{"id":41131,"date":"2013-01-30T16:50:32","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T16:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=41131"},"modified":"2013-01-30T16:50:32","modified_gmt":"2013-01-30T16:50:32","slug":"a-pc-that-looks-like-a-tablet-is-still-a-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/a-pc-that-looks-like-a-tablet-is-still-a-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"A PC that Looks Like a Tablet is Still a PC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A PC that Looks Like a Tablet is Still a PC<\/b><\/p>\n

By Richard Hay for Windows Observer<\/p>\n

There is no doubt that we have been experiencing a massive shift in our tech realities when it comes to the various form factors that computing devices now come in \u2013 tablets, laptops, desktops, convertibles, etc.<\/p>\n

No doubt that the Apple iPad has established the norm for what a tablet is. Follow that with Android based devices and a majority of the purchasing public has their perception of what a tablet is to them.<\/p>\n

Now here comes all these new form factors many of which we saw at CES 2013 just a couple of weeks ago. Some of them still look like laptops but have modes they can be contorted into by twisting, flipping or removing the screen to create a tablet form factor. Just because they can do that does not make them a tablet in the general perception of the word because in reality they are still full blown PC\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Microsoft will enter the foray of new form factor PC\u2019s with their soon to be released Surface Pro on 09 February 2013. Many refer to it as a tablet because of its form factor but in reality it is full blown PC running Windows 8 Pro version of the new Microsoft OS.<\/p>\n

Article continued here<\/a><\/p>\n

This excerpt appears with permission from Windows Observer.<\/p>\n