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I openly don't like Apple, but still don't see the point.
I mean why did it HAVE to be announced today? It has no price, no in-depth details, no integration with any of their products were talked about, no smartglass demo, nothing. They would have been better off announcing it later with all these details, and making it available rather fast. In otherwords pulling a page from Apple's book.
As for the tablet itself, from what we know SO FAR, its nothing special.....they spent most of their time on a peripheral for it....I still see absolutely no reason for me to leave my laptop and get a tablet, it has a keyboard that works perfectly fine.
Yeah, wtf MS. This is an odd way to announce your product. Maybe theyre just trying to get the media on their side before they make the public largely aware of it? But as for the tablet...
Wowza, now this is the tablet I can get behind. The thought of having a tablet that is this thin and light but also has full Windows behind it AND a Core i5 Ivy Bridge processor is incredibly appealing. The keyboard cover is nearly as exciting as the tablet itself. And thinner than the iPad? MS is really changing the game.
Oh and a bit off topic, but there is already an ad for it on youtube. MS must have gotten a new marketing team because it looks awesome.
They are obviously trying to get it out there in people's minds before Google I/O next week. They want people not buying the Nexus Tablet and holding out for this thing. I am going to be one of those people. I think it looks amazing and has all the right pieces to be a huge success.
I'm not a massive MS fan.. But I'm interested..