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A year ago, Microsoft was attempting to differentiate slates from tablets and advocating that OEMs use different versions of Windows for each type of device. This year, the message is its all one big Windows world.



From All About Microsoft:
What a difference a year makes, when it comes to Microsoft’s slate strategy.

At the Computex show in 2010, Microsoft officials were doing some fancy footwork to differentiate slates from tablets and explain when and why OEMs would use Windows Embedded Compact vs. Windows 7 as operating systems for those different categories of devices. This year at Computex, Windows — not the Embedded Windows version — is being championed as Microsoft’s operating system for slates and tablets both.
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