Microsoft is waiting on Intel’s new processor. Steve Ballmer says; “We’ll get a boost sometime after the new year when Intel brings its new Oak Trail processor to market.”

The Oak Trail processor (low power processor suited for tablets) isn’t expected before early 2011, so the ‘iPad Killer’ probably won’t be on the market until this time next year.

And who knows how the iPad will look like at that time…?

Source: Businessinsider

Steve Ballmer, CEO at Microsoft, is the man behind the statement on Apple’s iPad succes – said at the company’s financial analysts conference on thursday (July 29, 2010).

Regarding Microsoft’s tablet project Steve Ballmer said;
“They will be shipping as soon as they are ready.”

In the ‘Q and A’ part of the conference the talk again turned to tablets, and Ballmer is quoted to have said;
“When you get your Windows 7 machine, it will print. Some people actually like to print every now and then.” (as you all might know one can’t print from the iPad – yet!).

Source: CNET.com News