would it be possible to dual boot plasma-active and windows OS on their newest surface?
I'd be willing to pay the extra fee to have this setup for me I need a plasma tablet.... On Jun 19, 2012, at 7:57 AM, Sebastian Kügler <se...@kde.org> wrote: > Hey, > > On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 04:03:48 Chris Russell wrote: >> It's hard to imagine Microsoft's OEM partners being thrilled with the >> company's Surface tablet announcement yesterday. It seems like the move >> is likely to accelerate adoption of Android and may present opportunity >> for Plasma Active? What do you folks think? > > I haven't fully grasped what it's about, but as far as I understand, it's > pretty much what's to be expected. > > The real question wether it's any good is in the details: How much of a > device's identity (and virtues) are still visible in the interface. The main > critics Win8 and Metro get is that it dumbs down the desktop (also holds true > for apps, btw). I don't see this addressed with Surface, but it might all > work > out, who knows? > > Another big question mark is wether consumers actually want something like > this (and if they want it from Microsoft -- not a given if we look at > Winphone7's sales so far). > I personally think it has some merits, but Microsoft has a history of > screwing > up good ideas, so we'll have to see how it pans out. > > The hardware looks pretty neat, though I wonder about pricing and battery > life > (especially for their x86 version). > > Maybe it gives people a better understanding of device spectrum topics, > that's > actually something I hope. > > Cheers, > -- > sebas > > http://www.kde.org | http://vizZzion.org | GPG Key ID: 9119 0EF9 > _______________________________________________ > Active mailing list > Active@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/active _______________________________________________ Active mailing list Active@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/active
