I think what I find more surprising than the plummet of interest is that here was any interest to begin with. I was shocked to read that in the first quarter of 2011 46% of people surveyed were interested in a Windows tablet The drop to 25% two quarters latest reveals that there are alternatives that people are moving to. The following comment to the blog really summarizes the consequences of Microsoft’s missed opportunity”
@itguy10
Hey… Microsoft gave us a choice ten years ago. They gave us the Windows tablet amidst much hype and hoopla… and guess what??? The buying public had little interest in it. I know, I actually owned three Windows tablets but I rarely met anyone else who owned one.
Now I own an iPad and it does everything Microsoft’s best effort couldn’t.
I speak for many people when I say that a Windows 8 tablet offers little more than a big yawn. What good is it? What will it’s big advantage be over the little Windows 7 tablet I have that’s basically gathering dust?This is not 2001. It’s time to move forward. Windows had it’s chance. Time to let the true innovators move us in directions Microsoft failed to see.
