Bill Gates: iPad Users Are Frustrated They Can't Type Or Create Documents

An anonymous reader writes "While Apple views the tablet and PC markets as two separate entities, Microsoft takes the opposing view. During a CNBC interview this morning, Gates continued to toe the party line insofar as he praised the benefits of Microsoft's tablets and Windows 8 while explaining that iPad users are frustrated because they have trouble typing and creating documents. 'With Windows 8, Microsoft is trying to gain share in what has been dominated by the iPad-type device. But a lot of those users are frustrated, they can't type, they can't create documents. They don't have Office there. So we're providing them something with the benefits they've seen that have made that a big category, but without giving up what they expect in a PC.'"

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[jedidiah]

You're forgetting Apple and their fanboys. They fully expect tablets to displace PCs entirely. It doesn't matter if the task is well suited to the tablet form factor or not.

Now with an HDMI and USB port, there's no good reason one kind of general purpose computer can't act like another. The main limitation is policy and whether or not the guy you buy your device wants to try and lock it down.