Windows 8 vs. iPad: Feature Comparison [Video]

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Posted March 2, 2012 at 4:53pm by Shalom Levytam

Check out this video by The Verge comparing features of Windows 8 on a tablet to the iPad.

iOS 5 and Windows 8 share a few similarities, but the user experience is fundamentally different and informed by different interaction metaphors. You can see those detailed in the video below

If you're interested in trying out Windows 8 for yourself, Microsoft has released a public consumer preview.

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KhantastiK - March 4, 2012 at 9:54am

Disclaimer: This episode of The Verge was brought I you by Mucrosoft.

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intuitive - March 3, 2012 at 5:28pm

OMG! that split screen is sick! YESSSSSS! on a tablet?!?! I basically use split screens EVERY DAY! for school work, so i can copy and paste shit, and for watching videos while i read news or email and shit. thats productive. GOOD job windows 8... one thing about this strategy that windows is taking on is that for some reason... i want to buy a laptop with touchscreen capabilities... haha not saying thats bad... but thats really a good business strategy. I'll probably get one anyway... well maybe just a tablet and a roll out keyboard.. yea that'll do. wait... i game too... im going to need a gaming tablet... so i can play Heroes of NEWERTH! that game is sick!!!

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HO - March 3, 2012 at 4:45pm

...so it's not intuitive....but it's intuitive.....and it is intuitive but it's not ....intuitive.....really???....Win8 is mainly designed for tablets but also has the desktop element on it that u can run if needed, that too hard to understand?, there is a TILE that clearly says "Desktop", still a Beta, running on my Inspiron Duo feels interesting but I will add and change a few things on the "Desktop", it has real multitasking not "limited multitasking" and is waaaaayyyyyy to fast for a full multiplatform Os.

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Bolocz - March 3, 2012 at 12:18am

Is the video a Sony plug ?

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ratGT - March 2, 2012 at 9:45pm

Pretty good points made by the presenter of this video. After this side by side comparison, I wish I had 4 of those Windows 8 tablets, in order to sell them or exchange for an iPad 2 (or even better, iPad 3!) (:

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Josh - March 2, 2012 at 6:28pm

Windows 8 is a tablet OS, the fact that they are bringing it to the desktop and laptop is going to confuse the hell out of people. It is a total rewrite and tries to eliminate the normal desktop that Windows 7 has. You can get to it, but the start menu serves no purpose to anything compared to it's previous versions. Windows 8 will fail as anything but a tablet OS. Plus all the things he complained about the iPad not having can be basically fixed with Jailbreaking. Then leading to way cool things the Windows 8 OS can't do. Microsoft took their first stab at a tablet OS and it was pretty good. Lots of room to grow.

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AppleMan12 - March 2, 2012 at 7:29pm

Man,i installed WIn 8 yesterday on my Pc, i'm so gonna UPGRADE back to W7... i keep my windows-based pc for gaming and this release it's just wrong for a desktop...i hope they will improve the experience for us,desktop users...they clearly made this thinking only at selling some tablets...but remember MS...desktop user made you what you are...let tablets to Apple,you keep improving our desktop experience...

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Take It - March 2, 2012 at 6:20pm

Shutup and take my money! In all honesty, as long as I keep using iPhone, I will use iPad. I hope Windows Phone 8 is great so that I swap to Windows Phone and Windows Tablet and XBOX. Windows PC is way better than MAC OS, but tablets and phones Apple have a way bigger advantage than what Windows has over Mac OS.

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Arsenal - March 2, 2012 at 6:38pm

It's all about preference. Pc maybe better for some thing's, mac Is better for other things(most things)..unless you like to sit in your room all day fixing/updating your pc. Usually because it makes you feel clever.haha

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AppleMan12 - March 2, 2012 at 5:48pm

Yeah...everything that it's missing on the iPad it's annoying,while everything it's missing on the Win tablet it's not a big deal....yeah...also,that thing doesn't have a battery?

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MacUser - March 2, 2012 at 5:19pm

Pretty good window 8 os

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