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Thread ID: 135977	2014-01-05 09:11:00	More Microsoft exec departures mark end of a Windows era	zqwerty (97)	PC World Chat

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1364333	2014-01-06 01:16:00	I now do the majority of reading/video watching type things on my TF700 (Tablet) however still use a desktop PC for any real work. IMO a tablet is ideal for casual entertainment and reading email etc. it is particularly good for those who just want to do things and have no real interest in learning or for that matter understanding how their machine actually works. Tablets are great for casual entertainment, they are also very good for learning irrespective of how old you are. My 6 year old niece has a whole stack of math and spelling games as well as recreational games on her iPad. My girlfriend read books purchased from the Amazon book store on our iPad. I have a whole stack of software and coding books that I read on the iPad( for JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, MYSQL, HTML5, ) I also play Clash Of Clans on the iPad ( a LOT). My girlfriend does our grocery shopping and assorted online shopping on the iPad. We regularly google information about various things. We also email friends, check out stuff on FB, stream music from the iPad. If I wanted to I could go and download an educational physics app from the store and learn some of that if I wanted to. iPads, or any tablet for that matter are great tools for researchers or people who want to interview and collate lots of information from the public about any topic either by filling out an online form or using a specific app. Yes, you could use a laptop but the iPad or tablet is much lighter. As to people needing to know lots of technical stuff in order to use a computer. Why should that be necessary for the average person? Its like saying that I "need" to be a mechanic in order to drive a car.. Really? Why? All I want to do as a casual user is pick up my tablet, press the Wake from sleep button and go and do what ever it is that I'm about to do. Simple really.	Webdevguy (17166)
1364334	2014-01-06 02:07:00	As to people needing to know lots of technical stuff in order to use a computer. Why should that be necessary for the average person? . hah wait for all the malware issues to hit tablet O/Ss once they become the mainstream.	pctek (84)
1364335	2014-01-06 02:11:00	hah wait for all the malware issues to hit tablet O/Ss once they become the mainstream. Ah so you are of the opinion that they will be come mainstream?	Cicero (40)
1364336	2014-01-06 02:19:00	If Microsoft had not alienated desktop users from the start with Windows 8 they might have had a better uptake Read somewhere that they plan in the next release to add back the start menu as a option for Desktops that most have been missing especially in the Business world Some comments here give better insight on whats going on windowsitpro.com A missing Start Menu is really the least of the annoyances of using 8.1 in desktop mode eg an "All Programs" list of installed programs can easily be added as a popup to the task bar. It is having to go into the registry to do simple Personalisation things things, like say, to windows metrics just to change icon spacing, those things are the real annoyances for me. Then the long-winded roundabout way of starting in Safe Mode is a bit of a joke...................bring back F8 I say :) There is a way of bringing up the Startup Settings window at every start up, but how often does one need to use safe mode? Now to find a way to make F8 a hot key.................. (I think I did get F8 to work the first time I went into safe mode)	Terry Porritt (14)
1364337	2014-01-06 02:31:00	I think the question was, will PC's become redundant.	Cicero (40)
1364338	2014-01-06 02:53:00	I think the question was, will PC's become redundant. Probably for those people who find everything they need in a tablet or whatever. For those of us getting older, the bigger the screen the better, I wouldn't want to go back to a 14" screen, let alone the size of hand helds. Remember those magnifying glasses that could be hung in front of the old 9" television sets ? :) Perhaps they will make a comeback..............	Terry Porritt (14)
1364339	2014-01-06 02:53:00	Ah so you are of the opinion that they will be come mainstream? They are main stream now, and yes Android users are experiencing pretty much all of the malware issues and due to the nature of the way Android is made available and the way the store is run I wouldn't expect that situation to change in the near future.	Webdevguy (17166)
1364340	2014-01-06 02:57:00	I think the question was, will PC's become redundant. Redundant.. No, but reassigned to different tasks, yes. As was mentioned in the article, we started out using trucks (PCs) but as time went on we moved to smaller family cars for day to day use( tablets) and trucks kept being used to transport large volume loads ( aka server side or media server entertainment stuff)	Webdevguy (17166)
1364341	2014-01-06 03:03:00	Probably for those people who find everything they need in a tablet or whatever. For those of us getting older, the bigger the screen the better, I wouldn't want to go back to a 14" screen, let alone the size of hand helds. Remember those magnifying glasses that could be hung in front of the old 9" television sets ? :) Perhaps they will make a comeback.............. This seems to cover all base's www.asus.com	Cicero (40)
1364342	2014-01-06 03:15:00	This seems to cover all base's www.asus.com Customer confusion much? Manufacturer confusion much? What I see is a device that tries to be a jack of all trades but a master of none. I'm betting that the attempt to run two different operating systems will cause heaps of confusion for 90% of tech illiterate customers. Also why do you need a clunky add on running Windows when you already have a fully supported tablet that runs some version of Android. Yes, I agree, customers want choice, but give them too much and all you end up with is a confused unhappy customer who will buy some other product. Also if they drop the price to push more tablets out the door, Asus end up killing their own profit margins as they race to be the cheapest most unprofitable product in town. Right now if they just want to get the job done customers can choose from any one of a bunch of Android tablets that have access to a whole store of apps or they can buy a decent iPad with even more apps.	Webdevguy (17166)
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