RtDK

July 12, 2010 at 10:28am

Okay, Microsoft, listen up.  Win7 is a great OS. It's powerful, it's flexible, it's stable, and it's efficient--for desktops and notebooks. For tablets, it is simply TOO powerful.

You need a simpler OS for a simpler device.  Most people won't be doing text processing or gaming or programming on a tablet, and that's generally the heavy-duty stuff you would do on a full-fledged Windows platform. To add to that, to run Win7 on a tablet, the manufacturers would have to buy more expensive hardware to get it to run smoothly, and at that point, you're talking about iPad-price territory.

And as we all know, one of the major selling-points of PC's are that they are affordable compared to anything Mac-related.

My advice: Wait until WinPhone 7 is fully-baked, and ship THAT OS with your planned tablets. As much as Apple's arrogance infuriates me, I have to give them credit for finding the right approach for tablets: These devices are meant to be simple web-browsing, basic email-and-book readers, and they are meant to be cheaper than full-fledged personal computers. If you ship Win7 with tablets, you're basically just handicapping netbooks by getting rid of the keyboard and mousepad, while staying in the same general price-range.

So do yourselves a favor and finish WinPhone7 (or Win7Lite, which I think would be a more appropriate name) to build those tablets. I'd happily look at one if it was in the low-$200 price range.

 

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"Keep the peace."

Jesterace

July 12, 2010 at 10:10am

Oh lord, just what I need, another gadget haha.

aviaggio

July 12, 2010 at 9:57am

Coming from Ballmer I'm thinking more of a Necromantic Zombie type of resurrection spell (he is, after all, a Lich), very similar to the Dark Unholy Breath of Life that Jobs uses to keep those Chinese factory workers alive.

And unless they come up with a touchscreen-friendly UI, I see epic fail for Win7 slates. 

dracx619

July 12, 2010 at 8:49am

im totally blanking right now but what was or is the purpose of windows embedded 7?

Bender2000

July 12, 2010 at 8:36am

Win 7 tablets were on the way for months but what was the hiccup? I don't think they needed a reboot after the iPad because the iPad is a different animal and slots in below the features the Win 7 tablets offer. Is there a need for a Win 7 tablet? The new Windows Phone 7 would seem the better alternative coming up.