Citrix announced last week that they will be supporting iPad by allowing Windows 7 to run on it. (So yes, that’s an image from Citrix of an iPad running Windows 7 that we grabbed from internetnews.com)
It shouldn’t be a surprise as those folks at Citrix are extremely sharp and they can do some funky stuff with their virtualization software. It’s pretty cool and well deserved a closer look. Virtual machines have really caught on in the last few years and the industry only expects the trend to grow.
Of things to note with Citrix now supporting iPad (they already do the same for iPhone) is that you’re able to run full Windows 7 on the iPad. Yes, you can multi-task and even run your MS Office apps. Keep in mind that Windows supports touch screens just like Mac do.
At least now we know that multi-tasking not available on iPad is a function of software and not hardware limitations. I’ve never actually tried the on-screen keyboard for Windows 7, but it sure seems pretty cool to me. Maybe iPad could make a decent netbook/lightweight laptop replacement?
We’ll find out when it ships and we try it out.
Check out the full impressions here at InternetNews.com.
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