[citation][nom]duncanmoo[/nom]I have never loved an HP computer that I have used, (nor do I love my Mac I am typing this on). But lets face it MS's distribution partners have been partners for a long time, Why should they bendo over backward for a product where they are being royally messed around.Apple screwing distribution partners in Europe and going into direct competition with them!Google Nexus model, Google works with one partner to raise the bar, it does not sink competition, and the partner varies.[/citation]Wait what? MS is royally messing around, but Google is "raising the bar"? I call BS. What Google is doing is no different! They were tired of all the lackluster Android tablets, and Amazon was getting the vast majority of the low-end sales. If anything the Google tablet, especially at $200, will cannibalize sales of non-Nexus Android tablets, and will even piss off Amazon in the process.
The MS tablets do the same thing, competing with partners because they felt they needed to release some decent hardware (their partners like HP were failsauce). But at least MS is pricing these tablets high enough to leave plenty of space in both the RT and x86 markets. HP just isn't capable of pulling it off right now... look at their previous efforts.