[citation][nom]Kelavarus[/nom]I'm not sure I follow. I use a tablet, and I just don't get what is supposed to be so special about it app-wise. When I say it's Windows, I mean, I get along just fine using it exactly as I would a desktop, except with an on-screen keyboard and considering my desktop is a lot more powerful, using it with less heavy software and background apps. That's what I mean, I just don't see why people feel that a tablet needs special treatment. For me, at least, if it's got snappy feedback, and it has pen support that works well, it's pretty much golden. Personally what I'm hoping the HP slate can do is just a refresh on hardware and more responsiveness, at a much more accessible price.So... What I'm asking is, I guess, what is it you're saying a tablet really needs special treatment-wise for apps that I seem to have missed?[/citation]
What you say is true, but it doesn't address the fundamental issue, which is my point:
People like you, who know how to work your way around computers, do not make up the majority of the population, therefore if HP only creates a device for this demographic, it is doomed to be crushed by the iPad. HP needs to make and support Slate to be viable for the masses of people "don't know," because for the most part, people who do know, already have a full size laptop and desktop and have no need for a tablet.
Special cases, such as your self and many who read Tom's Hardware, are not the revenue generating mass that HP needs in order to sustain Slate's life for years to come--the more "common" population is what they need to design for and attract, first, thereby sustaining income to continue to make Slate and future Slates a success.
Got it now?
Cheers.
/ Tuan