Microsoft’s ‘Surface’ ARM tablet is a terrible mistake

“There’s no nice way to say it: Google’s Fire-fighting Nexus 7 aside, the mobile market’s various Android slates simply aren’t cutting it,” A.T. Faust III writes for AppAdvice. “When it comes to iPad, there just doesn’t seem to be a true king-of-the-hill contender anywhere in sight.”

“Unfortunately, that reality extends far beyond Android, settling now more than ever into the entire realm of consumer electronics,” Faust III writes. “When Microsoft unveiled its Surface with Windows RT tablet last month, I reveled in the idea that Apple’s illustrious iPad would finally see some real competition. The notion was short-lived.”

MacDailyNews Take: The notion that Apple needs competition is a popular fallacy. Apple’s competition is Apple. As we’ve said many times: Competition is only good when the competition is any good.

The rest of the dreck only confuses the market and results in people wasting their time, money, and potential productivity on inferior wares.

Faust III writes, “Microsoft has not only undermined all their Windows RT partners, they’ve completely alienated their largest Windows RT partner! Unhappy with Microsoft’s intended release of a direct hardware competitor, HP has reportedly withdrawn its support for the Windows on ARM RT (or ‘WART’) platform.”

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