Can Windows 7 compete with the iPad 2?

In terms of the individual specifications, Windows 7 is by far superior to the iPad 2. But popularity in gaining market share takes more than just beating your competitors on paper. Where Windows 7 lacks is in its user interface. It has failed to provide a specialised tablet interface instead adapting one used on normal PC operating systems. This pales in comparison to the simplicity of the user interface used by Apple.

In a practical sense, Windows 7 also loses out to the iPad 2. Having far superior specifications to the iPad 2, Windows 7 was far slower in loading applications and in web rendering. In addition to this, the app store (dubbed ExoStore) had a relatively small selection of applications to choose from. The only advantage critics could see in owning a Windows 7 tablet is that it could sync with laptops and PC's running the same system.

In an overall sense, Windows 7 doesn't really have a chance in the tablet market, let alone against the iPad 2. Give Microsoft a few years but at this point in time Apple is the way to go.

Read a more detailed review:
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/tablets/windows-7-on-tablets-is-just-not-worth-it-20110414-1deuz.html