You should try it, if you live near a Microsoft Store, before you call it crappy. I've tried it and I found it to be an excellent machine. It is very smooth and responsive. The resolution is out of this world compared to the Air. Just saying...
If they did something similar to the deal where Target gave $200 to people with nearly useless iPad1's then ok.. But no way people are trading a good condition Air for a Surface at $650.
It's just marketing.
Despite what their marketers might have previously been pushing, the Surface Pro 3 is not a tablet. It is a touchscreen laptop. This is why it legitimately competes with the MacBook Air.but I still can't fathom the idea of scrapping a computer and going solely with a tablet.
The problem with the surface is that it runs the ****** Windows.
I really would like to know who would take up this offer?
I'm not saying that the Surface Pro 3 is a bad product or anything, but I can't imagine that the MacBook Air is the product that MS imagines the SP3 replacing.
I'm your typical user who doesn't use the computer for anything remotely close to what it's capable of - but I still can't fathom the idea of scrapping a computer and going solely with a tablet.
Perhaps my perception is off though? My greatest concern is losing a machine that can run *anything* created by the hobbyist software developers out there. There are still sites that try to force a mobile experience on tablets and phones when the full web experience is what I want. I don't need a large screen, 13" is perfect for me...but to go with a sub 10" screen as my go-to machine when something fast and furious is happening? I don't think so.
I would use a tablet to peruse calmly and patiently tidbits of the internet. But when I need to "go to war" - I pull out a bonafide computer.
I'm trying to think of a way that MS can spin this positively and coming up empty.
The problem with the surface is that it's dumb.
Wow, making it almost as cheap as buying Windows 8.1 for $95 and Boot Camping, and you end up with super-thick, awkward tablet AND a laptop with terrible keyboard that won't run Mac apps! Sign me up!
You should try it, if you live near a Microsoft Store, before you call it crappy. I've tried it and I found it to be an excellent machine. It is very smooth and responsive. The resolution is out of this world compared to the Air. Just saying...
I think they should focus on transitioning current PC users before they lose them too.