I question their ‘execution’.
MSFT announced that they intend to make MSFT Office for the iPad, priced at the same point as Apple’s iOS iWork suite ($10 each for Word, Excel and PowerPoint). So, MSFT will have products in the iPad market, competing against Apple’s iWork suite.
Now, remind me again why I need to buy the MSFT Tablet?
You can certainly buy what you please. For me? Apple will NEVER be one of my possessions. Can't stand their control freak nature, closed environment, poor performance in a network environment and their higher costs.
Why would I ever want to buy an Apple tablet?
A bunch have been purchased for the teachers here in the school district I do IT work for. Every one of these teachers also has a notebook. Basically, these $500 devices have turned into a simple email machine. They do terrible in a proxy environment and can never fully replace a laptop.