HP Releasing Windows 8 Atom-Based Tablet Too

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[citation][nom]phamhlam[/nom]Is HP dumb? Atom tablets are slow and gives the user an awful experience. Put a i5 like Samsung or an i3 at least.[/citation]

All depends on the price point. and what the tablet is used for.
A cheap tabled to check emails or a map on the go may just work.
 
Not even remotely interested. We're on the first steps of a paradigm shift, the outcome will not be good for MS. Are new leader is a little green android!

 
I wonder why HP did not choose a cheaper and more suited solution from AMD for it's new tablet? An Atom solution did not stand a chance in front of an ARM chip like TI OMAP5, not to mention the G embedded series from AMD.
 
This is a huge blow to ARM. HP going Intel pretty much puts the crapper on ARM in the tablet market for Windows 8. No doubt others will follow. The WOA solution was a poor one anyway. As for those claining the ARM chips are better, do you actually have any evidence? Last tests shown on ANAND's site indicate that the Intel solution was far superior. AMD doesn't have a market here. They don't have anything low powered enough to be considered in this market so not sure what mosu is talking about. As for speed Phamhlam, ATOMs are faster than ARM CPUs so you too are dead wrong. You don't put i5s and i3s on tablets. Tablets are limited function devices. You put those CPUs on ultrabooks which can act as tablets but give you full PC functionality.
 
Trinity and Brazos are not tablet processors. They are not SoC and use up WAY too much power for the tablet market. Why is this so hard to understand? Even IvyBridge is FAR too power hungry for tablets. If you want Brazos, buy a netbook. If you want trinity/Ivy, buy an Ultrabook form factor. If you want a tablet, the Atom is your best option. I have little doubt that Atom will be superb for tablets. Now the phone market is another question altogether. People aren't necessarily looking for the things that Atom is strong in for that market.
 
The atom of H2 will be clover trail... so please don't count it out. It can beat most ARM SoCs hands down at least in tablet Form Factor.
 
Funny people are still negative about the Atom. I mean, yes they have a poor image in the PC space, but heck, this is a tablet we're talking about. Plus Medfield will share the SB/IB architecture which has huge IPC performance, which is what you need for the mobile space, not "more COARS!!".

I'm not saying it'll blow ARM out of the water, nor am i trying to be a fanboy, i'm just saying, give it a chance. Competition is good, after all, and Intel can't demand the same prices when it's the one competing.
 
android is gonna be a dying platform soon,the manufactures of android tablet can't make money on android due to very slim margins and licensing deal which they have to pay microsoft due to android breaking microsofts patents

when windows 8 shows up all of the major manufactures will move over to support microsoft due to higher profit margins and that'll force retail to promote windows 8 and push it over android

this will affect smartphones as well imo
 
Atom was dead in the water once AMD's Brazo's came out... no one who has a clue would touch that a piece of crap Atom! I sell technology to the uneducated masses for a living.... I have Never recommended ANYTHING with that dog of an Atom in it since Brazo's launched... Nor have any of my colleagues...
 
from what i have read the base install size of windows 8 is around 11gigs.
CM7 is about 2gigs.
webos 3 is about 3.5 gigs

Will MS have a lite version of win8 for tablets?
 
I'm guessing AMD didn't have a chipset to go with Brazo's to make it into this form factor. Brazo's is just one piece of the puzzle and HP wanted a full solution today.
 
Windows 8 and ARM:
Initially a lack of device drivers and software compatibility. It'll be interesting to see how important this is:

Windows 8 and x86:
If I had to choose a tablet or transforming netbook/tablet, I think I'd rather go this way.

x86 (AMD APU vs Intel Atom):
The AMD APU has the best performance vs power. Keep in mind there are different versions of the APU so the lower end may still be underpowered for some and a high-end Atom may even be more powerful than a low-end APU.

*Only some of the newest APU's (and all future) support the full Fusion architecture that will be optimized in future software. Having said that, the current APU's are great and we're always hearing how great software "will" run on the hardware (I've been hearing about this since "transcoding" on my HD3870 graphics card and I'm still waiting).

**AMD APU's all support the new OpenCL initiative which hopefully which should start seeing support in 2013. OpenCL is basically about creating software that can utilize BOTH the graphics AND the CPU element at the same time. Again, only the newest (and future) APU's can make the most use of this (when supported) however all APU's support this so it will make the device more powerful for supported applications in the future whereas the Intel Atom does not support this.
 
Got it-- I was under the impression it was much closer to a dual boot scenario than just two different UIs and that Metro was very light.
 
that's kinda what i was asking above.
Sounds like Metro will be just eye-candy for tablets and touch screen setups. Cool for sure, but not the smaller, more nimble OS i was hoping for.
 
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