Asus prepping second Eee Pad with Atom and Windows 7

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1. May 3, 2010 5:14 PM
   Guest said:

   now this would be a real tablet unlike the ****ing ipad

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2. May 3, 2010 11:25 PM
   jacob007 said:

   and even if that is true, one that won`t sell nearly as good as the ******* iPad

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3. May 3, 2010 11:30 PM
   

   Wendig0, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   jacob007 said:

   and even if that is true, one that won`t sell nearly as good as the ******* iPad

   Ahh, but I'd still like to have a tablet that is functional, like the eee pad, while the Apple fanboys play with their iToys.

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4. May 3, 2010 11:54 PM
   

   tipstir, TS Ambassador, said:

   Microsoft has Media Center they only have to make the OS work as the Media Center but functional for Slate or Tablet or clipper. iPad just the beginning by the time better panels come out that will be as flat as paper. Video paper or VPV (video paper viewer)

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5. May 4, 2010 12:49 AM
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   Julio Franco, TechSpot Editor, said:

   Although I'm not overly enthusiastic about the new wave of tablets, Apple made or not, manufacturers basing their models on Windows are taking their fair share of time to enter the market. IMHO, there's an inherent problem trying to use a full fledged OS in a thin tablet factor versus Apple's approach using a smartphone OS with extended capabilities and a capable enough processor.

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6. May 4, 2010 1:33 AM
   

   Archean, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   I think MS needs to take what is 'needed' in a tablet from the full OS; and eliminate rest of it. Once they do that, they can come up with a basic useable OS with an efficient touch system interface, resulting in much more competitive market. I agree with Julio's comment that things on Wintel side has been really slow, but I don't think they are totally out of it, infact if they can pull the rabbit out of the hat they may well rule the roost.

   On a side note, I remember reading somewhere MS has some inhouse project of creating a cutdown version of windows, I forgot its name though.

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7. May 4, 2010 7:10 AM
   Guest said:

   there may have been 1 million people who bought the iPad, but there were 6,696,254,041 people that did not buy the iPad.

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8. May 4, 2010 7:26 AM
   

   Archean, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   there may have been 1 million people who bought the iPad, but there were 6,696,254,041 people that did not buy the iPad.

   I am not one of them @@@@@; nor I intend to buy one; because at this moment these things are nothing more than a fad. And sorry for the bit of fruity language over there

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