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by mtgx 4902 days ago
What does that have to do with all the other x86 devices from the other OEM's? Are you saying most PC customers were waiting for a $1,000 device from Microsoft?

No matter how you look at it, Windows 8 should've given a boost to PC sales, even if only for a short while after the launch. But it didn't. I think that implies it's Windows 8's fault, as PC sales were already falling, and Windows 8 did nothing to improve that situation. In fact it may have accelerated the decline.