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No mention of cloud, apple or any placard swinging end of the world tripe.....
At last a refreshing insight into something new! Thankyou!
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At last a refreshing insight into something new! Thankyou!
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How many companies are supplying their employees with iPads? iPads are very popular to be sure but most places I work with have iPads coming in as part of their BYOD program.
Will a Windows RT device change this?
Will a Windows RT device change this?
and MUST have Win 8, then Win 8 Pro is the only way to go - end of story. Mind you there are very few business situations where the tablet is the best answer as most business usage is better with a touch screen ultrabook anyway for the better resources.
Why buy the RT version when the Pro allows you to run regular Windows apps, join a domain, etc.? You have no control over the RT edition.
RT devices will be 25% to 50% cheaper -- i.e. maybe half the price. IMO that means the Pro version will be overpriced (for a tablet) and therefore lots of people will stick to the iPad/Android tabs or buy the RT. But I'm crap at predictions so don't listen to me.
At least wioth the Pro edition, you can enforce policies. RT? Nope. With the Pro, you can run [just about] any Windows 8 application. RT? Applications made for RT - extra support. Depending on the company, most would prefer to support something that they can control. Better buying one Office edition than 2.
where an iPad is adequate for the specific purpose, a "Pure Tablet" running Windows RT might for now be the the better choice, no matter if this will be a long term alternative or not. But what's more important (and I hope Microsoft understands this): This time for Microsoft to stay a real relevant competitor, it's not like the rollout of Vista or Windows 7 when it was all about winning enterprise customers to upgrade. This time to get back into the mobile game, Microsoft has to put a Windows sticker on a significant share of the tablets and smartphones sold to consumers in this year's holiday season and this can only work with ARM based low price offerings. A combined market share of > 20 percent would be great though not necessarity a breakthru, anything less then 10 percent, let's face it, a launch failure. Don't know how their chances are, but missing this one after so many they already busted, will almost inevitably mean that Android and iOS stay the only serious platform for mobile apps which will make them inevitably a part of most enterprise IT infrastructures in 2013 and lead to a sustained decrease of relevance of Windows based client systems also in the enterprise.
under discussion as NOT being about using personal ARM devices, but about deploying devices for use in the corporate world. In that situation the ARM devices don't even come near to cutting the mustard as for a corporate usage and deployment you need to be able to easily connect to the corporate domain or there's not advantage in using the damn things at all.
Once you accept that point, then the Win 8 Pro is the only choice.
Once you get there, it then becomes a case of if you want a limited usage tablet or a wider usage ultrabook. For most corporate usages I see a touch screen ultrabook would be the better option. For limited usage such as logistics use for delivery drivers, then the surface or any tablet with Win 8 Pro would be suitable, if you insist on using Win 8.
Once you accept that point, then the Win 8 Pro is the only choice.
Once you get there, it then becomes a case of if you want a limited usage tablet or a wider usage ultrabook. For most corporate usages I see a touch screen ultrabook would be the better option. For limited usage such as logistics use for delivery drivers, then the surface or any tablet with Win 8 Pro would be suitable, if you insist on using Win 8.
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