In the last days those from Microsoft launched two new commercials attacking tablets iPad, all in a rather desperate attempt to increase sales of tablets running this operating system. Despite the efforts of those in Redmond, the company ASUS announced that he will give up the development of tablets RT Windows because the operating system does not offer enough applications to be competitive with iOS si AndroidOS. Apart from this reason, those from ASUS claim that several tablet manufacturers agree that these products with RT Windows they are not successful, and if we take into account the fact that ASUS lost money producing them, then things are as clear as possible.
Taiwanese personal computer maker Asustek Computer Inc. (2357.TW) said Friday it will no longer make Windows RT tablets, which run a version of Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Windows 8 for ARM Holdings PLC's (ARMH) chips, citing weak sales. "It's not only our opinion, the industry sentiment is also that Windows RT has not been successful," Asustek Chief Executive Jerry Shen told The Wall Street Journal on the sidelines of its post-earnings conference. Mr. Shen said Asustek will make Windows 8 devices solely for Intel Corp.'s (INTC) chips, due to the system's backward compatibility that Windows RT lacks. Critics of Windows RT have said the operating system lacks enough applications to compete with Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android or Apple Inc.'s (AAPL) iOS.
ASUS will develop products compatible with Windows 8, but only if they run on Intel chips, so we'll probably see other Windows 8 tablets in the future. It was normal for manufacturers to abandon Windows RT since none of them managed to sell enough units to consider the product a success, but maybe in the future Microsoft will be able to make tablets of this kind much more attractive.
