If not the ipad then what instead?

[Rainbird]

famousringo said:

Rainbird said:

@ famousringo & michael_stutzer

I wasn't referring to pure tablets, I'm talking about hybrid devices that can be between tablet and laptop by sliding a keyboard from out from the body for example, which Intel has demonstrated as an Ultrabook concept already. So it's the best of both worlds really.

We're referring to the software. Windows on ARM won't run legacy Windows software. An x86 tablet would, but it would probably also suck as hard as Windows tablets did in 2005. Try to imagine one of those things docking with a keyboard peripheral. You'd need lead bricks in the keyboard to prevent it from falling over. :P

I know WOA won't run legacy software, but I don't see any reason you can't have good x86 tablets. They're probably not going to be as slim as their ARM brethren, but I think that's a worth tradeoff. Ultrabooks have shown that it's certainly possible to create slick x86 hardware.