Microsoft, HP blaze business tablet trail The HP ElitePad 1000 inside its security jacket. It is one of the first tablets to run 64-bit Windows 8.1 on Intels quad-core Bay Trail processor. (Credit: Hewlett-Packard) Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft think the tablet is more lean forward than lean back. Are they right? The PC has one (at least) distinct advantage over Apple. Windows 8.1 isnt a mobile OS like iOS. In other words, the same 64-bit Windows 8.1 that runs on a brawny desktop PC now runs on featherweight 8-inch and 10-inch tablets. And the tablet is in dire need of new markets, with predictions that the rate of growth will drop sharply in 2014. As consumer shipments slow in many markets, commercial (business) shipments will grow as a percentage of the overall mix, IDC said earlier this week. Enter new HP ElitePad 1000. The tablet design itself isnt especially unique, but the array of accessories that come with it, are. All are aimed at making it a tablet for productivity -- aka doing work. Those add-ons (PDF) include a productivity jacket, a docking station, a security jacket, and expansion jacket, just to mention a few. And its one of ... [Read more] March 09, 2014 at 11:15PM By Samy Mohab
Posted on: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:19:56 +0000
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