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2012-02-21, 11:35

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Originally Posted by addabox View Post
It looks like pretty much the one and only selling point for Windows on ARM tablets is their ability to run Office. Everything else will be new Metro apps, with no backwards compatibility to older Windows desktop software. At one point there were high hopes for some kind of MS super tablet to rule them all-- able to seamlessly switch from finger to mouse mode while running full Windows "without compromise" across devices.

We now know that won't be happening,
This is only true on ARM. On x86, tablets can run other Windows apps just fine.
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