Windows 8 vs. Android on tablets

mikedt · Mar 5, 2012

You can get Archos Win 7 tablets for about $400 USD. They're rather low specced though to say the least; Win 7 Starter, Atom 1.2GHz singe core, 32GB SSD, 10 inch resistive screen(although the Chinese seem to love styluses).

Presumably these are intended for people on really tight budgets that absolutely must have Windows on their tablets.

A.Nonymous · Mar 5, 2012

Am I the only one who thinks it's foolish to spend time worrying about an OS that hasn't even been released yet and hardware that is purely speculative? Personally, I say stick with what you have until 3-4 months AFTER the Win 8 tablets actually come out. Then you have an idea of how well the thing is going to run and what kind of adoption it's going to get. In a couple of months after release, we should have a pretty good idea if the thing is going to sink or swim.

chanchan05 · Mar 5, 2012

Windows 8 hardware aint speculative. There already are Win8 tablets running on ARM out there. They're just not mass produced yet. We know that they will be running ARM and basically the same hardware as other tablets now.

As for the other hardware we are talking about, we are talking about the hardware of existing Windows 7 tablets. They're basically netbooks without keyboards and running on touch with Intel Atom inside them. The high end ones like HP tx units are running i5s and mid-range Nvidia and ATI graphics.

droogie2799 · Mar 5, 2012

scooterinmn said:
I am the director of IT at my company. A couple of years ago, we migrated everyone from BB and a couple of rouge iPhone users to Android. I also got the execs that travel Xooms. Needless to say that I was an instant hero with everyone after this but the common complaint that I get from EVERYONE is "were is my MS Office?" and "why can't I have spell check?"

You can bet that when these tablets are released, I will be putting these Xooms on eBay. Sorry Google but some folks use these for work too! I am very excited about the new Windows OS and the benefits to my more mobile users!

I think that the point we are both making is when win 8 tabs come out, a lot of business users are switching over and that is going to hurt iOS and Android. Which one it hurts more is hard to tell. iOS is actually the stronger OS in the manageability, hopefully that will change.

A.Nonymous · Mar 5, 2012

chanchan05 said:
Windows 8 hardware aint speculative. There already are Win8 tablets running on ARM out there. They're just not mass produced yet. We know that they will be running ARM and basically the same hardware as other tablets now.

As for the other hardware we are talking about, we are talking about the hardware of existing Windows 7 tablets. They're basically netbooks without keyboards and running on touch with Intel Atom inside them. The high end ones like HP tx units are running i5s and mid-range Nvidia and ATI graphics.

Yes, but they're prototypes more than anything.

EarlyMon · Mar 5, 2012

A.Nonymous said:
Am I the only one who thinks it's foolish to spend time worrying about an OS that hasn't even been released yet and hardware that is purely speculative? Personally, I say stick with what you have until 3-4 months AFTER the Win 8 tablets actually come out. Then you have an idea of how well the thing is going to run and what kind of adoption it's going to get. In a couple of months after release, we should have a pretty good idea if the thing is going to sink or swim.

I like to plan ahead on what to look for in the coming months. Agreed that worrying at this point is one thing, but interest and planning time varies for lots of folks.

lorddonk · Mar 5, 2012

It would be cool if a tablet that you buy now could later have android uninstalled and you could install Windows 8 on it.

I'm guessing Windows 8 tablets will have much higher system requirements though.

chanchan05 · Mar 5, 2012

A.Nonymous said:
Yes, but they're prototypes more than anything.

For the record, the only specs I actually see spoken of are from the MSi Wind tablets, the HP Tx and the Samsung S-series. These aren't prototypes. The HP Tx tablet PC line has been selling since I bought my first laptop 5 years ago. The MSi Wind tablets have also been for sale since like 2005 or so.

Basically buy an x86 powered Win7 tablet now, and then install Win8 on it once its out, and you got a better tablet than anything else out there.

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