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It all about the stuff and the pricing. Tablets are all about consumption via browser and IE 10 is very good.
64gb wi-fi ipad 2 is $699
Suppose this is the introductory bundle special: 64gb wi-fi Win 8 WOA tablet with Xbox360 and Kinect is $399??
We already know that the Xbox/Kinect bundle is $99 plus about $15 a month for XBox Gold (a winner for households with gamers). Win 8 will add from $7 (the price the starter OS sold to volume netbooks producers) to a maximum of $50 to the cost of a machine. Add that amount to the price of your favorite Android tablet and you will have the Win 8 tablet price.
Twice as much stuff for 33% less money just might sell.
64gb wi-fi ipad 2 is $699
Suppose this is the introductory bundle special: 64gb wi-fi Win 8 WOA tablet with Xbox360 and Kinect is $399??
We already know that the Xbox/Kinect bundle is $99 plus about $15 a month for XBox Gold (a winner for households with gamers). Win 8 will add from $7 (the price the starter OS sold to volume netbooks producers) to a maximum of $50 to the cost of a machine. Add that amount to the price of your favorite Android tablet and you will have the Win 8 tablet price.
Twice as much stuff for 33% less money just might sell.
There's not an Android tablet on the market that retails for less than $399 that isn't either A) highly subsidized, or B) is barely functional. So you think they will throw in a Xbox too? Yeah, corporate buyers will love that. "I'd like to buy a 1000 tablets and get 1000 XBoxes to go with that."
Microsoft is shooting itself in the foot by not supporting Active Directory in the RT version, the ARM platform is designed and optimized for mobility and low power consumption which is essential to tablet users. By not including AD support they are essentially stacking up a concept OS against two mature and already accepted platforms. The lack .NET support will also set Microsoft back since users would most likely go for the platform that lets them redownload all the apps they've already purchased as opposed to having to buy new Metro apps. Although x86 tablets are still an option I doubt they will be anywhere near as popular or cheap as their ARM counterparts. I'll be sticking to my iPad, Windows 7, and OS X Mountain Lion.
haniel,
Server 8 will have features that work to make tablet management easier. Most will be seeing Virtual PCs. You can't have real data going back and forth to a mobile wireless unit and performance and data integrity, so real data will never leave the server. The Virtual PC will be setup with all the policies, not the unit making the remote connection.
Server 8 will have features that work to make tablet management easier. Most will be seeing Virtual PCs. You can't have real data going back and forth to a mobile wireless unit and performance and data integrity, so real data will never leave the server. The Virtual PC will be setup with all the policies, not the unit making the remote connection.
Windows 8 RT is DOA until it can bring more to the party. Full Windows 8 tablets will be as resoundingly successful as Windows on tablets has been for the past decade.
Windows has a change if...
*Win 8 is better
*win 8 is free
*win 8 is a flash upgrade for whats out there
If, however; using win is a lot better maybe thay can charge somthing, but not too much!
*Win 8 is better
*win 8 is free
*win 8 is a flash upgrade for whats out there
If, however; using win is a lot better maybe thay can charge somthing, but not too much!
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