Comments on: Microsoft Surface: a new tablet and a bold strategy

By: pria

pria — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 09:55:50 +0000

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By: azbull

azbull — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:12:02 +0000

Your are correct sir. The apple boys that make <30k giving predictions and advice to MSFT about what they must do is hilarious. Every dog has its day, and MSFT is a very large puppy.

By: dstrauss

dstrauss — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:06:56 +0000

Let’s get real for once folks. MS has sold over 600,000,000 Windows 7 licenses (OEM installs and off the shelf). If you can replace your aging notebook with an x86 tablet with the Type Cover – tell me you’re not interested. If you just want a complimentary tablet, would you like one that uses the same productivity software and files as your desktop/notebook – again, tell me you are not interested in RT. In our office, I support four users with Windows 7 notebooks and iPads – and all I ever hear is “why can’t my iPad do that” and “why are my iWorks/QuickOffice edits messing up my formatting” and “what do you mean I can see the edit tracking on my iPad?” Windows 8/RT is going to be a winner, whether at the top (Surface, Samsung 7H, Asus Transformer-like pad) or at the lower end with a souped-up B&N NookRT.

By: Hamranhansenhansen

Hamranhansenhansen — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 05:15:17 +0000

I really don’t see anybody who wants an iPad being swayed by Surface because people are buying iPad for the 600,000 apps, and Surface has only about 100 apps. Surface replaces a Wintel PC running MS Office. That is just one of the many, many things that iPad replaces.

Surface Pro is just Windows TabletPC version 8.0. We already know that doesn’t sell.

By: Hamranhansenhansen

Hamranhansenhansen — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 05:07:13 +0000

It’s interesting how Apple’s mobile PC is a big iPhone combined with a small MacBook, and Microsoft’s mobile PC is just the tiniest Wintel desktop ever. Just totally shrunken everything, with the exception of the Start menu, which was made bigger for touch.

By: werewood

werewood — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:28:46 +0000

It can’t replace my work laptop. it has to be 15″ at least.
It can’t replace my gaming laptop. it has to be 15″ and powerful.
It can’t replace a mobile/outside tablet. it has to be 7″ or less.
It can only be in house casual tablet/ultra pc … Ohh well.

It can also be the reason MS is going to get a lot of heat and negative reaction from their partners. Its not like a Nexus brand that is done with the partners!

By: CollinsAlissa

CollinsAlissa — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:41:30 +0000

just as Wayne explained I didnt even know that a single mom able to profit $9765 in one month on the computer. did you see this site (Click on menu Home more information) http://goo.gl/LFON3

By: Hamranhansenhansen

Hamranhansenhansen — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:46:44 +0000

The way that Surface is really good for Apple is it is like Microsoft admitting we are in the post-PC era. In that case, Windows user, go ahead and buy that iPad you’ve been looking at. There is no XP Mark 2 coming down the pipe for you.

By: Hamranhansenhansen

Hamranhansenhansen — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:43:16 +0000

Today’s systems have hardly any hardware in them. They are 99% software. The hardware today is equivalent to a CD/DVD from the past. It’s just a delivery medium for a hunk of preinstalled software on an SSD that can download more software via Wi-Fi. An ARM computer is a $5 chip with everything on it. An Intel computer today is a small motherboard with everything on it. An SSD is a chip. There is nothing for HP or Dell to do. It wouldn’t have helped Windows 7 if it shipped on various sizes of CD/DVD, all painted in various colors, and it doesn’t help Windows 8 if it ships on devices that are various sizes and colors. You make one device and sell a ton of them cheaply and people customize them with cases and apps and wireless accessories.

This is the same thing they attempted to do with Zune and with Windows Phone, the 2 previous iterations of the Metro interface. So it will be interesting to see if it fails again or if the 3rd time is a charm.

By: pete

pete — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:24:28 +0000

MSFT gave their hardware partners, a little kick in the butt with this product(prototype), essentially saying…..if you’re going to build a tablet for W8 it should be as good as this….nice move.