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by PaulHoule 382 days ago
I see it the other way around. Freakin' Microsoft proved you could integrate a full desktop with a tablet interface and it worked just fine. Customers didn't care: most of them asked "who moved my cheese?" the other question was "do I have to stow my Surface when the plane is landing?"

For what the iPad Pro costs, Apple should have brought the Mac UI to it 5 years ago, but Apple wants you to travel with a Macbook and an iPad and a Phone whereas one sleek device could replace them all.

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Yeah, but windows tablet model isn’t exactly a hit, and they ruined windows in the process.

Personally, I think tablet is a loser form factor. It’s great for simple fixed app scenarios, and mediocre for everything else.

Work just fine is both an overstatement and not true. If you dig deep enough you will find interface elements from Window 1.0

https://github.com/Lentern/windows-11-inconsistencies