If Microsoft slashes the price of Windows to zero, I might just take a look at it. Otherwise, I'll pass.
Surface is not doing very well against the iPad either.
http://m.techspot.com/guides/643-tablets-of-2013/
Is it faster than Android? No, that depends primarily on the hardware unless you have a single computer which can run either and I have to decide which to buy.
Does it have better programs? That depends entirely on the app developers, not on the OS. Android and Apple have a long head start.
Does it crash less? My Android tablet has been pretty stable and about the only program I have which crashes is a crossword puzzle program with some bugs in it. But that's not the OS. And even it is very good about recovering from where it crashed.
Does it have annoying commercials with people bouncing around like a bunch of ADHD kids who just drank triple espressos? Well, Microsoft has that but I have no idea why that would make me want to buy Windows.
Sounds like Win8 isn’t such a success story.
After VISTA came out and few were buying it, there were rumors that MS was wanting it to be downloaded via torrents, etc. In effect, MS was sort of giving it away. And they still didn’t get many takers.
Per other reports, some computer companies are offering a back-to-Win7 feature with Win8 computers.
[I am still learning my way around Win7, its glitches and ridiculous changes. I have no desire to try Win8.]
The Windows 8 Asus Vivotab is superb: we are using it for asset surveys. Non-windows tablets simply can’t run the software we need.
I’m looking forward to even cheaper Windows 8 tablets coming onto the market.
I’m waiting to see what Windows tablets will come out in the months ahead. So far, they are far too expensive and loaded up with full function Excel and other software many users don’t want or need in a tablet. Some manufacturers need to offer more flexibility as to software and other features and offer lower cost tablets ($200 or less) as well as more full featured ones.
Hey, let’s make a touch interface for machines that don’t have a touch interface!
Yea! That’s the ticket!
Microsoft
PS - Let’s strip active-x out of IE 10 while we are at it! Another good idea!
Hating Win7 ever since I had to upgrade because my pre-2001 hand-me-down from the in-laws running XP was supposedly “shot” according to the techs. The lack of a decent “search” feature is my pet peeve.
Got a kindle fire for Christmas and I would consider a Win tablet under $100—mainly for having a portable keyboard—but it still wouldn’t do everything my tower would.
Just figured it out—what I really want is a Windows tablet that runs XP. Don’t tell me they couldn’t do that for under $100.
I liked the old parody ad that said that Microsoft was coming out with a new version of their software that combined the best of several builds: the best of NT, the best of ME, the best of CE - it was to be called Windows CEMENT - Hard as a brick and dumb as a clam!!!
The more the better, we’ve suffered enough with the Winblows near monopoly on desktop.
Where MIcrosoft will win is when enterprises start replacing the Windows desktops and laptops with tablets.....but it will take a few years for them to begin reaping the benefits, but I do think as long as the tablets are compatible with the current desktop software, they will inevitably gain an advantage in the Enterprise tablet market.