Matthew Miller
Windows 8 slate
iPad
Josh Gingold
Best Argument: Windows 8 slate
The moderater has delivered his final verdict.
Opening Statements
Nothing beats a Windows computer
Matthew Miller: There is no question that the iPad is THE tablet for the consumer, I have a new LTE iPad on pre-order. I've taken my iPad 2 on the road for short business trips and written articles on how you can get work done on the go, through apps and remote access. However, you almost always have to make some kind of trade-off (connectivity required, loss of formatting, reduced functionality, limited multi-tasking, etc.) to use the iPad for "real work" and as a professional engineer there isn't anything that can beat a Windows computer.
Consumer hearts and minds
Josh Gingold: Apple has already won what might be the most important part of this debate: the battle for the hearts and minds of consumers.
Why is this important? Because the rising popularity of the iPad (15 million units sold in the last quarter alone) coincides with the equally important trend toward BYOD, or bring your own device. As a result, enterprise IT and business decision-makers are already forced to recognize and support Apple products in what has traditionally been a PC stronghold. Arguably, the iPad -- and perhaps the iPhone before it -- have given Apple the foothold it needed to penetrate the enterprise market.
So which is better for the enterprise? Well, we're not quite in the so-called "post PC era" just yet and this particular category of devices isn't likely to totally replace the laptop or desktop any time soon, at least not for many of the common business applications. As such, this is really more a matter of which platform is most likely to become a category mainstay for enterprise portfolios. To me, it's no longer just a matter of form factor and features but rather what people want to use and right now that appears to be the iPad.
Talkback
I own both
The iPad is a nice device for casual usage. It has lots of games, a pretty decent browser, it's light and lasts forever on a single charge.
But it's missing all the other stuff I do with my primary computing experience.
My Slate on the other hand is essentially a laptop without a keyboard. It too has a very nice touch-friendly user experience, especially since the Win8 Consumer Preview started delivering useful apps like email, etc.). But this device also runs everything else I depend upon for my work & play. It runs full-blown Office, Visual Studio & all my dev tools, synchronizes all my notes and docs with the cloud, etc. And this is just the first step down Microsoft's bold new path of a completely redesigned user experience for the future. It'll be fascinating to see how app vendors and developers re-imagine their app experiences as Metro-style apps in the coming months and years. In the meantime, all my current apps run just as they do today.
With my iPad, I still need a laptop to run corporate & LOB apps, run many of the tools I depend upon for my livelihood, etc.
My slate basically allows me to replace my laptop! I now have one device upon which I can do pretty much everything.
Ipad has nice games
So people who say well Apple has 500,000 apps in its eco-system, his tablet will have ermmmm how many 10's of millions?
10s of millions?
Ipad has nice games
Microsoft doesn't think so
They don't of course
You don't see Microsoft advertising the number of apps they have for Windows 8, because as of today, they don't have any. Windows 8 is not yet shipping.
When it does ship, we can count beans.
apps for windows 8
haha
You want me to post every single app ever released for.....
Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows 7
I don't think i have enough time in my life to find them all..
However while i see you are from Ipad. How about you go research how many of them 500,000 apps are soundboards, or fart buttons.
load 500,000 apps on your ipad.
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