Windows 8 Again
I was browsing through Best Buy's store today. And I noticed something interesting. On the tablet page, there are really only 2 tablets available that aren't pre-orders, but what is interesting is that it is the x86 based one getting the poorer reviews. The Vivo Tab has a 4.5 at present and the ATIV Smart PC has an abysmal 1.8.
Frankly this is the exact opposite of what I expected would happen. Sounds like most of the retailers have been very good about setting expectations for these new tablets. There was only 1 bad review on the Vivo Tab and it was from seemingly the only person who was unaware that this wouldn't run legacy apps.
There isn't a wealth of data on the ATIV Smart PC 18 ratings but only 4 reviews. And the review are VERY vague. One guy hit a problem after installing a new language pack, 2 people complained about the lack of a pen and digitizer on the Canadian model and one guy just called it a bad tablet.
I never really expected Clover Trail based tablets to get good reviews... even if the processor is much better than prior Atom processors, it is still basically a net book class processor and people will have unreasonable expectations that it won't be able to meet because it will never be able to compete with the proper laptop and desktop class processors. But, I also never expected the ARM based versions to rank more highly than a tablet which DOES run all of your legacy x86 apps.
Frankly, I still don't see the market for Windows RT aside from those who are primarily Office users. From an app store perspective it not only lags behind Android and iOS... it lags behind Windows Phone. I expect this to change over the coming months (or perhaps years). I also hadn't trusted retail sales staff to be capable of imparting the differences between Windows RT and Windows 8 to the average user, but both these reviews and other stories I've been reading have actually seemed to indicate that the average Futureshop/Best Buy employee do both a wonderful job of explaining the differences AND promoting the new OS.
Perhaps Windows 8 has a future after all. And the same goes for Windows RT.
Frankly this is the exact opposite of what I expected would happen. Sounds like most of the retailers have been very good about setting expectations for these new tablets. There was only 1 bad review on the Vivo Tab and it was from seemingly the only person who was unaware that this wouldn't run legacy apps.
There isn't a wealth of data on the ATIV Smart PC 18 ratings but only 4 reviews. And the review are VERY vague. One guy hit a problem after installing a new language pack, 2 people complained about the lack of a pen and digitizer on the Canadian model and one guy just called it a bad tablet.
I never really expected Clover Trail based tablets to get good reviews... even if the processor is much better than prior Atom processors, it is still basically a net book class processor and people will have unreasonable expectations that it won't be able to meet because it will never be able to compete with the proper laptop and desktop class processors. But, I also never expected the ARM based versions to rank more highly than a tablet which DOES run all of your legacy x86 apps.
Frankly, I still don't see the market for Windows RT aside from those who are primarily Office users. From an app store perspective it not only lags behind Android and iOS... it lags behind Windows Phone. I expect this to change over the coming months (or perhaps years). I also hadn't trusted retail sales staff to be capable of imparting the differences between Windows RT and Windows 8 to the average user, but both these reviews and other stories I've been reading have actually seemed to indicate that the average Futureshop/Best Buy employee do both a wonderful job of explaining the differences AND promoting the new OS.
Perhaps Windows 8 has a future after all. And the same goes for Windows RT.
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