[dayglored]

> The hardware will have to be slowed down in order to give it decent battery life — but MS will sell the imaginary sizzle and probably do pretty well (at first).

Let's hope they've done better than that. It would be a shame if, after all this time, the best they can do is only as good as the competition's last-year's offering.

For a Microsoft tablet to succeed, it will have to be AT LEAST better than the iPad-2 in every respect except iOS. And that's quite possible given Microsoft's considerable resources.

I personally don't think Windows 8 will be the equal of iOS out of the gate, though (like Windows against OS-X) it deserves a chance to mature and stabilize. Windows 7 is a great OS. Windows 8 ... we'll see.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks dayglored. Mea culpa, this is a different product than what I'd read about.

• Windows 8, Intel Atom SoC Will Be iPad Killer
• Microsoft will announce 'something big' on Monday... will it be a Windows tablet..

FRchives:

• Bold Call: Microsoft To Pass Android, Grab No. 2 Spot In Tablets Behind Apple
• 10 ways Windows 8 beats the iPad
• Here's Everything You Wanted To Know About Microsoft's Upcoming iPad Killers
• Tablets might be a flash in the pan: Microsoft global chief strategy officer
• Microsoft Is "Closer To Competitive" On Tablets "Than Some Realize" : Morgan Stanley analyst
• Windows 8 tablet sooner than we expect? (Next Microsoft OS will embrace tablets better)
• How Microsoft plans to market against the iPad
• Microsoft To Launch 'iPad Killer' Tablets At CES
• Microsoft's iPad Answer Will Be Here for the Holidays (Expect a Windows 7 iPad this shopping season)
• Android tablets coming from everyone everywhere {Who isn't readying an Android tablet?}
• Microsoft Vows Tablet Comeback, But When? (Windows-based alternative to Apple's iPad coming soon?)
• Windows 8 leaks show Microsoft's eyes on Apple (plans to provide a more iPad-like response time)
• Microsoft: Years from Now The Majority of Tablets Will Use Windows.
• Asustek Unveils Tablet, to Take on Apple's iPad
• Google's Android will Run Laptops
• Google OS will be on netbooks by year's end (Android)
• Ballmer keeps close watch on Apple and Android