Say yes, you'll make Apple happy...
I've seen lots of bits and pieces on twitter and other social networking sites this week claiming that Apple have wiped the floor with HP, pushing them into second place and that they are now the #1 PC manufacturer. Does it really count though?
Apple sold 15 million iPads in the 4th quarter of last year. In comparison, they sold 5 million Macs giving them a total market share of 17 percent (nearest competitor was HP with 12.7 percent) I'm not certain of HP's tablet to 'pc' ratio but I'm willing to bet that it's no where near Apple's 25/75% split.
For me, there's still a couple of areas where the tablet is at a disadvantage to warrant being compared directly to the PC, couple of my big groans:
Print Support - Unless your updating or syncing, a tablet like the iPad for example is attached to nothing. Yes, certain updates have been made to allow wireless printing but that's about as helpful as a chocolate fireguard if you've only got a USB printer!
Multimedia - Ok, so the iPad doesn't support flash but some tablet O/S do - Android have integrated it into their last couple of releases but it's nothing like the experience I get sat infront of my notebook, it's like the O/S picks and chooses its way through which sites it will and won't let flash work on!
Windows 8 tablets are due later this year with support for Intel, ARM and AMD chips. I'll be interested to see if any provoke a change in tides...
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