If would help if you get your comparison right. (what grade is that taught in?)
If there was a 16:9 monitor that was 28" diagonally and a 3:4 that was 27" diagonally, you can make the case that 28" is larger than 27"
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Microsoft Inaccurately Depicts Windows Tablet as Larger than iPad in New Comparison Ad
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If would help if you get your comparison right. (what grade is that taught in?)
If there was a 16:9 monitor that was 28" diagonally and a 3:4 that was 27" diagonally, you can make the case that 28" is larger than 27"
Someone call the waaaaaahhh-mbulance...
Make sure to charge the boohoohoobulator too!
Good old fashioned 'Smoke and mirrors' v Apple's 'reality distortion field', whats new...?
Move along, nothing to see here..
Move along, nothing to see here..
If would help if you get your comparison right. (what grade is that taught in?)
If there was a 16:9 monitor that was 28" diagonally and a 3:4 that was 27" diagonally, you can make the case that 28" is larger than 27"
Right, because when proven wrong, your only option is to attack my typo. Thanks!
So if I have a two story shack with 1 room per floor, you're saying it's bigger in size than your one story mansion of 20 bedrooms, 20 bathrooms, 5 kitchens, 1 indoor gym, 1 indoor movie theatre, 5 living rooms, 5 family rooms, etc.? Really?!? Okay, I'll trade my "bigger" house for yours anytime. But the fact is we don't walk on walls much like screens have MORE than a single dimension. If screens had only 1 dimension, then I'd be in complete agreement with you.
We don't know the intentions. That is a possibility for sure.
Or chances are the guy making the ad was a recent college grad making $35k a year as an entry level marking intern at MSFT and just didn't give a rat's behind about fact checking because he knew regardless of what the ad said, it wasn't going to his $150,000 in student loans disappear or get him a girlfriend, lol
Irrelevant my ass, it was deliberately manipulated (even skewed to give it a different aspect ratio) to give the overall impression that the Tab was more similar to the iPad than it actually is. You can't seriously believe this didn't affect the people who reviewed the case.
Anyway, if you can claim size was irrelevant in that case:
Saying something is "infinitely better" just screams fanboy. It's all subjective. I agree iOS is stale, but it doesn't make Windows "infinitely better"
Apple's design patents had nothing to do with size or aspect ratio. It could have been an 5 inch version or a 2 inch version. Size was irrelevant. The point of the document was to illustrate the similarities of the patented design elements.
Not much different than when Apple provided courts "evidence" against Samsung regarding phone sizes and conveniently sized their phones to match.
Not too many people had a problem with Apple doing that. And that was for evidence for a lawsuit.
I attacked you in the same way you attacked me. You either need to grow thicker skin or refrain from attacking others if you're going to cry when the favor is returned.
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And 10.1 and 9.7 are measuring what?
I don't think people are defending it. On the contrary, I think pretty much everyone is attacking Microsoft's lies.
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Yeah, and if the Microsoft screen really was was bigger, then it "would be right" as well.
If a retail store employee misrepresents the product facts... I can forgive it any day... because after all they are not highly paid and probably not well trained either...
But if a company produces and releases a public advertisement program that deceits customers... regardless how small the false details are ... that's unethical business. I expect much more well behaved culture from a large corporation like Microsoft.
But if a company produces and releases a public advertisement program that deceits customers... regardless how small the false details are ... that's unethical business. I expect much more well behaved culture from a large corporation like Microsoft.
Not much different than when Apple provided courts "evidence" against Samsung regarding phone sizes and conveniently sized their phones to match.
Not too many people had a problem with Apple doing that.
Yeah. Very different than that.
And how was Apple admonished by the court? They weren't. Because the size was irrelevant.
Much as you can with iPad. There are lots of apps that allow printing to printers, some written by the company making those printers. I have an app that was free which worked perfectly with the 5 different printers I've ever owned (old HP wireless, Epson wireless, Brother wireless, Lexmark network enabled and a Dell wireless). Sure you can say some (not all) Windows tablets have USB ports so you can plug in some dinosaur of a printer but printers are extremely cheap these days and a good number were given away as part of a computer deal. Most printers in use today are probably wireless and accept generic printer drivers like CUPS. So the only area where Windows tablets can claim legitimate advantages is if the user only has a non-wireless/non-networked, really outdated and ancient printer that only works with Windows (even then it may not work with 7/8) drivers. And that is like saying I should buy this car exclusively and strictly because it comes in this particular shade of blue and that this one single knob on the dash unit only comes in black but I want it grey or something.
If Apple did it, CNBC would be interrupting their normal programming to cover it. The New York Times would have a 12 part series planned.
I attacked you in the same way you attacked me. You either need to grow thicker skin or refrain from attacking others if you're going to cry when the favor is returned.
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And 10.1 and 9.7 are measuring what?
Clearly based on your comments you don't know basic geometry. Not going to discuss further, you keep saying the same thing, and it's still wrong. Go draw a square with a 12" diagonal, and a rectangle with a 12" diagonal and see how many M&Ms you can fit in both, maybe that'll finally get the concept through your head.
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