Asus’s Jerry Shen’s belief that Windows 8’s ‘familiar user interface’ will be capable of defeating the iPad certainly doesn’t come as a surprise. This is the same man, after all, who talked up the idea of an Asus MeeGo laptop just six months ago. Shen runs one of the gadget world’s most successful and innovative companies, but his public pronouncements should always be taken with a pinch of salt.
So his assertion that Windows 8 would turn the tablet space on its head is bizarre at best. Because even if Windows 8 has potential, it’ll need to be perfect the minute it comes out of the gate if Microsoft is going to make even the smallest dent in Apple’s epic lead.
