Are microsoft poised to release an ipad type device

[runequester]

It might do, might not.  Will prob be likely to tank not due to how good it is but because of Microsoft haters , and blind apple fanboism.
 
Its as bad as the MorphOS haters and the blind Amiga zealots.

I thought microsoft products tanked because they sucked and they have no clue how to market anything other than their desktop OS.

Seriously, spend half an hour with windows mobile, then go use pretty much any android phone. Welcome to 2010. Hope you enjoyed your stay in 2000.

[runequester]

Yet the Zune HD is a pretty good media device, not sold that well.
 
Xbox 360, for what people like about it, the best modern console
 
etc etc

The 360 sells better than the PS3 last I checked. Can't match the wii but I doubt anyone seriously thought they'd fight Nintendo for the console market.

How would apple fans (who have something like 5% market share at best) affect Microsoft's console sales ? Did they put out the Igamebox when I wasn't looking ?


As far as the zune, Im not terribly familiar with the device, other than it seems to be as expensive as the ipod stuff. My phone serves plenty fine as an MP3 player for the time being.

[runequester]

The last few revisions of the 360 seem to have ironed out the issues.

I know 8 people total with 360's. Of those, 6 have crapped out and died. The replacements have all been good it seems, except for 1 but the second replacement was something with the cd drive.

[runequester]

The Falcon, Opus and especially the Jasper revision boards pretty much eliminated the issues with earlier boards (named Xenon and Zephyr respectively).

But as far as issues to do with the red ring of death (which was caused by overheating/inadequate cooling) they're pretty much sorted now.

that was my understanding yeah. Like I said, the only replacement Ive heard of giving an issue was something with the CD drive or laser, and that was probably a one off sort of thing