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Very true this is aimed at a generation of Xbox players (youth) who aren't tied to the old methods of getting things done this is basically a computer/tablet with enough power for the standard user and if word,excel... etc runs on it, it's what my kids are getting for school very flexible for them. Though three things can kill microsofts growth.

1.price point, people won't understand the pro model's pricing which will be the same as a standard pc in the $1,000 range

2.dont try to be like apple actually do the opposite, prove your product is different.(the viewing should have been live your the new guy on the block)

3.make a tough decision and only allow windows 8 on touch screen desktop p.c's if it's not touch screen you have to use the alternate desktop interface.

On top of this I'm wondering how much the language their using will be an advantage C++ if any, if they supply devs with great templates like apple.



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