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Android is good for smartphones

Tablet is too big to put it into the pocket, and PC without Windows is worthles.
Tablets without Core i*UM and Windows are pathetic.

posted by : Tirinti, 21 July 2010 Complain about this comment
Cost?

I am sure one of the major considerations when choosing Android over Win7 is the shear cost of a Windows license.

posted by : Rob, 21 July 2010 Complain about this comment
Windows on a Tablet? That's so yesterday...

I had Windows running on a tablet computer 7 years ago. So what? Eventually we'll get another one worth owning. Windows is a real OS for real hardware anyway. Not half-baked thin hardware that can't handle real tasks.

posted by : Narg, 21 July 2010 Complain about this comment
Good luck

Dont get me wrong i love android for surfing the net, and other things.
But it seriously lacks a a decent selection of gps app. From navngo, to all the free navigation available for windows, its a no brainer. If i was to get a mobile for now its going to be windows based. I got both an android and a winmo, and i know where windows is lacking. It has not changed much from winmo 2k3, but its also good for compatibility.

posted by : missingxtension, 21 July 2010 Complain about this comment
Only Windows embedded tablet cancelled.

Just wanted to point out that Asus is still using Windows 7 on their larger X86 based tablet. The smaller ARM based tablet will be using android instead of Windows embedded. This decision was probably made because Windows embedded lacks the app support that Android has.

I think the tablet market will be divided into X86 based tablets running Windows, and ARM based tablets running Android and Apples iOS. The X86 tablets will have worse battery life, but will be able to double as tablets and laptops.

It will be interesting to see if Intel can get the power consumption of their X86 Atom processors in line with that of ARM based processors, as that's really the key to Windows 7 being successful in the tablet market.

posted by : King Calamari, 20 July 2010 Complain about this comment
A sensible decision

especially considering that true tablets use frail ARM CPU's. That is a significant step down in processing speed, even from an already slow Atom.

posted by : jason, 20 July 2010 Complain about this comment
LOL

WinTel tablet == Fail

All can now see Windows for what it is.

2011 will be the year of mass migration of PCs to Linux.

posted by : Winny Fewq, 20 July 2010 Complain about this comment

Asus dumps Windows for its tablet

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