[Johnny B.]

One problem with this article (at least the title) is that it's comparing apples to bicycles.

Windows 8 is an operating system, iPad is a hardware platform.

[SmokingJoe]

Windows 8 is an operating system, iPad is a hardware platform.

It's comparing hardware that is running Windows 8 to the iPad. You can't evaluate an operating system on a disk to a piece of hardware. It's got to be running on some hardware, which is the case here.