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But, is this in keeping with the Tablet’s purpose?

Small, lightweight, extreme portability, batterylife and leisure.

A tablet uses a virtual keyboard, which consumes vital desktop space. Sure, I can do Word, Excel, PP and Notes on my iPad - but I wouldn’t want to author anything major. When the keyboard is up - I have about 3 inches of screen left for my work.

In order to alleviate this problem, I could use a bluetooth external keyboard/mouse - but then, why not use a Laptop? To match the Laptop in Productivity, I have to carry 3 components - and then only have a 10 inch screen to work on.

Where the Tablet could come in handy, in the workplace could be inventory control, MD’s reviewing patient records/x-rays as they move from room to room, pulling specifications during manufacturing inspections - stuff along that line. Light duty data entry.

Generally speaking, Laptops are for productivity - Tablets are for leisure. Like comparing Lawn Tractors to motorcycles.

If I were MSFT, I would first decide if the piece of the pie is worth the investment. Android and iOS have a huge jump in this market. IMHO, what MSFT can do, is use the OnLive Cloud based gaming technology - as a lever into the market. XBox360 and XBox Live have a huge following - to merge this audience into a MSFT portable unit would certainly have legs.

Unfortuantely, MSFT has opted not to pursue this aggressively. IMHO, MSFT has the technical prowess to do this - but lacks the managerial capability to attempt anything 5% of this ambitious. I call them Biztards, Business Managers of a technical company - who do not possess technical degrees or have a technical background.

Hodar: That last post to tacticallogic is full of the same nonsense which I already destroyed in my series of posts. Try to be coherent and logical, and forget your fanboism. Tablets cannot be defined as for one particular segment of society, namely the personal user. If it can do a whole lot more, then by all means, let the manufacturers develop them with a whole lot more and let the consumer and businesses decide.

And, hey, I noticed that you're back with your dumb and illogical statements about "biztards". It's time to grow up and start using your head.