>>>>>Well said. MS has been giving John who knows how much assistance and that colors his remarks, without disclosure.
>>>>>
>>>>>iPhone what, though? ;-) Maybe Android will overtake it but the market leader now is clear.
>>>>
>>>>Oh really? http://www.scottlogic.co.uk/blog/colin/2011/04/gartner-predicts-a-promising-future-for-windows-phone-7-developers/
>>>
>>>Snip: " Regardless of OS, smartphones are powerful enough to support almost any application that you might have targeted for desktop production..."
>>>
>>>Hmmm.
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>>Any doubts ? Think machines ~2003, slower CPU, similar RAM but faster [solid] disk..
>
>Think VS2010, Autocad, Photoshop, any professional multi-track recording/mixing software, etc..

Okay, sould have specced biz app more clearly. But from your list:

VS2010 : MS bloatware would run lousy. [eclipse as well] [as they do on Atom-Netbooks]
Autocad : there were versions running last century. Dunno what changed, not my speciality. SWAG: Perf will depend on graphic engine.
Photoshop: Connect to a big screen (Full HD TV) and only go for functionality from around 2002.
any professional multi-track recording/mixing software:
Audio probably easiest, if encoding is supported by HW now (dunno, guess so), video only decoding in HW, so overnight...

Do you think desktop SW has really stepped forward in the last 12 years ? I see much more window dressing/marketing BS [Ribbons].

regards

thomas