Now it’s time to shade in the darker aspects of Windows 8 ARM’s Hardware Certification Requirements. I’ve only painted one side of the story, however a side that depicts a positively pure and just Microsoft. Heck, with Windows 8 Metro apps being fully cross-platform - the same apps will work on x86 and ARM machines - Microsoft might even be able to beat Apple at its own game. Considering the iPad’s success, this really shouldn’t be a surprise. In short, then, and especially when we factor in the walled garden Windows 8 Store, Microsoft seems to be preparing Windows 8 ARM using an iPad cookie cutter. If the tablet sucks at running apps, has a poor selection of apps, or the general experience of finding, launching, and swiping through apps is unpleasant, the device fails - as we’ve seen with almost every non-iPad tablet. In the case tablet appliances, they are basically app-executing machines. Appliances (like a kitchen, TV, or radio) aren’t particularly flexible, but they do a handful of things very, very well. The x86 PC will continue to be the omnipresent, ubiquitous jack of all trades - while Windows 8 ARM will follow its Windows Phone 7 cousin (also ARM) into the realms of reliable, rugged, robust appliances. Why all the fuss, then? In my eyes, Microsoft is laying out two very different paths for x86 and ARM Windows 8.
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