128GB: Why a Streamlined Tablet OS Matters

Two tales of tablets with 128GB storage, one less positive than the other.

Tanya put heart cucumbers in my salad.

Because she loves to feed me things I hate.

"The Perfect Tablet Concept" vs. Microsoft Surface

Go back seven years to read what Tablet PC maven Tracy Hooten said her “perfect tablet” should have then read what ZDNet’s Matt Baxter-Reynolds says makes Microsoft Surface less portable than an Ultrabook. It’s like having the answers before the questions are asked.

"a different idea for what we're going to see from Apple in 2013"

Happened upon this post on The Verge forums. Bartosz Misiak thinks the iPad line could split four ways by size and display: iPad, iPad with Retina Display, iPad mini, and iPad mini w/RD. Different from what most expect, but I’d been wondering the same since Apple dropped the 3^rd gen iPad w/RD but kept the non-RD iPad 2.

"make things happen"

“Just like we had to make things happen on netbooks, we’ve got to make things happen with Windows 7 on slates” – Steve Ballmer, 2010

Today, netbooks are dead, Microsoft did nothing with Windows 7 on slates, and they aren’t doing much better with Windows 8.

"some mixture of voice, the pen, and a real keyboard"

“I’m a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen and a real keyboard – in other words a netbook – will be the mainstream on that” – Bill Gates, 2010

Today, netbooks are dead, but the mainstream is rapidly becoming some mixture of voice, pen, and real keyboard. Just wish Microsoft was leading the charge.