Bill Gates: A lot of iPad users frustrated because ‘they can’t type’ or ‘create documents’
“Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told CNBC on Monday that the software giant is trying to gain market share in the Apple-dominated tablet market,” Matthew J. Belvedere reports for CNBC. “Personal computers are still a big business, he said in a ‘Squawk Box’ interview, appearing from Omaha, Neb., with fellow billionaire Warren Buffett. Gates, a board member of Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, added that it’s going to be harder to tell the difference between the tablets and personal computers.”
“‘With Windows 8, Microsoft is trying to gain market share in what has been dominated by the iPad-type device. But a lot those users are frustrated. They can’t type. They can’t create documents,’ he added. ‘So we’re providing them something with the benefits they’ve seen that has made that a big category but without giving up what they expect in a PC,'” Belvedere reports. “‘If you have Surface or Surface Pro, you have the portability of the tablet but the richness of terms of the keyboard, Microsoft Office of the PC,’ said Gates, referring to Microsoft’s tablet.”
As per “documents,” we use Pages, Keynote, and Numbers, of course – just like the rest of the iPad working world. There is no need for the expensive, bloated Office, as Microsoft, by keeping it off iPad in a misguided attempt to sell their Surface flops, is proving very nicely to the world.
You know little old Microsoft’s desperate when they trot out the irrelevant Gates to talk up fellow anachronisms like physical keyboards and Office.
