Those look nice, but I would rather go for x86 transformer or wait for similiar THinkpad hybrid.
For one, with the stand in back and very light dock, there's no way this thing can hold on lap in a notebook mode. And second, those keyboards looks absolutely horrifingly uncomfortable to type at.
Still, good to see MS pushing their platform in such way. I wonder if it would be possible for some third party to make a more solid Transformer like dock for it.
They have a traditional physical keyboard available as well that is very much like the Transformer's.
Obviously you give up some space, but no more than on say an ultrabook.
How much will these be? Looks goddamn beautiful. I would dump my transformer in a heartbeat.. wow. Metro looks so at home on a tablet.
No prices announced, though they stated the RT rev will be competitive with ARM-based tablets, and that the Pro rev will be competitive with ultrabooks.
silly question but... what does RT in win RT stand for?
Technically, it's never been disclosed. So likely it means nothing
I'm sure internally it was initially called that because it runs the WinRT runtime (so redundant) ... but from a marketing standpoint, it's likely just some letters. This isn't the first time they've done that actually.
Thank you to everyone who answered my question. My followup question:
If Metro UI stays, how exactly does that work in installing and running other software? It no longer seems window-based (I mean literally resize able windows within the GUI and stuff). How do you launch something like Steam? How is something like mIRC displayed? Does Metro UI mess with how programs look/operate? What about the standard file system and windows explorer? Are those the same?
I'm just really confused, because I don't see how I could operate my desktop using the Metro UI. Are there any videos that might be able to explain to me how my classic windows experience can mesh with this UI?
Not to be rude, but why don't you check out the several Windows 8 threads at gaf instead of asking all of the info to be reposted in here?
What's the screen res on these things? Are these things clear black tech amoleds?
1366 x 768 for the RT version, 1080p for the pro.
They aren't AMOLED (they don't exist in this size currently), so it's some form of LCD. Also, 'clear black' is a trademark of Nokia. It's a polarization layer used along with the screens they purchase in order to improve contrast in bright conditions by rejecting some of the ambient light.
HP 2710p pre dates iPad by good 2 years. And it's largely the same as the new 2760p, save for Core 2 Duo instead of Core i5/7, plus added cap touch. I used 2740p running Win7 everyday for work and home, and it's an excellent tablet. So you are full of shit on this notion that somehow iPad magically changed the existing Tablet PC from crap to good.
What OS was that using? I think that's his point.
Though counter to his statement of it being shit, while the OS and apps weren't optimized for touch in the way we currently expect ... obviously it had plenty of uses that made it valuable for certain sectors. Art being one of them as I'm sure you can attest to
That must be why tablets were so hugely popular before the iPad.
You're being insanely egocentric here. Yes obviously prior revs of Windows were not great as a
consumer tablet ... they however were used in plenty of pro sectors.
They weren't all 'shit' as you'd like to claim ... simply not well-suited for mass consumer. As someone who's been involved in media, etc ... I don't get how you aren't aware of this.
Exactly. They need a Transformer-like keyboard/trackpad attachment.
It has one ... they showed it.
