Ballmer (and Microsoft) still doesn't get the iPad

"The operating system is called Windows," claimed Steve Ballmer when asked about Microsoft's plans for the tablet/slate/pad form factor at the company's annual Financial Analyst Meeting on July 29th 2010. He expressed dismay at the iPad's strong sales figures, "[Apple has] sold certainly more than I'd like them to have sold," he said. Ballmer then promised that Windows-powered devices will be shipping "as soon as they are ready," going on to explain that they would get a boost from Intel's low-power Oak Trail platform next year.

The message was clear: Microsoft still doesn't understand why its Tablet PC concept has repeatedly bombed over the best part of a decade.

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[solgroupschools]

So uninspiring compared to the ones Jobs does... To all the jackasses who comment on the "pen". You can buy a pen for the iPad for about $5.00.

[musl1m]

and some people are gonna want devices without Windows...

[AmateurDrumCovers]

"When you look around this room, they all weigh 0 pounds." As someone who has taken university physics, and quantum mechanics....no...no they don't weigh 0 pounds.

[Oneness100]

Who said that an iPad was meant for content creation. It isn't supposed to replace a normal laptop or desktop. It is meant for mobile users that want something to do a lot of things without the cost or weight of a laptop.

[SJ4EV3R]

Steve "used car salesman" Ballmer...what a clueless, unimaginative, rambling buffoon!

[furQ]

@markra not true, sorry.

[markra]

would go for windows any day, I can migrate my existing apps without having to join Apples rip apps itunes store.

[markra]

ipads are a fad, the technology is new and it is an immature product, fashionable, content consumption only, it looks good but is impractical for content creation.

[FilipinorenderHD]

no just buy windows 8 tablet! better than ipad

[sparced]

He who talks loudest and says nothing.

[POKEMONMASTER260]

G-D, this video is plagued with comments from a bunch of Apple fanbois who are pissed off that who just found out there are things way more powerful than there iPad.