Because it's touted to be "the end of iPad" by some fellow MacRumors members here
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Microsoft Details Surface Pro Pricing Amidst Reports of Poor Sales of RT Version
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Not to defend Microsoft, or hate on Apple, but I feel the same could be said for the 11.6 inch Macbook Air. $1,000 for a fancy spec-bumped netbook?
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Ahh you beat me to it!
My quick opinion: With the Surface Pro Microsoft probably doesn't want to cannibalize their cash cow by lowering its worth and also doesn't want to offend the OEMs by undercutting them massively by giving away Office.( what if OEMs start to demand Office at much lower price?) RT was competing against iPad and Microsoft is charging OEMs for both Windows and Office at the same time so it doesn't really hurt the actual Office sales, I don't think. The pro is a different story though. It is really a PC.
Where do I find a "Netbook" with a i5/i7 processor, battery life, keyboard, trackpad, and the build quality of MBA? I really love to know.
Not that I want AAPL to win (except if I happen to be holding stock), but I'm glad that MSFT is losing this. They've proven that they don't care how bad their stuff is as long as the majority of people buy it and even if the majority of people don't buy it. So I'd be glad if anyone were to beat MSFT, including the Linux community.
Yes, but that doesn't change the fact that the Surface Pro is an overpriced laptop. At least the Air looks nice and runs a good OS, which would give it some use to certain users. Oh, and it doesn't have the word "Pro" in its name.
may be a full blown OS, but how many people want to use this over a desktop experience that window users are used to.
Apple users have been through this when the ipad 1 came out.... Now is Microsoft's turn, and I don't think their ready.... People are already struggling over the Metro design, there used to a mouse, since they always used one.
fair enough.
Apple users have been through this when the ipad 1 came out.... Now is Microsoft's turn, and I don't think their ready.... People are already struggling over the Metro design, there used to a mouse, since they always used one.
Because it's touted to be "the end of iPad" by some fellow MacRumors members here
fair enough.
Windows 8 isnt a flop by any means, they've sold 40 million in the first month, same as windows 7. Either way you count it windows dominates apple in computer os
Most netbooks have an Atom processor which is substantially underpowered compared to the Core 2 Duo in the Macbok Air.
Without an SSD drive while we are at it.
A more fair comparison would be with an Ultrabook.
True, if you are talking PC laptops. Many of them aren't much better
But Apple makes some fine, popular laptops with a battery life of up to 7-8 hours
Weight wasn't mentioned in the comparison to laptop battery life. The comment was simply that the surface has half an average laptop's battery life. That comment is reasonably accurate when you take into account some laptops are getting up to 24+ hrs now (and yes, sure some crappy ones are down near 3 hrs).
The 10 hr 12" machines are comparable in weight to a 13" MBP. Sure if you pull the spec sheet up there may be a difference (haven't checked), but they are by no means not portable.
Don't feed the troll.
Overpriced or not MBA is a laptop, not a laptop trying to be a tablet or a tablet trying to be a laptop.
Please update your facts: the MacBook Air is using an Ivy Bridge Core i5/i7 ULV processor.
He's not a troll, just a guy who almost always criticizes Apple. At least he has good reason to in this case, but it doesn't offer one bit of defense for MS.
I wasn't trying to defend MS. I was just pointing out how it works both ways. When the 11" MBA first came out, many here said it was an overpriced netbook. That is why I posted what I did. And I wasn't criticizing you either. I think that you know that from our prior discussions.
As always, the people who claim to be objective and preach that we should criticize apple because it is the objective thing to do, somehow always lose their sense of objectivity and facts when it's something that favors Apple (Really? Calling an i5/i7 equipped computer a "Netbook"?)
What do you want me to do, compare specs? They're about the same except that the Surface has a better screen and battery while the Air has more ports and the ability to run any OS. I'd consider the Surface a better deal for the hardware, but it's still a bad deal, and it's supposed to be "Pro". The Air is clearly not for someone who cares about specs.