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Microsoft Releases New Anti-iPad Ad Highlighting Surface Accessories
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I know. However try reading the comment I quoted again - it implies that the iPad has a built in stand. Hence the post
The "Surface" was named after Ballmers bald dome. It's plain, smooth, retarded, and fugly.
Ahahahah! This is the post of the week.
Read the post I was quoting again. It implies the stand is built in - I'm fully aware that the Smart cover provides that function, however the OP implied it was a built in feature.
This was, and still is, one of my favorite ads in the Mac vs PC era. Great script and great acting. Thanks for the reminder..!!
Perhaps Microsoft can now see why apple made a new OS instead of trying to shoehorn OSX into a tablet form!
Microsoft is miserably failing in the mobile world because of the "accessories" its tablets use. They still don't understand that we are transitioning to the post PC era. This tablet looks no different than the Windows 8 laptops. As useful as USB is that is a step pack for the tablet ecosystem where files are increasingly stored in cloud databases and shared wirelessly. Further more this commercial is weak. They need to really wake up.
Keyboards and styluses (stylii) are some of the best selling accessories for the iPad, you know. Those are totally oldschool PC.
I prefer the iPad over for the eco system and operating system. I do like the ads though from Microsoft but I don't like how Microsoft has mixed both the Metro interface along with the legacy Windows Desktop and made two variants of the Surface. In my opinion this really fragments the market.
Which is exactly why Apple wouldn't do that.
This is a management failure at MS not a product failure.
The iPad works because it doesn't run OSX, it's not a computer in the traditional sense. That's why a 3 year old can use it. That's why your granny can use it. It appeals to the many people who still don't use and/or understand computers. That's what MS doesn't get. The Surface is just another Windows PC rather than a tablet.
I could agree with this.
See, I don't think the Surface line is dead, or even dying. On the other hand, I do think the Surface RT line is. x86 Atom chips can match ARM on battery life, and Haswell gives you a lot of power with a good bit of longevity. Comparatively, the only advantage RT has going for it is that it's cheap.
...but considering it starts at $499 without the keyboard, it's not really cheap enough to be a good cheap option. So here it is, not moving at all, and withering on the vine.
This I don't agree with. MS never intended to compete with the iPad in its own demographic. The Surface line, RT and all, are supposed to be "business" tablets. Something more productivity oriented. Thing is, why would anyone who wants to be productive with a tablet buy the RT? Not when the Pro or an absolutely massive variety of x86 OEM tablets to choose from.
Well, I do sometimes could use an USB port on my iPad, as I tend to move data around a lot, but it's not crucial. I do have the USB and SD Card adapters, which provide some functionality when importing photos.
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It seems Microsoft is firing their last shots of paintball at Apple, and can't afford to bring real bullets to the fight.
Surface RT: there are not enough apps available and it has no retina display. essentially, it's just for people who wants to do basic internet browsing, send and receive emails. microsoft joined the competition too late and they should have sold RT from the beginning at $349 to open the market, so more app developers would wanna make apps for it.
Surface PRO: way too expensive. it's within the price range of macbook air and i would not think twice before taking a macbook air instead of a Surface PRO. an actual laptop with larger screen vs. a device trys to be both tablet and laptop but failed both.
Sorry microsoft, you don't have anything i wanna buy this time around.
Surface PRO: way too expensive. it's within the price range of macbook air and i would not think twice before taking a macbook air instead of a Surface PRO. an actual laptop with larger screen vs. a device trys to be both tablet and laptop but failed both.
Sorry microsoft, you don't have anything i wanna buy this time around.
That's almost unfair to expect. It's an ultrabook sporting almost the same hardware as the MBA with a decently high resolution IPS screen and a Cintiq class Wacom digitizer. MS would likely be eating a good $300 per unit to sell it at that price.
MSFT still hasn't learned from its tablet PC era mistakes. The tablet is a media consumption device, and all the smarmy ads in the world are going to change it. True, they understand, perhaps better than Apple, that any attempt at productivity on a non-desktop requires traditional peripherals; touch is too cumbersome and voice controls are still in their infancy. Add in an app ecosystem without the maturity of Apple's and you pretty much have a disaster that was apparently to anyone not residing in Redmond, WA.
Taking it a step further, I feel it's just as accurate to say that we're approaching the post-tablet period as well. In the near-future, I believe one's entire digital presence will be driven by a single wireless device that functions as a mobile phone, a desktop and a media delivery device. The foundations for Apple are already there. An power-efficient Intel mobile architecture, perhaps two generations removed from Haswell, inside an Apple phone with a micro-Thunderbolt port, using a ubiquitous media delivery protocol for pairing with external displays like monitors or HDTVs, would be all that most consumers, or even prosumers, would need. Just my thoughts.
Taking it a step further, I feel it's just as accurate to say that we're approaching the post-tablet period as well. In the near-future, I believe one's entire digital presence will be driven by a single wireless device that functions as a mobile phone, a desktop and a media delivery device. The foundations for Apple are already there. An power-efficient Intel mobile architecture, perhaps two generations removed from Haswell, inside an Apple phone with a micro-Thunderbolt port, using a ubiquitous media delivery protocol for pairing with external displays like monitors or HDTVs, would be all that most consumers, or even prosumers, would need. Just my thoughts.