Microsoft To Sell Its Own Windows RT Tablet 288
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Glasswire writes "ComputerWorld reports that Microsoft will announce a Microsoft-branded tablet on Monday running the Win RT (ARM-based) subset version of Win 8. MSFT choose not to offer a x86 Win 8 version, which could have given them a performance advantage over ARM-based Apple iPads. A PCMag opinion piece titled 'A Microsoft Tablet Would Be Dumb' says, 'The only real reason to introduce a Microsoft-branded tablet is because Microsoft couldn't get anyone else to make a Windows RT tablet.' No reaction yet from Microsoft's system OEM customers that it will now be competing with."
Well, what do you expect? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Well, what do you expect? (Score:5, Funny)
This is ./ , what doe you expect from us you...you...Anonymouse Coward!
dotslash?
Is that slashdot's evil counterpart from a parallel universe?
RT ? (Score:4, Funny)
Doesn't Windows look Really Tired
Re:Well, what do you expect? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Well, what do you expect? (Score:5, Funny)
Yeah, over there it's a well edited, properly moderated, fully functioning technology discussion website. It also has a goatee.
Microsoft releases actual cow turd as phone (Score:5, Funny)
AXLE GREASE, Down Under, Tuesday (NTN) — Desperate to stay competitive against iPhone and Android mobile devices, Microsoft has released a two-pound lump of actual cow faeces [newstechnica.com] that they claim constitutes a phone.
Windows RT, in development for several years, strips the mobile device down to its fundamental essence: futility, annoyance, malfunction, inconvenience and a socially unacceptable odour. Confounding analyst expectations, the turd is in fact shined.
US mobile carriers hailed the turd as the perfect physical complement to their world-famous customer service. “This powerful product will promote our growth!” said John Harrobin of Verizon Wireless. “We’re marketing them as edible.”
“We think we can really work the brand equity,” said Steve Ballmer, modelling the optional shoulder-length rubber gloves. “Everyone works with our stuff all day every day. They know who Microsoft is and what we do.”
“How about making our customers actually swallow our bullshit physically?” said John Harrobin. “Windows Mobile 7 was my idea.”
Re:This summary is terrible (Score:2, Funny)
It's called English. British English to be exact.
Aw, come on - no one speaks that anymore. It's a dead language, like Latin or French.