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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. Hardware makers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This needs to be said, and as a bonus it is on topic.

    I recently made the mistake of visiting the European continent. Why was it a mistake? I'm certain that all the American trolls are already forming 'jokes' about how Euro women don't shave their armpits, that Euro's have yet to discover underarm deodorant, that they are the champions of soccer hooliganary, etc...

    We all know that this is just more American /. dreck.

    My concern is the rampant anti-Pakistani sentiment that pervades Europe. I recently visited Oslo, and I have to admit that I was disgusted. They invite Pakistani immigrants in, yet they are so quick to blame ALL crime in Norway on the 'Pakis' (Pakis is to Pakistani as NIGGER is to African American.) 'Pakis' are denied both educational and employment opportunities, all with the support of the average Norwegian. This condition exists despite the fact that the Norway encouraged Pakistanis to immigrate to Norway. It would seem that there is a wide gap between the tolerant facade put up by Norwegians and their actually feelings toward Muslims.

    What is more disturbing, however, is that this attitude is not local to Norway. In fact, like anti-Semitism, it is commonplace in Europe. For all their criticism of the United States and our 'racist, anti-Muslim' foreign policy, they seem to suffer from the same bigotry. Many similar stories have been documented at FoxNews, which I think we can all agree is the best source for the actual NEWS, not the slanted reported that we've come to expect from the military-industrial-media complex that constitutes the Fifth Column of the European continent.

    This post is not a cheap shot at our Christian European brethren - rather, it is an appeal to the European continent to adopt the more elightened view of the New World.