WinRT requires SecureBoot (so UEFI) and whole disk encryption, and probably a bunch of other things, so generic ARM hardware may not suffice.
Cheers Ken From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas Sent: Friday, 21 June 2013 3:03 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: Tablets - WinRT and Android (tangential to VS2012 hacks) Yes, that was my thought – the Slate 7 hardware has ARM processor, and the WinRT would be a good fit. Then HP would have directly competing Android vs Windows tablets. The US prices on (Android) Slate 7 are under $200. But the Nexus 7 is a better-configured tablet ($+) – 3G/HSPA+ ($AU350 or so). ________________________________ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 12:36 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: VS2012 hacks Just Pro, AFAIK. You'd think that the hardware for Android would be a good match for RT, though? Query for Microsoft: is RT available as a piece of software, or only sold with hardware? Mike On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Ian Thomas <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Yes, I was going to raise that with you off-list Mike. The ones I know of are the (Android) Slate 7 range and the ElitePad 800 and 900 (Win8 and Win8Pro) – quite a different price bracket, though. I didn’t know there was a Windows8 Slate (WinRT ?).
