Hardly anyone outside of geeks and the tech media watch a keynote, so most folks wouldn't understand the magical reference.
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Microsoft Releases Windows 8 Tablet Ad Highlighting iPad's Flaws, High Price [Updated]
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Hardly anyone outside of geeks and the tech media watch a keynote, so most folks wouldn't understand the magical reference.
128 GB iPads are on sale starting this Feburary.
See:
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipad/compare
under "iPad with retina display"
EDIT: I see someone already beat me to it.
That's so funny. Most people over the years bought Windows computers for that exact reason.
The way I see it, less apps = less chance of getting fart apps. How many iPad apps do you find really really useful of those 300,000 something? Plus Surface Pro could run any x86 apps while iPad can't run OSX apps.
Like I said, I'm not saying Surface Pro is cheap, but it has raw power, better potential and usability than iPad.
Given the same spec and features, iPad could end up way more expensive.
A Mac mini is a headless Mac, aimed at people (like me) who want a cheap Mac. What kind of hybrid comes without a monitor, keyboard or mouse?
Yeah.. And my point is Apple also makes non "pure" products. Contrary to OP's belief.
A desktop with laptop component? What would you call it then?
So true.. So true..
Outside a so called "creative industry" it's hard to recall Mac and iOS computer usefulness anywhere.
Not to mention those creative workers could actually get the job done on a Windows computer if they want to, but of course it's less shiny and Aluminey
My mistake.
And to think that they cost only about twice as much as an Asus that can run desktop software! But maybe the "black and white CRT" aspect ratio makes it all worth it?
This screen ratio is much better on the iPad. Try using a 16.9 portrait on a tablet it feels weird as hell.
I thought the concept of the ad was hilarious. Well done.
But I cringed at the way they shortened the Chopsticks sequence, then cut it abruptly and repeated it. They could have used that time to simply play it once, correctly.
Second, what's up with Microsoft featuring some other guy's Windows 8 tablet in their ads? Why not use Surface?
But I cringed at the way they shortened the Chopsticks sequence, then cut it abruptly and repeated it. They could have used that time to simply play it once, correctly.
Second, what's up with Microsoft featuring some other guy's Windows 8 tablet in their ads? Why not use Surface?
I suppose it depends on what people you're talking about, but Pages is a non-starter in my field. Everyone I know uses and depends on MS Word's styles, redlining, and TOC features, just to name a few. I'm not really saying this to criticize Pages, as it obviously is sufficient for many, but let's not pretend like it has "everything necessary" for everyone.
Yes, you can attach a keyboard to an iPad. It's not the easiest thing in the world, though:
1. Hardly any keyboards use the dock connector/lightning port. Pairing bluetooth keyboards is a lot of effort for what it is.
2. Even if you do, it's not attached to the device. You'd need to sit down somewhere or have somewhere close by to prop the iPad up against while the keyboard rests on your lap. It's rather uncomfortable.
The Surface did well here by making the keyboard physically attached to the device, so you could use it in laptop-formation. Again, tablets being smaller than laptops makes it even harder to use than a laptop in this mode.
Basically - if you were writing a report, you wouldn't use a tablet ( any tablet ). The best tablet for writing like that basically just tries to be a laptop, but it's much more awkward to use than a real laptop.
But the problem is the hardware/form factor, not the OS. iOS is capable of pretty much anything you could do on a Mac.
Would you agree with me that the iPad's biggest flaw is not being able to run your favorite virus?
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Bluetooth pairing needs to be done only ONCE, and it's the easiest thing in the world, so for you to say the above, you may be happier with a typewriter.
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Bluetooth pairing needs to be done only ONCE, and it's the easiest thing in the world, so for you to say the above, you may be happier with a typewriter.
Because they want a good relationship with their oems?
People just aren't grasping that this tablet is full windows 8 either
You can use any dock and just about any BT keyboard. If you are in a hotel, you have a desk, on plane you have table, so could write your report, are you doing it a bus most likely not, but your not going whip out your laptop either...
What a lot people don't seen to realize is there are a lot of people that have ditched your laptop and/or desktop for an iPad. And guess what they can do real work. The fact that Office for the iPad is MS fault. Now, this isn't for everyone, and there will always be people that need a laptop or desktop.
There were these rumours about MS Office for iOS. I guess after this commercial, its not going to happen anytime soon.
I cant help but wonder if MS actually does have a running version of Office for iOS, but they decided to hold off on releasing it because of strategic reasons.
I cant help but wonder if MS actually does have a running version of Office for iOS, but they decided to hold off on releasing it because of strategic reasons.
I think Pages and Keynote are great for the user who controls their workflow end-to-end. For example, home and family use, students, home based or small business, coffee shop, etc. With just a few clicks you can create a great looking newsletter, poster, or presentation, present it, publish it as a PDF, and you're done. Then archive the document cause you'll probably never need it again.
But like you said, a lot of larger businesses take it further than that. You aren't the sole author of your documents, they get emailed out for revisions, resaved, sent around, presented by other people than yourself, stored on servers, etc. And this is where things break down. If everyone in the larger business had Macs running iWork then maybe there's no issue, but since Office is the de facto standard, everyone needs to be able to read and modify the same files without getting them corrupted in the process. While the iWork apps do claim to be "Office compatible", this is still a LONG way from being actually interoperable with PCs running Office.
If they can't think of an original advert, one that hasn't been essentially done by Samsung, and they have to use "faults" of another product to advertise their own, then the Windows tablet, is probably *****.
I use the word "faults" loosely, because there are no real faults, not having powerpoint? That's the same as saying Windows doesn't have keynote... And, the Windows thing isn't really a tablet at all, if it run Windows 8 then it is a PC which cannot be compared to a tablet.
I use the word "faults" loosely, because there are no real faults, not having powerpoint? That's the same as saying Windows doesn't have keynote... And, the Windows thing isn't really a tablet at all, if it run Windows 8 then it is a PC which cannot be compared to a tablet.
You just can't compare it to iPad coz surface is a hybrid of a tablet and ultrabook. Apple doesn't do hybrids, only pure products
Apple says they don't do hybrids. Then they try to sell you something like this
So yeah, we're Apple, we don't do hybrids because they're compromised experiences. Meanwhile we're gonna try to sell you a dock that makes a tablet look like a laptop and compromise your experience
Hahahaha hilarious
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That is a third part keyboard, it doesn't even turn the iPad into a hybrid, it is for added ease of typing, for example, if you're working on a pages document on your mac and you need to carry on else where, you pull out your keyboard for you iPad