ZDnet reporting:
The floodgates are almost open - we can buy Surface tablets running
Windows RT today, and very soon we'll be able to buy Windows RT tablets
from the other vendors.
Question is - if you're buying them for business, which one do you buy?
Buying for yourself
Let's say you have $600 burning a hole on your pocket and you're
desperate to buy a tablet today to take into work, BYOD-style. What do
you buy?
I'd love to say to you "buy a Windows RT tablet -- such as Surface",
but I can't. You should buy an iPad. It's pretty difficult to be
disappointed buying an iPad, especially when you consider quality,
reliability, and availability of apps.
We're not going to know about the quality and reliability of Windows
RT devices for months. We need actual humans to be using both the
Surface device and those from Microsfot partners in order to make a
judgement and allow problems to shake out. Similarly with apps, the
count is not great at the moment -- 4,326 apps globally
is all you get to choose from. And, although it's easy and glib for me
to say, most that are there are pretty rubbishy. (Expect a deeper dive
into this topic soon.) This will get better, but it's just getting
started.
Buying for a business
Oddly though, if you need to buy fifty, a few hundred, or a even
several thousand tablets to give to staff, it might make sense to move
on Windows RT rather than iPad. Maybe don't sign the PO today, but
soon.
Let's break it down.
Starting with the hardware, there's unlikely to be much difference
between the iPad and any of the Windows RT devices. Weight, size, and
battery life will all come in roughly parity. (It's not like Apple are
actually using magic over there -- they might be good at managing a
supply chain, but it's still a 2012-era company building kit with
2012-era technology.)
I don't think buying Surface devices for business is a good idea.
If I were buying hundreds or thousands of units of anything I wouldn't
buy it from a vendor with no track record. Lenovo, Dell, Toshiba, et al
-- they all know how to deliver working kit and keep it working in the
enterprise. Microsoft is totally new to this game......
http://www.zdnet.com/buying-tablets-for-business-the-ipad-or-windows-rt-dilemma-7000005973/?s_cid=e539
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