2013: Year of the Windows Tablet

Discussion in 'Technology' started by chairmansteve, Feb 16, 2011.

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  1. #1 chairmansteve, Feb 16, 2011
    If you're an Apple iSheep or an Android Blockhead, 2013 may be the year of nightmares. Two mighty forces will be coming together at precisely the right time to create the next generation tablet:

    - Windows 8
    - Intel Atom 22nm

    iPad and Android tablets have 2 years before the slaughter. The only thing that can stop the slaughter is the End of the World in 2012.
     
  2. #2 cmdrmonkey, Feb 16, 2011
    These tablets will flop as hard as Windows Phone 7 and the Kin. Apple and Google have nothing to worry about. Microsoft has shown time and again that it just doesn't understand the mobile market.
     
  3. #3 monsly, Feb 16, 2011
    @cmdrmonkey: how could you forget the Zune? That thing CLOBBERED Apple.

    Oh.
     
  4. #4 cmdrmonkey, Feb 16, 2011
    I guess the Zune was so utterly forgettable that I forgot to even mention it.
     
  5. #5 monsly, Feb 16, 2011
    How could you? I'm sure 2007 was the year of the Zune, you heartless bastard.
     
  6. #6 khaid, Feb 16, 2011
    They were able to garner enough interest to get a loyal following in their marketplace. Some people swear by the Zune Pass.

    This tablet invasion is getting ridiculous though. So expensive and so would rather get a netbook.
     
  7. #7 Armadeadn, Feb 16, 2011
    chairmansteve, the ultimate microsoft fanboy?
     
  8. #8 chairmansteve, Feb 16, 2011
    The Windows 8 tablets of 2013 will be reasonably priced like netbooks. If not, then the slaughter will sadly be rescheduled to 2014 or 2015.
     
  9. #9 Fusion, Feb 17, 2011
    Atom should die in a fire already. When AMD have delivered OoO execution dual core 1.6GHz chips with GPU on the same die in the same power envelope as Atom why bother with Atom anymore?
     
  10. #10 chi, Feb 17, 2011
    What's the Kin? I've never heard of that before.
     
  11. #11 chairmansteve, Feb 17, 2011
    If AMD still exists in 2 years, Fusion APUs will power some Windows 8 tablets. But Atom will naturally be more common.
     
  12. #12 HellRipper, Feb 17, 2011
    Why wouldnt AMD exist anymore in two years? They have pretty strong market now with their CPU's, especially GPU's.
     
  13. #13 chairmansteve, Feb 17, 2011
    When the aliens arrive, they might accidentally destroy AMD headquarters.

     
  14. #14 chi, Feb 17, 2011
    Tin foil hat time?
     
  15. #15 HellRipper, Feb 17, 2011
    That means PS4 wont see the light :D
     
  16. #16 cmdrmonkey, Feb 17, 2011
    There's a reason.
     
  17. #17 chi, Feb 17, 2011
    The PC will be dead too. But then, it's been dying for a while already. At least it'll be put out of its misery then.
     
  18. #18 bfun, Feb 17, 2011
    Pretty sure you responded to my Kin or Cosmos thread on PVC2.
     
  19. #19 chi, Feb 17, 2011
    I don't remember posting in any mobile threads on there.
     
  20. #20 khaid, Jun 1, 2011
    Windows 8 unveiled. Regular windows underneath that Metro UI that MS has been putting into everything (Zune, Silverlight, Windows Phone 7, etc). Love or hate it, MS is gonna be hitting the tablet market hard.

    http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/01/microsoft-unveils-windows-8-tablet-prototypes/
     
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