If not the ipad then what instead?

[Rainbird]

superchunk said:

Rainbird said:

superchunk said:

I've seen a couple of you blast Android as not being a true replacement for Windows.... well how?

It's good for some things, like web based stuff and some games as you mentioned. But running Windows 8 means you have a huge backlog of available applications, some of which you may or may not be using in your daily life. I know an Android tablet would in no way be able to free me from my laptop for that reason alone, regardless of keyboard and mouse combatibility. 

And without having tried it, I would guess Windows is more optimized for mouse and keyboard in general, not to mention for tasks like file management.

I'd bet that after some intial changes to your daily use of stuff, you'd realize there is no loss but a gain in flexibility of having a tablet AND a laptop. Granted waiting for a Windows8 device might just prove to be better overall (I personally am looking forward to them as well), but I still think an Android based one would be just as good and probably will be what I choose in the long run as I really like Google's services and its personalization.

I agree it probably wouldn't be a big issue if I didn't have the choice, but I do have the choice, so I don't see any reason to carry around two devices when I can have one device that can switch on the fly.

And I actually think the Android setup is quite clever, which is why I like that Microsoft has done something similar with W8. Microsoft have lately also moved away from trying to "own" the things people use, and are trying to accomodate everything instead, and they seem to be hitting that nail pretty hard, which is just one more reason I'm excited for W8.