After the recent announcement of the Windows 8 platform, talks have begun as to who would manufacture the first tablet based on the OS. And according to new reports, Microsoft could launch a Windows 8 tablet under their own brand name. Sounds interesting, doesn’t it? Well Microsoft apparently are following in Apple’s footsteps, who manufacture both hardware and software, well the hardware is made by third parties.

Given Microsoft’s hardware requirements for the Windows 8 platform, it could be a bit hard for the manufacturers to keep up, but if Microsoft is responsible for the hardware as well like the software there should be absolutely no problem. Meanwhile, Texas Instruments(TI) has said that its 1.8 GHz OMAP chipset will come with support for Windows 8. Well, with these requirements, Microsoft actually wants the Windows 8 tablets to be the best of the lot. And as we expected, brands have not been that favorable towards Microsoft’s strict rules. Some companies have gone out to say that Microsoft is trying to control the whole process by imposing restrictions on hardware. Microsoft would not want to leave anything uncovered, so the reasons for this are quite justified.