Microsoft's Gates: iPad Users Really Just Want a Surface - John Paczkowski - Mobile - AllThingsD

Doing fine with Chrome + Evernote + Google Drive + Quickoffice on my iPad and Nexus 7...

"“With Windows 8, Microsoft is trying to gain share in what has been dominated by the iPad-type device,” Gates said. “A lot of those users are frustrated. They can’t type. They can’t create documents. They don’t have Office there. So we are providing them something with the benefits they have seen that have made that a big category, without giving up what they expect in a PC.”"

Microsoft's Gates: iPad Users Really Just Want a Surface - John Paczkowski - Mobile - AllThingsD