MS Hypes Win7 Tablets For CES — Again

jfruhlinger writes "About a year ago at this time, we were all hearing exciting news about Windows-based tablets that Microsoft would be unveiling at CES. They would transform the industry and strangle the iPad in its cradle! Well, now the hype machine is starting again, for the same products that never materialized last year. This time around, though, the market has changed so much so quickly that Microsoft's tablet bid isn't cutting edge; as Ryan Faas points out, it's desperate."

Re:You'd better hope Win 7 for tablets does well

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

While I don't like Google any more than you do, I'm less worried about Android. Only a subset of Android devices are tied to Google in any useful way. Since Android is available as a largely apache licenced middleware stack for the GPLed kernel(plus whatever proprietary apps and drivers the vendor feels like shipping), assorted "Android" devices have sprung up like mushrooms that are about as connected to Google as a Gentoo box is to Linus Torvalds. By contrast, every box of Windows sold is money right into Redomond's coffers and, as of now, isn't shy about phoning home.

Re:Win7

[guruevi]

The problem with Windows is the horrible (or just plain missing) UI guidelines and design. That is the main reason why you just can't transform Windows desktop applications to miniature ones, the developers don't have a uniform way of handling UI. The great thing about developing for either Qt, Java or Mac (and might I say, Gnome as well) is that the UI can be adapted fairly quickly for just about any layout/format. Even though Microsoft tried to change that (poorly) by pressing on MVC and cross-Windows languages with developers, they still required you to re-write the V-part and re-write it in a different way for every platform.

Re:Fool me once

[spun]

Hilarious, yes, but still a totally false equivalency. Barry is nowhere near as retarded as Bush. You got one quote. One. Those Bush quotes aren't even the tip of the iceberg. Dude was DUMB, man. Fucking stupid. Calling him retarded is an insult to the mentally challenged. There's a guy working down in the lobby of my building selling popcorn as part of a special needs program. He'd make a better president than Bush did.