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"We're talking about something that's almost as portable as a phone and that's as powerful as a PC running Windows 7," said Ballmer. But the device failed to materialize in stores.
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yeah .. not from my perspective. I've been using a 1.5lb full windows tablet for something like 4 years. That is, MS tabs have been around for years. It's just that MS doesn't have much in the way of cheap, feature-restricted tablets like the iPad. --not to say that all iPads are cheap, when one can easily drop close to a grand on one of those giant iTouches.
also, John points to the cloud type device (where some big mainframe does all of the heavy lifting) is not MSFT's model. The cheap
Window-to-the-web device is where Apple and Google have been pushing consumers. Whereas MSFT has the model of stand-alone pc's which may, or may not be part of the Borg collective.
Take medical, for example. Tablets used there really shouldn't be connected to the WWW. But rather, they do need to connect to the hospital intranet.
Of course, the fanboys will argue that EVERYTHING is fun apps, whimsically pushed around a brite shiny encrusted billet box.