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Microsoft Launches Site to Lure MacBook Switchers to Surface Pro 3

I understand that there's an audience for this because I see people with a keyboard attached to a iPad sometimes. I think this market is like the netbook market -- some people will like them because they don't actually do any real work, but most will realize that they should just get a real laptop.
 
bwillwall said:
The tablet that can replace your laptop, unless you want to use it on your lap.
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I'm genuinely curious, but how many people really use a laptop on their lap enough where this is an issue? Not saying it's not a need for some, but I think over the past 15 yeas or so of owning a laptop of some sort, I think I could limit that count on my two hands.
 
baryon said:
Ah this one made my day! They recommend Skype! Microsoft, you killed Skype! Don't tell people to use it, because they did actually use it before you bought it and ruined it completely beyond recognition. Yes Facetime sucks but at least it works every once in a while!
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You are using Skype wrong.
 
Lame idiots! It's not (only) the hardware that made me switch to Mac/iPad, it's the virus/updates infested Windows and the goddamn touch tiles (aka Metro) on a Desktop machine. No, I don't want to run zillion updates a day to protect my utterly slow Windows machine (thanks to its bloated registry). No, I don't want to my finger my laptop screen to death to open some crippled .Exe, which will then instantly tell me to install some latest and greatest .NET framework crap, because the old one is insecure... No, I don't want to plug in some USB cable to sync my music, or some outdated VGA cable to project a presentation (AirPlay is such a luxury). No, I don't want to hunt the web for the latest hardware driver, because some game tells me it won't start or runs as slow as ****... :mad:


In short, it's the overall seamless user experience on a Mac and iDevices that we users fall in love with. Get it M(color tiles)! :D

Besides, what's the point getting a Surface <X> RT? No x86 Application will run on it. Gahhh, Microsoft is such a stressful experience... :rolleyes:
 
skaertus said:
As for Microsoft... well, I don't think it's the kind of company that has many fans, if any.
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When you grow up and enter the real world you will see that Microsoft has a strong technical following like no other company. Namely I.T professionals that use their products and services to do business, to make things work, to run their entire organisations.

There are many thousands of Microsoft-centric websites/forums/online communities that vastly outnumber anything Apple related. These people are not just 'fans', they are I.T professionals helping others to get stuff done.
 
ParanoidDroid said:
Lame idiots! It's not (only) the hardware that made me switch to Mac/iPad, it's the virus/updates infested Windows and the goddamn touch tiles (aka Metro) on a Desktop machine. No, I don't want to run zillion updates a day to protect my ****** Windows machine. No, I don't want to my finger my laptop screen to death to open some crippled .Exe, which will then instantly tell me to install some latest and greatest .NET framework crap, because the old one is insecure... No, I don't want to plug in some USB cable to sync my music, or some outdated VGA cable to project a presentation (AirPlay is such aluxury). No, I don't want to hunt the web for the latest hardware driver, because some game tells me it won't start or runs as slow as ****... :mad:


In short, it's the overall seamless user experience on a Mac and iDevices that we users fall in love with. Get it M(color tiles)! :D

Besides, what's the point getting a Surface <X> RT? No x86 Application will run on it. Gahhh, Microsoft is such a stressful experience... :rolleyes:
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LOL I was just going to comment something similar to yours!

I think the innovations are neat with the Surface Pro, but at the end of the day, it's the operating software which matters.

Sure, if you're someone who is technical and diagnose problems easily then I can see how it's not a problem. But for the vast majority of people who just want something that works without having to jump through hoops, I can't see getting anything else but a Mac.

Macs aren't perfect, but they don't Windows and that, to me, is a huge benefit :)
 
ParanoidDroid said:
Lame idiots! It's not (only) the hardware that made me switch to Mac/iPad, it's the virus/updates infested Windows and the goddamn touch tiles (aka Metro) on a Desktop machine. No, I don't want to run zillion updates a day to protect my ****** Windows machine. No, I don't want to my finger my laptop screen to death to open some crippled .Exe, which will then instantly tell me to install some latest and greatest .NET framework crap, because the old one is insecure... No, I don't want to plug in some USB cable to sync my music, or some outdated VGA cable to project a presentation (AirPlay is such aluxury). No, I don't want to hunt the web for the latest hardware driver, because some game tells me it won't start or runs as slow as ****... :mad:


In short, it's the overall seamless user experience on a Mac and iDevices that we users fall in love with. Get it M(color tiles)! :D

Besides, what's the point getting a Surface <X> RT? No x86 Application will run on it. Gahhh, Microsoft is such a stressful experience... :rolleyes:
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Sounds like you weren't keeping your computer up to date if you were prompted for things like .NET updates. User error.

For the record, every location/office I have been to in the world that has a projector/screen is one that requires a VGA cable. I daresay this mirrors at least 99% of other people's experiences, too.
 
Can they hire Ellen Feiss to show how she was trying to put together a work presentation late at night on Keynote on an iPad, but needed to access a file on a USB drive, so she used a Surface Pro 3 to update it in PowerPoint instead?
 
I have a SP3 and I like it a lot, few software niggles and iCloud services (understandably) aren't perfect if that's your main ecosystem but there's no denying it's impressive hardware. Apple should be taking note, if they've not already got something similar in the pipeline.
 
Steve121178 said:
Sounds like you weren't keeping your computer up to date if you were prompted for things like .NET updates. User error.

For the record, every location/office I have been to in the world that has a projector/screen is one that requires a VGA cable. I daresay this mirrors at least 99% of other people's experiences, too.
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I also have to use Windows at work, my home PC runs occasionally for games only, thus I don't update daily anymore...

The VGA cable in almost all meeting rooms is just pure idiocy! You get in a conference room and you're being told that this is their newest HD projector or the latest cutting-edge, giant, TV screen and then all you find on the table is that outdated ANALOG VGA cable, which on top of that is usually too short! :mad: That's digital blasphemy!!! Fortunately, I managed to convinced my company to use Apple TVs in meeting rooms. ;)

For the worst case, I always have my HDMI cable and that clunky VGA-thunderbolt thing and sometimes even my own Apple TV with me when I'm working off-site, but I don't want to!
 
ParanoidDroid said:
I also have to use Windows at work, my home PC runs occasionally for games only, thus I don't update daily anymore...

The VGA cable in almost all meeting rooms is just pure idiocy! You get in a conference room and you're being told that this is their newest HD projector or the latest cutting-edge, giant, TV screen and then all you find on the table is that outdated ANALOG VGA cable, which on top of that is usually too short! :mad: That's digital blasphemy!!! Fortunately, I managed to convinced my company to use Apple TVs in meeting rooms. ;)

For the worst case, I always have my HDMI cable and that clunky VGA-thunderbolt thing and sometimes even my own Apple TV with me when I'm working off-site, but I don't want to!
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Wait, so when you visit a location/customers premises do you make demands on what projector to use rather than using the standard equipment they have installed? No? Thought not ;)
 
Keebler said:
Sure, if you're someone who is technical and diagnose problems easily then I can see how it's not a problem. But for the vast majority of people who just want something that works without having to jump through hoops, I can't see getting anything else but a Mac.
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I see it otherwise, especially if you're technical it pisses you off even more. I have an IT job, and when I get home I really don't want to keep on working, I just want to turn on my Mac an/or iPad and call it a day... enjoy and entertain myself, without analyzing problems of my home systems...

With Continuity it's even more convenient now!
I start reading something on my Mac, too tired to sit, so I swipe up the Safari icon on my iPad and continue there. A video is too small on my iPad and sound could be better, AirPlay that to my big TV screen. Music always streams wirelessly in my home to my Hi-Fi speakers.

Friends say I live in the future, well I'd say my friends just live with Microsoft+Android. Poor things. :D
 
moderngamenewb said:
At the mall by my place, there's an Apple Store. About 4 or 5 stores down from the Apple Store, is the Microsoft Store. I usually only see about 5 or 6 people at Microsoft (not including the staff) at the most, even during holiday time.
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How ironic that they were more people in the Microsoft store than products in the Apple Store /s
 
Sabretooth78 said:
Very helpful in case you haven't bought a new computer since 1994.
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I wondered if they were trying to confuse average consumers into thinking the Macbook Air hasn't got USB ports like the iPad. Which is a bit off. especially as its got multiple USB 3 ports.
 
Steve121178 said:
Wait, so when you visit a location/customers premises do you make demands on what projector to use rather than using the standard equipment they have installed? No? Thought not ;)
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Yes! You connect your Apple TV and present wirelessly via your iPad which usually leads to a jaw dropping effect. :D

I wish Apple released something similar to Chromecast. An AirPlay HDMI-Stick, that's basically all you need in the enterprise environment.
 
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Surface Pro 3 i7 Top Spec pricing

Who in their right mind would fork out nearly $2k for this?

12" Screen
Surface Pro 3 - 8GB RAM: 512GB / Intel i7 - 1.7Ghz
Resolution: 2160 x 1440 • Aspect Ratio: 3:2
$1,849.00 [after $100 sale price cut]

Seriously?

MacBook Pro 13"
Retina display: 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2560-by-1600 resolution at 227 pixels per inch with support for millions of colors
8GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
3.0GHz dual-core Intel Core i7
512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage
$1,999.00


There is a reason they run advertising against the baseline Macbook Air. It is asinine to compare any Surface Pro above it with any Macbook product above that baseline $899 Macbook Air.
 
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