According to market research firm Forrester, Windows 8 may be released too late for the tablet, making the latter devices running Windows 8 will lose competitiveness, including on some other aspects.

iPad with iOS ...

JP Gownder analyst at Forrester, said that Microsoft was too slow to access strategic market tablet, although received many positive responses, but not sure it will bring success for Microsoft.Accordingly, JP Wownder said tablets running Windows 8 is the first 5 appear in the list of operating systems for tablets, the iPad with iOS, Android tablets, the HP Web OS and Blackberry's OS Playbook. The next release will allow Microsoft can learn and draw a lot of experience from the competition. But if you wait until after Microsoft debuted Windows 8 , the time that other firms such as Apple, Samsung, Motorola, Asus has launched the tablet of their third generation. And this is the premium segment, the segment also popular, cheap, the fate of Windows 8 will be like?

.... Samsung, Motorola, Asus ... too familiar with Android

Perhaps, in this segment, the future of Windows 8 still more gloomy. When Amazon launched Kindle Fire, Barnes & Noble launched Nook Nook Tablet with corresponding price is 200 USD and 250 USD has "pedigree to harm" to Microsoft more worried about the future of Windows 8, when that comes close to a year new addition was introduced. With traditional Windows, with prices for computer components table could not popular, and with enough configuration to run Windows 8, the low-cost segment for Microsoft is not feasible and bright.

Difficult to compete in the segment of cheap Kindle Fire ...

Analysts also said: "The move of the market is changing attitudes and needs of consumers, and most important thing is that consumers are interested in Windows market share is falling."

In the first quarter in 2011, Windows remains the top choice of consumers in the U.S. with 46% but up to quarter 3, this figure only 25%, Windows no longer the number one in the preferences and interests consumer anymore.

... And Nook Tablet ...

The slow approach, where users and businesses are increasingly interested in and familiar with the IOS and Android, the time Windows 8 release it really brings a new experience to regain position 1 or not? This is also the problem that Microsoft is certainly a headache, when a reports that Microsoft are rushing to develop a version of Office for the iPad and will debut next year, Microsoft also demonstrated that the range image entitled to great from its main rivals.