Why can’t the Intel wireless chipset be used in W8/W8 Pro tablets, which are basically laptops in a different housing? (4G connectivity is a separate can of worms, but AFAIK, Intel does make the hardware for WiFi and Bluetooth.)
I do wish that all devices ran a more open OS (not necessarily Linux), and I hope that Steve Jobs is rotting in agony in Hell for introducing the walled-garden concept to the world.
The only modern Windows device I’d be interested in owning would be a full W8/W8 Pro device, capable of running full desktop software as well as craplets.
For a limited-use tablet, I’d sooner go Android, which has a much larger app ecosystem than the MS store, and doesn’t deign to restrict users to their ecosystem per force.
And yes, I’ve used iOS, Android, MS, and Apple devices. I can understand the utility of the more locked-down devices, but I find the concept repulsively unacceptable and will NOT pay a fucking dime to run an OS that’s deliberately and maliciously crippled out of the box. Period, end of story.
