OMG, were we at the same Staples? I had the exact same experience with their Surface RT and Pro tablets.
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Microsoft Announces Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2
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OMG, were we at the same Staples? I had the exact same experience with their Surface RT and Pro tablets.
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USB 3 is nice . . . wish Apple would add that. It can take 2 hours or so to empty the video and photographs off of a full iPhone/iPod touch that's 32 GB.
Ballmer is following the same business model for the Surface that made the Zune what it is today....
Honestly, most of the people in the design field (myself included) are more intrigued by the Wacom Cintiq Companion.
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So does an iPad, particularly if you exclude the same groups. So what makes this new Surface so whiz bang that students should pick it over an iPad or even a Galaxy anything. What do those performance upgrades work out to in real numbers and how do those numbers compare to the other players.
It seems like the answer is that it comes with Office but that doesn't seem like much of a winning point with all the perfectly serviceable clones out there etc. It has a kickstand with two positions. Okay yeah that is a real winner. It has three keyboards you can pay more to add. The others work just fine with any BT keyboard. It has a remix cover. How is that really better than the dozen or more options on iOS and Android.
I love this excuse. It's like MS hires a bunch of armed thugs to go to a bunch of Best Buy's and force people at gunpoint to buy Windows PCs.
"I wanted a Mac, but I didn't have a choice. THEY WERE GOING TO BREAK MY LEGS"!
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You're talking about Wacom's tablets, right? They're not rumored. They're coming.
There are few flaws with your post here. Firstly, MS Windows XP or any version of Windows isn't "the world's most popular operating system". It's the most used. Don't confuse the two. Also did you notice that you said "millions of employees to this day use XP at work?" Right, because they have an I.T. department that runs and maintains the upkeep of the system in the background. The employees aren't doing crap on the system but reading emails, running spread sheets or running any proprietary software.
And you have so much to defend MS for against Apple and Google. Why are here? Just curious? I run an insurance office where we do nothing but paperwork, presentations and such and while MS office is "used", we don't highly depend upon it. Do you actually use Office for business or are you spouting theories? I use it real world and it's relevance is becoming lesser and lesser. And I'm not sure why you thought Ballmer had much to do with XP. Gates was around at the time.
As someone who is old enough to have seen the MS vs Apple battle for the desktop, I'd have to say you are totally off base. This isn't similar at all. Maybe a slight similarity if MS = OS/2, but certainly not = Apple.
By force I mean MS desktops are provided at work. Again iOS and andriod is a breath of fresh air. The escape from windows. What MS needs is a great mobile platform.
Apple announced the 5S ten days (as usual) before launch. I got mine today, via UPS. Is there a delay? Of course, and it was expected!
Microsoft announcing a product a month before launch---a product hardly anyone cares about but Ballmer---(did you see Microsoft is buying up used iPads? Yeah, they are...)
I'm no fanboy--I enjoy my new 5S as much as my sweet stock Android Nexus 4; though customization aside, I'll admit I like 5S better, but I look forward to Nexus 5.
Chill out with "you people" -style rhetoric. It only goes to show you're either new here, you're a Microsoft troll, or you're completely missing the point of consumer demand. Microsoft as a hardware company is/has/will failing/failed/fail. Let them! It's just nice to watch from this angle.
Microsoft announcing a product a month before launch---a product hardly anyone cares about but Ballmer---(did you see Microsoft is buying up used iPads? Yeah, they are...)
I'm no fanboy--I enjoy my new 5S as much as my sweet stock Android Nexus 4; though customization aside, I'll admit I like 5S better, but I look forward to Nexus 5.
Chill out with "you people" -style rhetoric. It only goes to show you're either new here, you're a Microsoft troll, or you're completely missing the point of consumer demand. Microsoft as a hardware company is/has/will failing/failed/fail. Let them! It's just nice to watch from this angle.
For some models yes.
But there is a huge difference between waiting a month between announcement and first delivery, especially when your biggest competitor is rumored to be announcing their new update in the in between time (which could cause some of your pre orders to be cancelled). And having a delivery time of up to a month on an item that has been released due to demand issues. Sure folks are pissed that they might have to wait a month for their precious good colored iPhone 5 but they are still placing the orders.
By comparison, how many folks knowing full well they will absolutely not get their Surface before a month from now, if not even later, are placing orders versus waiting to see what Apple announces and then jumping into whatever they pick
Honestly, if Apple were to release an iPad with a stylus digitizer, that'd dull a good bit of the appeal of the Surface Pro for me.
Course you'd still need the software to take full advantage of it, and to get that software, you'd need more ram, so it's not something that'd change overnight. But it would be a first step.
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Hell if I know. On a guess, I'd say about 30%.
Really, I think having pre-orders for the Surface either:
1) Makes them feel important and valued
2) The 1-month delay gives them time to make the few thousand or so that they'll need to ship.
It's actually a good idea, so they have some excitement
1) Makes them feel important and valued
2) The 1-month delay gives them time to make the few thousand or so that they'll need to ship.
It's actually a good idea, so they have some excitement
Or longer. He asked 'in a shop'. For all we know the next batch of gold units will be us to fulfill confirmed online orders placed Friday-Sunday with shops only getting anything that is left over, if there are any. After all, the online orders already have money in the system unlike the stores which are a gamble on which models will be wanted at any particular place.
It's a bit of a pity that we can't do personal pickups on items not yet at the store for the iPhones yet. It can be done for other items and folks might be okay with continuing the order even with an expected wait of a couple of weeks.
I guess I don't understand the rationale for people to keep making comments like this.
If people don't like what the owners and editors of THEIR website report on, then there are other sites for readers to choose from.
"MacRumors attracts a broad audience of both consumers and professionals interested in the latest technologies and products." No mention that everything they report on must be related to a Mac.
By the way, the New York Times reports on news that doesn't specifically relate to New York. Just an FYI.
Didn't know local shops deliver .. seriously though - lucky you .. it is known that most shops have limited to no stock ..
Dive! Dive!
Get ready for Titanic 2013 edition.
Talk about desperately trying to play "Keeping up with the Jones'!" This case though, once again, it's Apple.
Glad I'm not a stockholder because this is one brilliant way to drive the price down some more.
Dive! Dive!
Get ready for Titanic 2013 edition.
Talk about desperately trying to play "Keeping up with the Jones'!" This case though, once again, it's Apple.
Glad I'm not a stockholder because this is one brilliant way to drive the price down some more.
Dive! Dive!
I'll pick up the new Surface once the price drops to $79 (should be in two weeks) and use it as a kick stand for my iPad.
am i the only one who would like to see a similar keyboard from apple
Nope. I normally prefer my good old fashioned stand alone keyboard, but the option for a super compact, thin keyboard that fits over the screen like the Smartcover would be a really nice option to have.
losing the plot...
Hi,
I believe that Microsoft are jealous of how well Apple has done over the years, so they are trying to copy in the hope it will put them back at the top
Apple has its iPad that sells very well, Microsoft design something similar that doesn't. Apple has its iPhone that also sells well, Microsoft purchase Nokia which also doesn't do well.
At least Apple is original.
Hi,
I believe that Microsoft are jealous of how well Apple has done over the years, so they are trying to copy in the hope it will put them back at the top
Apple has its iPad that sells very well, Microsoft design something similar that doesn't. Apple has its iPhone that also sells well, Microsoft purchase Nokia which also doesn't do well.
At least Apple is original.