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Originally Posted by red-beard
I'm not sure you could port Office to the iPad. If you did, it would have severely limited capability. The iPad is not a power house. It is about 1/10th the processing power of the HP Slate I have. It is best suited for limited "apps" not full blown programs like a Windows PC or Mac.
The Capabilities of my HP Slate are similar to rhogg's machine, except I have not put Windows 8 on it yet. Maybe this weekend...
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I know, but making a basic Office Suite for iPad available with limited features would have been easy, would have ensured document compatibility and would certainly have sold well on the App Store.
But then, what would be the driving reason to use "The Surface"? And then Microsoft's cash cow, the Office Suite, would be regulated through Apple's App Store. Not something I think they want long term.
Separately, there are certainly alternatives to office like Google Docs and Open Office, but higher end business use is still all Microsoft. The announcement of "The Surface" shows me that they are trying to play to their strengths.
When are they going to be released? Did they say?