I'm thinking that technically they can, but only after completing their Grand Overhaul (unifying Xbox and Windows 10 and 10 mobile, porting Windows actual to arm, etc)
And tablets are a thing.I mean like, laptops are a thing
Why are we going into ARM? Why not stay with what we have? Bringing their Xbox line to x86 wouldn't be difficult.The thing is, It seems Microsoft is working towards a future where this is simple:
1. Porting Windows 10 to ARM while maintaining backwards compatibility
2. Unifying Windows 10 and 10 mobile by bring the Phone app and such to 10
3. Making it easy to bring a game to Windows 10 and Xbox simultaneously
4. Unifying the Xbox and Windows OS
5. making Windows 10 better scale from large to small screens
Based on this, I see a few things that Microsoft may be planning:
Discontinuing the Xbox line in favor of third party HTPCs that are certified for Xbox level games
Bringing those same games to PCs running powerful ARM processors
Making a 8"-ish Surface tablet with a powerful ARM processor and break-away controller, which can be plugged into a dock with an eGPU to play those same games at higher quality on a TV.