Microsoft Surface : better Slate than never !

Microsoft Surface hardware marks the beginning of  Redmond vs Cupertino proper.... For months now we have had access to Windows 8 but never seen  the hardware it is going to push. 


Many blogs and newspaper tech columns are talking about Microsoft's new  " tablets " but this is totally wrong , for Windows 8 is a Slate OS . And therein lies the rub... or the scribble , for  the real power of Windows 8 over iOS is not just the hardware that runs it , but the fact that Windows 8 allows you to create as well as consume , work as well as play . And play anything you like from DOS , Steam , Flash , the list is endless. Like wise that pen accompanying the slates is a game changer , I can tell you you will be using it not just to write , but to move windows around the old legacy desktop with pin point precision. Ever wanted to scribble a blog entry , lecture , write your own  Great Tween Trilogy ? It is going to be a whole lot easier with a Windows Surface slate..


And that is the subtle yet killer difference between iOS and Windows 8 , iOS is a tablet OS with feeble content creation abilities ( deliberately gimped to keep you tapping those Apps) , Windows 8 is a Slate OS  with content creation at the heart of it's design , whether you use it on a tablet or slate !


Here at thegameveda it has been tradition to install Windows 8 on anything with a touch screen , be it Atom powered , Dual screened , or even with a beating heart of iOS  ... all my tablets run Windows 8 .... 


Now finally we see the big M get into gear . And I cannot wait to see what the third parties bring to the fight ... Windows 8 is going to create the first L33T custom tablet /slate generation.But for the masses we now know Microsoft branded hardware will available and hopefully without the madness of Apple launches...


The official site is up right now , and in a couple of months people will be fighting over Windows Surface slates and Microsoft will thank Apple for creating a market for them. 


Specs can be found here 


Apple signally failed to listen to users over 3 generations of iPad , it has had 3 generations to merge iOS with OSX and give us Mac Air touch and Mac Pro touch ... what people want ... I fear the greed at the top went for 3 years of App store profit , and held back this natural evolution , now Microsoft is poised to take advantage .


Leading with a touch based full desktop OS was an awesome move  , months  ahead of official releases of  Windows 8 and Windows Surface ,there are millions of users of Windows 8 RP , CP , and Preview , and the majority of Win 8 users I met at a recent programming event all were using Macbooks  , each of those Win 8 bootcampers NEEDS to upgrade to a Windows 8 Surface machine to fully exploit as a developer and benefit as a user from the features it brings. That is potentially millions of recent Apple owners switching to Windows 8 Surface and other Windows 8 machines ...


And there we have it , Microsoft doing what it does better than any one else , not hardware or software but developing and nurturing a NEED for that hardware and software...


This new form factor is going to hammer the PC Desktop industry, give me three of these  , hook them up to 30 inchers , and HMDs like the ST1080 and 2012 looks like another year I will give upgrading my desktop a miss.... 

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