I recently bought a Windows 8.1 tablet for about $250. Specs-wise it's a lot better than my 2013 Nexus 7. 2 GiB RAM, a quad-core Atom, and 64 GiB of onboard storage.
And it runs full Windows.
Hell, I put VS on it and started writing C# apps with it. It's pretty nice. The two different GUIS are pretty jarring if you're running a desktop PC, but they make perfect sense with a touchscreen laptop or tablet.
The tablet game is about to change. Android may find itself crowded out of the mobile computer space.
Did it have a 1080p high-quality IPS screen, too? As I said, either the specs or the quality of the specs/materials suffer, to account for the Windows license.
Specs-wise it's a lot better than my 2013 Nexus 7. 2 GiB RAM, a quad-core Atom, and 64 GiB of onboard storage.
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It has a 1280x800 high-quality IPS screen.
So spec-wise, it has more storage, but apart from that, it has the same amount of RAM, and a display completely inferior to the 2013 Nexus 7.
I don't know about you, but I would trade storage for display anytime. You can always download/stream content from the cloud, but it's hard to stream a better display.
I think this clearly shows that different people have different needs, and that perhaps Microsoft needs to pick a crowd.
Most 'regular' users I know care a great deal more about a great display than storage. My mom would pay a premium for the former (although perhaps she specifically would actually not care and just want an intuitive interface so she can get to her games and email).
And it runs full Windows.
Hell, I put VS on it and started writing C# apps with it. It's pretty nice. The two different GUIS are pretty jarring if you're running a desktop PC, but they make perfect sense with a touchscreen laptop or tablet.
The tablet game is about to change. Android may find itself crowded out of the mobile computer space.