IDG Contributor Network: Lenovo vs. Asus vs. Apple iPad: Approaching the ideal Always Connected PC
[Disclosure: Microsoft and Lenovo are both clients of the author.]
I’m fascinated with the Always Connected PC concept largely because it tries to meet the need that the iPad initially identified, and Apple has largely failed to address.
Microsoft has been hovering around this idea for some time, with Windows RT being the first failed attempt, crippled by a unique version of Windows that just ran Office and a few other things reasonably well. Then they brought out Continuum, a fascinating modular concept with the Windows Phone at its heart. But sadly, the Windows Phone was failing in market and Microsoft and its partners couldn’t get to a viable offering in time to save their phone.