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Microsoft Launches Site to Lure MacBook Switchers to Surface Pro 3
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I would love to see the MacBook Air go away and have the 12" take its place. It's a full power Laptop when it is docked and an iOS tablet when it is undocked.
I guess the change in user experience on the same device might throw people. I'm sure Apple will find a way to make that experience elegant and seamless.
What people seems to be overlooking is they are comparing a touchscreen tablet with examples of touchscreen capability to a freaking laptop. They should compare a touchscreen tablet to a touchscreen tablet if they want to compare something to a laptop it should be another laptop.
Same setup here. Doesn't seem to help them. Astonishingly, the high school kids who play Xbox in the middle of a mall don't usually buy anything.
Funny part is the Microsoft store is roughly double the size of the Apple Store with 1/10 the foot traffic, and that's being generous. So they're paying double the rent and making nothing. Well done!
The surface is a good laptop - especially for work on the road.
But it can't do anything the macbook air can't....and let's face it....microsoft is not as "hip" as Apple. If it would cost half of the macbook air it would be an amazing alternative. But it's too late to the party and will disappear soon.
As a tablet it's totally unusable. Way too heavy. Absolutely no apps.
But it can't do anything the macbook air can't....and let's face it....microsoft is not as "hip" as Apple. If it would cost half of the macbook air it would be an amazing alternative. But it's too late to the party and will disappear soon.
As a tablet it's totally unusable. Way too heavy. Absolutely no apps.
How many people here have used a Surface Pro 3?
Neat systems, right?
Have you made note of their display resolution? It's very high, which should be a good thing.
Except that it's not.
Why? Because of Windows. Windows does a terrible job with high resolutions. It doesn't scale anything correctly. Fonts always look "off". "Legacy" dialog boxes appear super tiny. It's just a mess.
Basically, Windows holds the Surface Pro 3 back. They'd be better if they had OS X, or even Linux installed on them.
The work-around is to reduce the resolution they run at. This makes things readable, but stuff is no longer crystal-clear, since it will be running at a non-native resolution.
Neat systems, right?
Have you made note of their display resolution? It's very high, which should be a good thing.
Except that it's not.
Why? Because of Windows. Windows does a terrible job with high resolutions. It doesn't scale anything correctly. Fonts always look "off". "Legacy" dialog boxes appear super tiny. It's just a mess.
Basically, Windows holds the Surface Pro 3 back. They'd be better if they had OS X, or even Linux installed on them.
The work-around is to reduce the resolution they run at. This makes things readable, but stuff is no longer crystal-clear, since it will be running at a non-native resolution.
As soon as somebody, ANYBODY, delivers a product that does this seamlessly, I'll buy one. Microsoft tried by making an OS that is supposed to work on a tablet and a desktop. It doesn't. But this is a device that someone needs to make.
Needs cheaper prices, LTE, more efficient processors (for battery runtime) and better lapability with the type cover. Its next iterations could really kill the laptop if they do it right. The 3rd gen was a massive improvement, gotta say it.
P. S. Also needs more bearable ads.
P. S. Also needs more bearable ads.
My favorite part of the commercial is when they say it has "a USB"
um so does the LAPTOP they are comparing it to! Oh and the ad should say it costs more than a rMBP
.the 512GB/i7 version is on sale for $1849. The 13" rMBP with 512GB is $1799. Nice idea
but I'll wait for the Apple version that will get it all "right".
Depends on what you need the kickstand to do. You're right that as a replacement for a traditional laptop hinge, it's not comparable. But quite honestly, at least in my use I can probably count the number of times I've needed to use my laptop on my actual lap on both hands (maybe just one). You have to remember that the stand also serves a purpose when the unit is in tablet mode too. It's actually quite a useful feature.
Yes, the anecdotal evidence from your "friend" seems legit.
Yeah, I must have imagined doing some 3d work in zBrush and Maya just the other day. Oh, and the entire Adobe suite too.
What amuses me is that they are comparing it to a laptop. Have they actually tried to use the thing on their laps? Thats the reason they need that precious 'kick stand' in the first place. Its a tablet with a cover that has a built in 'keyboard'. I suppose the idiots sucked in will fall for this, and the 'usb'.
Hey dude what's that? Is that a kickstand?
That and the USB line are the best. They aren't even TRYING to sell it. And the pen line? I wish that one example (MS or Samsung) would show a compelling reason for me to want a pen. Other than circling a picture. which isn't compelling at all.
What is wrong with the MacBook Pro Retina? And remember, the Surface Pro can not function on a lap...
One of my other gripes, you can run this software on the Mac but you can't run Apples software on the PC. Very important argument on the iOS vs Android, as you get all of the Google Apps (Chrome, Google Now, Maps, Gmail, OK Google...) but you can't get any of the Apple apps on Andorra such as the snappy Safari and such
This is my issue also. My MBA runs Win7/OSX/Linux, all legal. If I had a SP I couldn't run OSX. I realize this limitation is because Apple is an Ass, but their asshatery works unfortunately. Maybe Microsoft needs to deny permission to run Windows on Apple hardware to make them stop?
The irony of that statement in a thread about Microsoft Corp. is priceless though.
