Microsoft, HP "Slate PC" Is Not the Courier Tablet You've Been Waiting For
Microsoft, HP "Slate PC" Is Not the Courier Tablet You've Been Waiting For
Posted 01/07/2010 at 7:41pm
| by Pulkit Chandna
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Yesterday, the New York Times reported that Microsoft and HP would unveil a slate PC during Steve Ballmer's evening keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show. And that is actually what happened. But the Hewlett-Packard tablet that Ballmer showed to those in attendance failed to create any palpable buzz.
If anything, the tablet dampened hopes of Microsoft setting the bar quite high for Apple's rumored tablet by unveiling a truly revolutionary slate of its own at CES2010. Being a Windows 7-powered tablet, it was anything but avant-garde.
A lot of people thought – or actually hoped - that Microsoft would unveil something based on its Courier tablet prototype, but it wasn't to be. All said, not a lot is known is about the HP tablet and the version of Windows 7 that it runs.
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dullthud
January 08, 2010 at 7:12am
My 2 cents.
Microsoft doesn't have the luxury of introducing a premium product, with the associated high costs and potential bugs, that Apple can. Apple can put out a tablet with all kinds of problems, charge over a $1000 for it, and people will buy it. If Microsoft produces a product, price is a very important factor, as is compatibility, so they can't get too original. They don't have the same "designer label" niche status that Apple has, which allows Apple more freedom to be original and define the market. This is more about perception than reality.
blindhorizon
January 08, 2010 at 9:48am
"Apple can put out a tablet with all kinds of problems, charge over a $1000 for it, and people will buy it."
I will have to agree with you on that one, but one thing to consider is even if Microsoft put out an exact product that was bug free(only in our dreams) people would still find something to complain about it and in the end would turn out to be a failure of a product because some dumb @SS of a reviewer gave it a bad review for some little to nothing problem that most people would probably never use.
nekollx
January 08, 2010 at 9:13am
Apple = style
Microsoft = Substance?
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