It's big news that Microsoft may be introducing a version of Windows that runs on processors from ARM -- which rules the tablet market -- rather than longtime partner Intel.
Microsoft did sign a deal that would let it design its own embedded ARM-based processors and has the really unappealing Windows CE available that will run on ARM and other embedded systems.
Wintel is an empire -- some say a dictatorship -- but that doesn't mean Microsoft has to be tied to the hardware side of it.
Gartner and IDC both changed their projections on how many PCs they expect will sell next year on the assumption tablets will eat as much as a third of new PC sales, and will make up as much as 10 percent of the total installed base of PCs by 2014.
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/214913/
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Microsoft did sign a deal that would let it design its own embedded ARM-based processors and has the really unappealing Windows CE available that will run on ARM and other embedded systems.
Wintel is an empire -- some say a dictatorship -- but that doesn't mean Microsoft has to be tied to the hardware side of it.
Gartner and IDC both changed their projections on how many PCs they expect will sell next year on the assumption tablets will eat as much as a third of new PC sales, and will make up as much as 10 percent of the total installed base of PCs by 2014.
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/214913/
