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disolitude on 23 October 2012
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dahuman said:
disolitude said:
sales2099 said:
The Pro is aimed at savvy business men, not the average joe.

Thats not entirely true. Pro is a laptop replacement while the RT is primarily a content consumption device.

I wouldn't say that laptops are only for savy businessmen...

I honestly don't see the point of getting the RT anymore.

Acer W510 Windows 8 tablet costs $499, comes with a decent Atom X86 CPU, is 1.32 lbs and is as thin as any ARM tablet out there. On top of that is supposedly lasts 9 hours (18 with a keyboard dock). Even if that's 7 hours of normal usage, that's really good.

If an X86 tablet can offer all that, why would anyone get the ARM based RT device?

I think the good idea would be waiting for AMD to include the ARM part into their chips then use those once they have a lower power consumption version since the embedded GPU is better than what Intel can offer and it would be able to run ARM based apps and x86 based apps at the same time. I understand that it's really for security purposes that AMD is adding the ARM part into their APUs but I don't see why it can't run ARM based apps at a slower pace too, it'd be the best thing to get for compatibilty and good performance.

Yeah that could work. AMD needs something to work for them at this point to enter the tablet space. I think there is just 1 AMD based Win 8 tablet being released with the Z-60 chip...By Fujitsu.