iHack13
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Cant deny that MS is doing more right than Apple in the last couple of years.
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Microsoft Debuts $999 Surface Laptop, 'Streamlined' Windows 10 S, and More at Education Event
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tomtendo
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Is Apple ever going to wake up? Why is Tim Cook still CEO?
thealkimist
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Expect to see black spots from your hands plague the fabric.
Nice looking budget laptop, but the 2'199 price point for the 512GB version must be a joke, no?
Dozer_Zaibatsu
macrumors 6502
I agree. But Microsoft has had success with selling touchscreens on their vendors. Even if you use it minimally, such as using your thumb to scroll through a PowerPoint deck (which is all I've done with my Lenovo), they aren't generally a downside by themselves.
I want more from Apple besides an insistence that they're eschewing touchscreens. Fine. Let's see the touchbar Macs get a more reasonable base price.
I watched this keynote. Was the most boring thing ever.
They tried to put over being locked into Window's store and not being able to download anything else anywhere as a great feature.
They tried to put over being locked into Window's store and not being able to download anything else anywhere as a great feature.
BruceEBonus
macrumors 65816
Thank goodness. Apple have stopped the charity meals, right-on diversions and parts-bin raiding to finally make something new and all from scratch. Well done, Tim. That was out of the blue.
Oh. Wait. Hang on a minute ....
Oh. Wait. Hang on a minute ....
This thing is dead in the water.
Who is stupid enough to spend $1K for an educational computer running a cut down OS?
Apple is getting creamed in the education market because they are going up against $199 Chrome books.
If you're spending that kind of cash there are a hundred better WinPCs that are cheaper or a Mac at that price point if you want a premium machine.
Who is stupid enough to spend $1K for an educational computer running a cut down OS?
Apple is getting creamed in the education market because they are going up against $199 Chrome books.
If you're spending that kind of cash there are a hundred better WinPCs that are cheaper or a Mac at that price point if you want a premium machine.
justperry
macrumors G5
The way you say this implies this mouse is made by Apple, you should have said:
That mouse looks just as useless as any Apple mouse.
Wake up from what? This is literally the 2016 MBP just with cheaper and less premium components.
D.T.
macrumors G4
If Windows is headed towards the walled garden, does that mean Apple is headed toward licensing macOS to Dell?
Maybe they are Milhouse ... maybe they are ...
Maybe they are Milhouse ... maybe they are ...
It's a Microsoft laptop, what were you expecting?
Oh I see, it was a chance to come up with a massively original and not at all tired put down.
tomtendo
Suspended
No its not. Did you even read the article or actual go learn about the product?
navaira
macrumors 601
This looks good. Windows 10 is great, too. I like how they put "streamlined" into parentheses. I am not sure what that's supposed to imply but Windows isn't any more bloated these days than macOS.
While I was at the Genius Bar the last time getting my laptop keyboard fixed, there was another guy getting some stuff done with his phone. He was an insurance salesman and he said they used touchscreen laptops (running some proprietary software) for their work so that they could get people to sign off on their policies. So there is a use for those devices.
In the Apple world, you'd be forced to use an iPad for that and would need to have a keyboard and no mouse making it somewhat inefficient for business productivity. Or you'd have to carry both a laptop and an iPad and transfer files back and forth for signing.
Rogifan
macrumors Penryn
What is the point of this other than certain people at Microsoft are obsessed with Apple and making pretty looking hardware. What is the point of this and the Surface Book? And isn't Microsoft basically saying yeah I guess people really do prefer laptops and not these detachable it's a laptop or a tablet devices i.e. Surface Pro.
What is interesting about this new laptop from Microsoft is no USB-C.
Steve121178
macrumors 604
Sheza
macrumors 68020
Apple needs to hit back with a 14" MacBook with 2 USB-C ports.
That's literally all they need to do.
That's literally all they need to do.
thealkimist
macrumors regular
So what you're saying is that Apple needs to take an axe and chop off a big part of their design(both hardware and software) just so that you can every once in awhile flick one slide on a powerpoint deck?