you sense, in comments by the monkey boy,like this one, that he can barely contain his anxiety over having his behind handed to him time and again. if the "slate" is anything like zune, I'm sure it'll be another banner year for their hardware products. zc snip: "Apple has done an interesting job. They've sold more than I'd like them to sell. We think about that," he said. "So it's our job to say, we have got to make things happen. Just like we made things happen with netbooks, we have to do that with Slates." link: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/07/29/ microsofts_steve_ballmer_apple_sold_more_ipads_than_id_like_them_to_sell .html