.
The idea that an ARM based tablet can't run full desktop PC software is not an alien concept. Apple iPad users have been living with that reality for quite some time and Android users would also likely have an equally subdued expectation.
Windows RT is no more and no less then its iOS and Android competition in this respect. IOS and Android devices are selling quite well though. So figuratively speaking, no one seems to look the iOS / Android gift horse in the mouth but Windows RT is dismissed summarily for essentially being on equal footing in terms of this feature (or lack thereof).
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