Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Mon Nov 28 19:49:01 CST 2011
The only way that Microsoft can produce an iPad killer is if they manage to somehow completely bridge the gap between different types of users with an intuitive UI. I am pleasantly surprised to see how much my own non-technical father has taken to his iPad. He thinks its brilliant and now he's hooked using it all the time for Skype, emailing, viewing family photos and reading the news etc, but now and again he still asks me how something is done rather than experimenting himself. Not as much with a normal desktop computer and maybe this is really due to the conditioning that comes with decades of using Windows on the desktop, but even I can see there are still some rough edges on (even) the iPad that make it so it isn't always evident what button to press or what the result of your interaction will be. With Android, this is even worse. If Microsoft can somehow manage to create a UI interface where any type of user can feel completely natural using it, then Microsoft may in fact have an iPad killer. My feeling is that they won't be able to. As far as I am aware (and please correct me if I am wrong), they are only just making it more complicated by laying the Metro UI on top of a regular Windows desktop. And, if they can't, well, I cannot see how they can possibly be any sort of "something"-killer, unless they compete for the sub-$200 market undercutting the Kindle Fire (which unlikely, given hardware requirements for Windows). I'm not sure this is what regular consumers want and that this is just more or less the same as Microsofts previously failed tablet offerings prior to the iPad. We shall see how things play out. - Hans On 2011-11-28, at 4:28 PM, Mark Simms wrote: > Re: "Windows 8 on a tablet will be an iPad killer" > > Boy, I've been waiting for that statement for YEARS. > It might even force me to stay back in technology vs. doing that "other > venture"... > which of course is somewhat dark and clandestine. > > On the other hand, maybe I'll do both ! > Now the biggie: Can Balmer and Company "do things right" here. > His track record is not that good. > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com