Posted on Thursday, January 24 2013 @ 12:57 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
The Register
learned that Microsoft is blaming PC makers for the underwhelming adoption of Windows 8. The software giant reportedly accused PC manufacturers for not building enough attractive Windows 8 touchscreen tablets, to which PC makers responded that there's not enough demand for such expensive tablets.
But the computer makers are fighting back: they claimed that if they’d followed Microsoft’s hardware requirements and ramped up production, they'd have ended up building a lot of high-end expensive slabs that consumers didn’t understand nor want.
The Reg has learned Microsoft provided clear and specific guidance on the hardware it wanted inside any machine running Windows 8 so as to show off and utilise the operating system's new capabilities, such as the touch-driven interface. Microsoft also gave its advice on the mix of high and low-end form-factors manufacturers should build, namely Ultrabooks, hybrids and simple laptops.
