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HP Windows 7 Slate rumours abound
EXCITABLE CHIEF EXECUTIVE Steve Ballmer heated up Windows 7 HP Slate rumours at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference (MWPC) 2010.
HP's Ipad killer was riding high on a big publicity boost after the Vole's CEO, Steve Ballmer introduced it in his keynote speech at CES in January. Then, nada.
Rumour had it that HP wasn't pleased with Windows 7 at the time. Then the Palm buyout suggested that HP would go back to the drawing board with its fresh WebOS intellectual property on Slate.
Now Ballmer brings tablets kicking and screaming into the MWPC 2010 conference. First hints are pretty obvious because HP is listed as a hardware partner for Windows 7 tablets at the MWPC website.
Other partners lined up include Sony, Toshiba, Fujitsu, Panasonic Toshiba and Dell. But it is HP's name that was conspicuously noticeable by its absence from Ballmer's keynote address.
"This year one of the most important things that we will do in the smart device category is really push forward with Windows 7 based slates and with Windows 7 phones. This is a terribly important area for us."
"Show me that you're going to do it with slates," Ballmer asked himself in a strange Ballmer on Ballmer rhetorical roleplay scenario. Fortunately for the other Ballmer, he said, "we are all in" as "new form factors are number one on the list" and they "will be coming this year."
We don't know if this means that HP now intends to go back to Windows 7 for its Slate tablet or if it will offer two tablet product lines including its WebOS from Palm. We're confused. µ
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The one thing I want to use these 'new form factor' devices for, is as a wireless display for my desktop. And that this time, it will pipe 3D(ie its not plugged into the graphic cards) to the device(Microsoft is working on it).
Remember about 5 years ago there where wifi displays(they even has pocketPC built in, for when it not WiFi'ed to the pc), awesome but limited(the graphic acceleration issue).
With pen/touch integration and better bandwidth it's hard to see the concept failing, this time. And you could also use it as a tablet...
After all, dose anyone actually use a tablet in public??
So, by my estimates, flying cars should be next on the new invention reinvention bandwagon.
Finally someone understands why this could work very well and why yes its bloated but for a reason.
It gives you the ability to use your PC programs and without going through Linux compatability issues and without the whole Apple dont want that on our device issue.
If it needs 2gb then fine it will get 2gb. The iPhone needed min 512mb for years and only just got it. You see this is what happens when you have someone which is more open to other companies doing there thing rather than the sheepish Apple crew buying the icon.
Great news, at last something you can load real software on and use in a work environment instead of a Fisher Price ipad toy.
Being able to pick up a slate from a dock and walk around a warehouse/factory using real programs rather than 'apps' should be the market they push this at but probably won't.
Please. I guarantee it'll be late, buggy and bloated requiring at least 2 GB of RAM and 15 GB just to install the OS. I would love to see them create a product that doesn't need 10 years to mature, but I doubt it. It just not their style right now. Their slow like government and full of bureaucracy.
Please. I guarantee it'll be late, buggy and bloated requiring at least 2 GB of RAM and 15 GB just to install the OS. I would love to see them create a product that doesn't need 10 years to mature, but I doubt it. It just not their style right now. Their slow like government and full of bureaucracy.
Perhaps if Ballmer would talk to other people at Microsoft -- and not just to himself -- they "might" be a more functional company, and not have so many expensively-developed products go down the tube.
Their employees (at least one) do not seem so happy...
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Direct comparison, one-for-one of WinTel, ARM-Android and ARM-iOS! Love it :-))