All I can think of is this: I'd HATE to be the guy at a Microsoft store having to sell people a four hour battery life product with a straight face. I just couldn't do it. Glad I don't work at a Microsoft store. 
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Microsoft Details Surface Pro Pricing Amidst Reports of Poor Sales of RT Version
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There is a lot to like about Windows 8:
- Faster boot times
- Snappier overall performance
- Uses less resources
- Ability to Mount ISO
- Minimalist UI
- Reset Option to Clean OS (without formatting)
- $39.99 Upgrade from XP, Vista or 7
I'd say It's the best Windows yet, but I think the biggest problem people have is the Modern UI (formerly known as Metro)..
If it weren't for Microsoft mixing a Mobile UI with Windows desktop, I think at least the OS would have sold better, and the complaints would be almost non-existent..
- Faster boot times
- Snappier overall performance
- Uses less resources
- Ability to Mount ISO
- Minimalist UI
- Reset Option to Clean OS (without formatting)
- $39.99 Upgrade from XP, Vista or 7
I'd say It's the best Windows yet, but I think the biggest problem people have is the Modern UI (formerly known as Metro)..
If it weren't for Microsoft mixing a Mobile UI with Windows desktop, I think at least the OS would have sold better, and the complaints would be almost non-existent..
Indeed. Do you think Microsoft now regrets the day Bill Gates agreed to bail Apple out with an injection of $150 million back in 1997?
Why would you want a torrent client on your tablet?
Can't think of anything a torrent client does and there isn't a perfectly good App available for.
Except it will have Haswell (so would the air), be lighter, and still cheaper for the memory levels. Plus, you don't have to buy windows to run useful stuff.
This isn't in the same category as an ipad. Its a glorified ultrabook, and I think the MacBook Air comparison is the better one. And it might be fine. I'm pessimistic that it'll be good. But we'll see, won't we.
It costs too much, the battery dies too soon and it doesn't come with the 'innovative' touchkeypadtyping cover thingy. The Surface Pro will fail as has the RT. I could see this coming as soon as it was announced and no one was allowed to use it or type on it. It's going to be another giant failure for Microsoft and its a fool that doesn't foresee this. Heck, I'll bet even Paul Thurrott would agree. Zune's Big Brother.
Yup, but they had to do it now. Windows 9 will be OS that spans across the phones, tablets and desktops. All apps will require a scaled version for each and a sync over the net feature.
This could be a total disaster for MS and it wouldn't matter. It is important for the next OS
Costs too much. If they were able to sell it say... $200 cheaper, I'd gladly get one over the iPad.
Either you are joking or you have little to no understanding of what a torrent client is and what it does.
If I am wrong, go ahead and tell me what App does what U-Torrent does, go ahead , I'm waiting.
It is a nice machine on its own but is very limiting when you think about it. It is worse than tablets as a tablet and worse than laptops as a laptop. which means this is best suited for those who absolutely have to have a all-in-one device.
However the RT version is not even close to fulfilling that promise (no desktop apps, no outlook, no macro in office? So much for no compromise) and the Pro version, if the reported 4-5 hour battery life is true, is a very weak proposition as a standalone tablet. It's more of a cool-in-a-nerdy-way laptop. And I haven't even mentioned the awkward kickstand, which makes it less than ideal as a true laptop.
The only way to make Surface truly work would be to make each part - the tablet and the laptop - at least as good as the competition in the respective area while pricing it competitively(i.e. they have to undercut iPad at least and have to match other Ultrabooks in price or close to it) To me that is not going to happen unless Microsoft takes a massive loss with hardware sales by lowering the price. But once that happens, they can kiss the OEM business good bye.
The rumored XBox tablet might be a more focused product with more redeeming quality.
However the RT version is not even close to fulfilling that promise (no desktop apps, no outlook, no macro in office? So much for no compromise) and the Pro version, if the reported 4-5 hour battery life is true, is a very weak proposition as a standalone tablet. It's more of a cool-in-a-nerdy-way laptop. And I haven't even mentioned the awkward kickstand, which makes it less than ideal as a true laptop.
The only way to make Surface truly work would be to make each part - the tablet and the laptop - at least as good as the competition in the respective area while pricing it competitively(i.e. they have to undercut iPad at least and have to match other Ultrabooks in price or close to it) To me that is not going to happen unless Microsoft takes a massive loss with hardware sales by lowering the price. But once that happens, they can kiss the OEM business good bye.
The rumored XBox tablet might be a more focused product with more redeeming quality.
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Ditto here. But there are other Windows ultra-books out there and more showing up all the time. They'll all be in their 2nd revision by Summer. Just in time to adopt (or abandon) the next OSX.
And why is everyone comparing an Ivy Bridge core i5 machine with USB3 to a silly-assed iPad?
The Surface Pro is priced more than most ultrabooks on the market these days, plus they don't even include a keyboard with the tablet. I would rather get a MacBook Air, it adds up to the same price when you count the keyboard.
I wouldn't call it unreasonable to say that the Surface Pro looks pretty unappealing right now.
- $900 (+$100 for the keyboard -- and let's face it, it's the unique selling point of the Surface, so it's hardly optional)
- 4.5 hours of battery life
- weighs almost 1kg
- it has fans (really!)
- hardly any apps made for touch
- Windows 8 itself takes at least 10GB from that capacity (we won't know how much until it comes out -- Microsoft strangely don't want to tell anyone the details about this product)
Put it this way: I'm not getting one. I don't think I'll feel like I'm missing anything.
Have you heard of the iPad?
Yeah, maybe that's not so great. I also would expect this one to outsell the RT, but I seriously doubt it'll come anywhere close to iPad sales figures.
Most people who didn't buy a Surface didn't read up on this and think "hey! that product with no announced price or release date sounds like great value! I'm going to wait for however long that takes!".
They went and bought iPads.
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I remember the days when my friends would tell me to bail on apple, they could never be as big or as successful as microsoft. oh how the tides change.
Microsoft and Surface
On Mac Site is anathema, unless we are just keeping up with the competition. I like to keep up with the competition, but not on this site.
What is the Mac Rumor in this? What is the rumor about the new ___ Mac! Especially the PRO! I've been waiting to update my studio for a while.
Haters please don't bother responding, try restraint.
On Mac Site is anathema, unless we are just keeping up with the competition. I like to keep up with the competition, but not on this site.
What is the Mac Rumor in this? What is the rumor about the new ___ Mac! Especially the PRO! I've been waiting to update my studio for a while.
Haters please don't bother responding, try restraint.
Windows 8 is a bust, WP8 is a bust, and Surface is a bust. When you look at Apple products you want to hold them, you want to own them. Windows has always been so utilitarian. Just not impressed by their designs. MS must get some kind of hit in the mobile market or there will be serious trouble for them in the future. Desktops are going to be purchased based on compatibility with the devices we have in our hands most of the time. Enterprise is eating up the iPhone. MS is getting attacked on the personal desktop, and the enterprise desktop markets at the same time. Couple that with the fact that Windows 8 is terrible (I understand why they needed to make a change but it sucks) and you can see the end of Windows dominance. Bill G should sell a lot of the stock his foundations are built on so they don't go under when MS does.
No, because that wasn't a bail-out, it was a cross-licensing agreement. Apple had $1.2 billion in cash at that point and were in no immediate danger of going under (though they probably would have eventually if they'd continued on the path they were on at that time).
--Eric
I know it's an honest typo, but from a company as large and important as Microsoft, "batter life" just seems inexcusable.