Forum Posts: 10 | Comment #1 by onidemon Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 10:40:12 AM | |
| Nifty..........defo going to get Windows 8 when it comes out and if I ever get the urge for a tablet I'd certainly choose this over any piece of crap Apple product. |
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Forum Posts: 88 | Comment #2 by RollaJedi Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 10:46:01 AM | |
| will be cool if you can play xbox on it |
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Forum Posts: 164 | Comment #3 by EDDS Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 10:46:59 AM | |
Will defo be getting this, prob get a RT and use that till the pro is out and then give the RT to my mum.
Surface is the tablet I'd hoped MSFT would make. |
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Forum Posts: 177 | Comment #4 by ghsbe Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 10:46:59 AM | |
| I believe they said that Windows 8 would allow you to play Xbox games on your computer, didn't they? |
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Forum Posts: 10 | Comment #5 by onidemon Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 10:48:37 AM | |
| That's the rumour GHSBE.........we'll have to wait and see if that comes to fruition though |
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Forum Posts: 38 | Comment #6 by Aussie27Legend Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 10:49:48 AM | |
| I might actually get the cheap one, if the price is reasonable. Never had a tablet before. |
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Forum Posts: 32 | Comment #7 by Zmoke Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 10:53:47 AM | |
| Windows 8 is supposed to be on the normal PCs as well, but the interface is designed for touch screens, not mice! Pretty useless for an old-fashioned PC user. |
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Forum Posts: 257 | Comment #8 by Lonegunman718 Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 10:59:24 AM | |
onidemon you sound intelligent
/sarcasum. |
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Forum Posts: 10 | Comment #9 by onidemon Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 11:00:35 AM | |
| Says the person who can't spell sarcasm. |
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Forum Posts: 89 | Comment #10 by strawberry Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 11:01:41 AM | |
| windows 8 is the worst idea ever. |
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Forum Posts: 177 | Comment #11 by ghsbe Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 11:04:13 AM | |
| I don't see why you are claiming that onidemon isn't intelligent. Perhaps you just don't know the word fruition? Anyway, I didn't know it was a rumor. That's a shame. |
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Forum Posts: 17 | Comment #12 by SeraphTC Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 11:05:11 AM | |
@4 @5 - Nope. It's not going to allow you to stick an XB360 disk in your PC and play the games.
What they are suggesting is the potential for cross-platform compatibility for downloadable titles and the evolution of the Games for Windows Live program. |
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Forum Posts: 177 | Comment #13 by ghsbe Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 11:07:41 AM | |
| lol I don't think either of us suggested that you would be plopping any of the disks in the computer. I'm talking about my vast XBLA collection. I want that on PC. |
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Forum Posts: 10 | Comment #14 by onidemon Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 11:11:56 AM | |
| To have some sort of cloud function or similar to play XBL games would be great but hardly any details have come out about it at all unfortunately |
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Forum Posts: 291 | Comment #15 by iLLMATICxKiNG Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 11:15:55 AM | |
Hahaha @Windows 8.
No really, I still love Windows 7. And "apparently" Windows 8 is a "disaster".
Notice the quotes? Gabe Newell said that. |
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Forum Posts: 115 | Comment #16 by Mittens2317 Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 11:19:37 AM | |
Tablets are just a fad at the moment. Someone with a smartphone or laptop doesn't really need one, as they're quite job-specific (estate agents, suits who do a lot of presentations, lecturers, etc.)
Although it's quite a decent thing to have, I won't be getting one. It's a huge waste of money buying an expensive bit of kit that does what you can already do on any smartphone or computer. Hell, even the iPad only has a Logic Studio controller as opposed to the actual program. Why would you even buy that? |
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Forum Posts: 14 | Comment #17 by xMEGADETHxSLY Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 11:24:43 AM | |
| Will buy windows 8 would be amazing after using windows 8 on my laptop for a couple of months |
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Forum Posts: 10 | Comment #18 by evilragd0ll Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 11:29:43 AM | |
| Windows 8 is awful. |
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Forum Posts: 27 | Comment #19 by ShirleyPeanut Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 11:37:45 AM | |
| Heard windows 8 is actually terrible for gaming so probably wont get it. |
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Forum Posts: 27 | Comment #20 by shadowfeeder Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 11:39:56 AM | |
I'm a bit interested in getting a Surface, but it depends on what the prices end at.
PS. If you're going to make a pun, try to make it a little bit more subtle. DS. |
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Forum Posts: 35 | Comment #21 by Diamondxinferno1116 Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 11:49:32 AM | |
| @1 apple is microsoft dude |
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Forum Posts: 2691 | Comment #23 by StolenPaper18 Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 12:00:43 PM | |
| Definitely a purchase if I'm able to play at least WP7 games on it. Tired of playing on a tiny screen. |
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Forum Posts: 148 | Comment #24 by simmshady22 Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 12:04:37 PM | |
| This thing is TOP OF THE LINE! I watched the full 2 hour press conference when they first announced it and I gotta say it blew my mind. The amount of detail and work that microsoft put into this thing is incredible! Check it out if you havn't already. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIy6Ul2eNaE |
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Forum Posts: 34 | Comment #25 by joco200 Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 12:07:37 PM | |
Still really want a tablet as they're better (more fun) than a netbook for casual browsing and media viewing which is what I currently use.
The problem is price, my 250gig HDD Intel Atom netbook with Windows 7 cost me £230 two years ago. Decent tabs are £300 at the moment and they don't seem worth the asking price compared to a netbook and all the extra a netbook can do.
For me I'd want this to be sub £300, ideally £200- £250 for an 8.9" screen and be compatible with the WP7 games at least. |
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Forum Posts: 372 | Comment #26 by Ninja Kaspyr 83 Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 12:11:04 PM | |
i think ima use a tablet. like a real tablet, made with paper. you use a pen on it. ima get rid of my computer and start filing things ina real filing cabinet.
life is easier when its primitive...
FUCK MS |
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Forum Posts: 209 | Comment #27 by TH3 XB0X G3N1U5 Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 12:15:46 PM | |
| Wouldn't they have games on this you can download and play like on the windows phones? |
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Forum Posts: 436 | Comment #28 by plum Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 12:31:17 PM | |
| Would deffinetly get a windows 8 tablet over an apple tablet. Apple remind me of cod how they bring the same thing out every year and it's hardly improved. Waste of money cod and apple devises |
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Forum Posts: 527 | Comment #29 by Terrin Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 12:35:42 PM | |
| @23 you weill be able to play wp7 games wp8 games and the w8 tablet games (all which can get achievements) |
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Forum Posts: 77 | Comment #30 by justindcovey Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 12:38:54 PM | |
| Microsoft will really have to beef up their marketplace if they hope that this tablet will take off. Great games and apps are few and far between on their phones. |
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Forum Posts: 7 | Comment #31 by kristijan0590 Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 12:42:25 PM | |
| i'm gonna buy the pro version as i'm going to college next year and don't have a laptop. |
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Forum Posts: 116 | Comment #32 by Marciano 315 Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 12:49:14 PM | |
| more junk |
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Forum Posts: 512 | Comment #33 by Blitz MMCCV Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 01:08:50 PM | |
| I think im going to wait until the pro with the i5 in it comes out before i get one. |
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Forum Posts: 512 | Comment #34 by Blitz MMCCV Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 01:10:17 PM | |
| Then reinstall the OS before i use it as it will most likely come with epic amounts of shovelware and garbage programs like mc afee or norton and loads of crappy kids games |
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Forum Posts: 25 | Comment #35 by ThreeLeggedRace Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 01:44:32 PM | |
| For those who question the relevance of tablets in a market saturated with other means of performing the same tasks via smart phones and laptops I leave you with these juicy tidbits. Windows RT is more of a direct competitor for the tablet market that runs the app style Windows 8 while the Windows Pro flovour is a fully fledged version of the Windows 8 OS functioning in a slightly larger than 10" form factor weighing in at under 2 pounds. To those rocking iPads and find that they are walking around with an oversized touch and crave the power to be able to perform the exact same tasks that they could on their PC then I would strongly suggest looking into Surface, or any of the other tablet OEMs who have hoped onboard. |
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Forum Posts: 1397 | Comment #36 by linktriforce007 Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 01:50:48 PM | |
| @21... What???? Since when? |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #37 by WiiIsBetterThanXbox Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 02:00:21 PM | |
| Welcome to the future of tomorrow! |
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Forum Posts: 56 | Comment #38 by Infamous Chris Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 02:11:36 PM | |
| Day one purchase! |
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Forum Posts: 297 | Comment #39 by SetoChaos Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 02:41:45 PM | |
| It's kind of sad that I'll be buying this based solely on the fact of whether it has exclusive Gamerscore games or not XD |
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Forum Posts: 712 | Comment #40 by Bajan Elite Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 02:51:10 PM | |
@39 Yes it is sad. Anyway it will I'm sure there will be exclusive games for these tablets and just like the Windows phones they will most likely have achievements.
Anyway I can't wait, wish it would come out sooner so I can start using it at the beginning of the fall semester but waiting an extra month isn't bad at all seeing as I have waited this long for a tablet. |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #41 by YBloc Rellim Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 02:55:43 PM | |
@Most idiotic thing I have heard all year
@36 ignore the troll
I love how people think that Microsoft stole the tablet ideal from apple when Microsoft made the first tablet |
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Forum Posts: 404 | Comment #42 by conel33 Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 03:01:26 PM | |
| I'd like to see this link into games like the Wii-U is supposed to or like the GBA did with the Gamecube. For example playing a game like Armored Core on your Xbox but using the Tablet as the controller. That way you could have your TV follow you around in 3rd person whilst the tablet shows the game in 1st person. You could then have commands coming up that you use by pressing the touch screen etc. |
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Forum Posts: 4388 | Comment #43 by DOOKH8R Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 03:18:41 PM | |
| Will it play WP7 games? Will they still be called WP7 games? |
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Forum Posts: 404 | Comment #44 by a hippyslayer Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 03:28:53 PM | |
| I imagine wp7 games will become wp8 games once the wp8 os is released. Don't know of the games will be available on the tablet that are available for the phone but it will at least have its own games |
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Forum Posts: 753 | Comment #45 by eiVaL Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 05:00:56 PM | |
really?
u guiz couldnt come up with a more clever title than using "surface surfaces"
i am disappoint |
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Forum Posts: 492 | Comment #46 by ConfederateSuga Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 05:03:26 PM | |
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Forum Posts: 19 | Comment #47 by DeepInfern0 Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 05:15:26 PM | |
| Looks like a heap of shit. |
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Forum Posts: 8 | Comment #48 by steelytheman22 Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 05:20:54 PM | |
| whats the price tho |
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Forum Posts: 20 | Comment #49 by UCFknighthood Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 06:02:29 PM | |
Windows 8 will support any software available on Windows 7, including Steam and games. The RT tablet will not support "core" PC games though because of its ARM processor. If MS is smart, they'll allow a unified front meaning you can "install" Xbox games to your PC and them stream from the PC to a Surface to essentially play Xbox/PC quality games on tablet over the internet.
On Newell's comment, MS is going to have an App Store integrated directly into Windows 8 which will include games. Sure PC gaming enthusiasts (including myself) will continue using Steam, but how many new people will they get when you can go directly through the App Store? That's why he made his comments. |
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Forum Posts: 33 | Comment #50 by Enigk Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 06:28:22 PM | |
| What is the fad with tablets? I am forever cleaning my phone screen. There aren't enough hours in the day to be doing that to a tablet too. |
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Forum Posts: 206 | Comment #51 by three15 Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 06:29:18 PM | |
| Please let Windows 8 fail, it's a truly terrible OS on anything but a tablet, And yes i've used it. |
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Forum Posts: 21 | Comment #52 by Kitsune Goth Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 06:45:40 PM | |
From what I heard Microsoft's tablet is going to be a one-off system. Mainly they want to promote their OS then have third party tablet devices use it. This was the strategy used by Google to get their OS launched.
Irregardless, Microsoft would be wise to integrate the vast tablet community into the Xbox community. Stiff competition looms over Microsoft with Apple's tablets general base. |
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Forum Posts: 31 | Comment #53 by sicsonic Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 06:56:41 PM | |
| That's not a tablet, that's a netbook. |
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Forum Posts: 3654 | Comment #54 by littlejay Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 07:00:38 PM | |
| @53: The keyboard is the cover. just like the ipad has a cover, but this one has a built in keyboard. it's a tablet that can fold out into a netbook. if i got a tablet, it would do what surface does. |
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Forum Posts: 277 | Comment #55 by Boots Orion Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 07:47:12 PM | |
| Microsoft Surface surfaces? Wow...so original. |
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Forum Posts: 7 | Comment #56 by AVFC LEGACY Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 07:52:28 PM | |
| Looks good! |
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Forum Posts: 94 | Comment #57 by Our Mighty Lord Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 09:35:35 PM | |
| Got Windows 8 on my laptop and it really isn't as good as the hype surrounding it says. It's good, just not that good. |
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Forum Posts: 423 | Comment #58 by BLQQDCQRE Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 10:03:47 PM | |
| Can sombody answer me this one simple question? Can I play my windows phone 7 games on this and unlock achievements? Not just apps, but the xbox 360 games apps that unlock achievements. You know what I'm talking about don't you? Can you play them on here? God I hope so. I own all windows phone 7 games and my 16 gig phone can't hold them all. Very pathetic. |
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Forum Posts: 25 | Comment #59 by ThreeLeggedRace Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 10:26:42 PM | |
@58 Right now there isn't any indication that WP7 titles will be ported over to Windows 8. The thing that many people struggle to realize is that this is a computer OS running on a tablet. Not a phone OS ported to a tablet. The WP8 titles have a greater chance to be ported up to Windows 8 as there is a shared kernel and Microsoft has included a wider breadth of programming languages. This means that to go from one system to the other could take as little as a week.
@Those asking what the XBLA games will be called on the new WP8 OS - they will be called what they are now, XBLA titles. There has never been a different moniker for these titles. It's been one of the many ways Microsoft has attempted to merge the different markets into a singular experience.
So to recap:
Achievements will be found on three fronts as they are now, XBox, Games for Windows, and XBLA titles on your WP.
The tablet is a computer as far as OS's go.
Porting titles from phone to PC and vice versa will be easier and therefore the hope is we will see a better selection of titles on both platforms.
Hope this helps |
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Forum Posts: 29 | Comment #60 by crunchb3rry Monday, July 30, 2012 @ 11:40:26 PM | |
| I could never willingly buy anything that uses the Metro UI. My Xbox tricked me though. Snuck that shit in there. |
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Forum Posts: 444 | Comment #61 by MoldyClay87 Tuesday, July 31, 2012 @ 12:12:21 AM | |
| @#21 - Can't tell if you're joking or you actually believe what you're saying. |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #62 by Gonin Tuesday, July 31, 2012 @ 02:44:14 AM | |
| @#21 - RETARD |
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Forum Posts: 495 | Comment #63 by AirborneRichard Tuesday, July 31, 2012 @ 04:52:40 AM | |
| All sounds cool and great but looking at the curent market for tablets and touch screen phones the market clearly belongs to Apple, just try and go buy another tablets even if they way better then an Apple tablet like the Transformer TF-201 from Asus, its clearly better in performance and has a better grahics chip in there then those apples, and still they dominate the market and why? If you go to any shop that selling tablets casings or any other form expensions for your tablets all you see is "Apple tablet" and rarely stuff for the many other tablets brands that are around, same goes for music support or movie downloads, its all Itunes and crap like hat and because Apple has the rights they dominate the market making it hard for any other tablet brand to get a foot on the ground, good luck Microsoft! |
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Forum Posts: 493 | Comment #64 by Timmsy Tuesday, July 31, 2012 @ 07:27:45 AM | |
| ooo interesting! very interesting! |
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Forum Posts: 185 | Comment #65 by xX Element Tuesday, July 31, 2012 @ 01:15:50 PM | |
| Anybody know the price |
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Forum Posts: 10 | Comment #66 by Clap That Fool Tuesday, July 31, 2012 @ 10:55:14 PM | |
| Im def gonna pick this up, If its gonna be compatible with xbox than it will be better than the ipad in my opinion, even tho the ipad is dope!! |
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Forum Posts: 1655 | Comment #67 by ISAAC1982 Friday, August 03, 2012 @ 06:09:54 AM | |
| I would be so happy if could play XBLA games on a tablet or even PC. I cannot see how the back catalogue of games already released would work as they would all require some kind of update or perhaps even a complete rebuild but it would be nice to see all future titles cross platform. Fingers crossed. |
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