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Hardware Makers Unhappy With Tablet Sales

Posted by michael on from the microsoft-tax dept.

rocketjam writes "According to The Register, hardware manufacturers, tired of continued low sales of the much-hyped tablet PC, are beginning to speak out, complaining that Microsoft has not marketed the platform enough and has over-priced licenses for its Windows XP Tablet Edition. The predicted demand for the devices has not materialized; faced with the tablet's premium pricing, consumers have continued to opt for lower-priced notebooks."

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  1. And then moses came down the mountain... by bushboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    And lo, let me preach unto thee the ten commandments !

    Er - hang on a minute, my tablet just crashed ...

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    1. Re:And then moses came down the mountain... by bersl2 · · Score: 2, Funny

      The Lord---the Lord Jehovah---has given unto you these 15!---

      [Moses drops a tablet.] Oy...

      10! 10 commandments, for all to obey!

      -- from Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part I

  2. Re:yeah but by Dreadlord · · Score: 2, Funny

    At least it doesn't require the 699$ license from CSO :p


    sigh, even those who don't know what SCO is post SCO jokes nowadays.
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  3. Note Taker by Snowbeam · · Score: 5, Funny

    My department ordered three Tablet PC's about six months ago for 3 of our maanagers. This has resulted in a change none of the employees expected but certainly enjoy. The managers have become the defacto note takers at meetings. None of them have spoken too loudly about benefits of the tablets.

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  4. They're just not useful by DoorFrame · · Score: 2, Funny

    I played around with one in a CompUSA for a few minutes. Yeah, it was kind of fun to draw a picture of guy sitting on a toilet, and then a super fast race car zooming by, but I couldn't think of any situation where I'd actually want to use one for any particular purpose. I'd rather use a laptop for almost any situation I can imagine. Or, if not a laptop, then just paper and a pen. These are like PDA's that you can't carry around with you, it's got nothing.

    Can anybody think of a general use for one of these (nothing too specialized, something that might actually be useful for a lot of people?)

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  5. Perhaps .. by madpierre · · Score: 2, Funny

    people won't buy what they don't want.

    Could this be the begining of the end of marketing?

    mmmm ...

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