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Originally Posted by MysticLlama
I think that it's just not going to catch on in a big consumer wave like the iPad.
I've been messing with mine for a few weeks now, and there are a few huge bonuses that make me more likely to buy them for office staff than iPads.
Multiple users, so they can be checked out and taken to meetings or on trips but not bound to one user
Output for a projector that doesn't work just with some apps
Prints successfully to all of our office printers (We have a few AirPrint printers for the iPads, but the big old ones don't work)
Runs Remote Desktop AND TSRemoteApp, so you can get to any desktop app on it if it's running on the server.
Connects to file shares on the network out of the box
Can be used with a mouse or the built in touchpoint, which makes Win32/64 apps on RDP actually useful
So yeah, it's a rival, just not in the ways most people are thinking.
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Yep, this seems to be the purpose. I think this is a good move on MSFT's part. Going head to head with the iPad to start is tough!!!