New Windows Tablet Ad Again Uses Siri's Voice to Poke Fun at iPad

[glimp7]

They're right.

It's not surprising that a bunch of fanboys are on here acting ticked and being defensive, but it's a true statement by Microsoft.

And Microsoft is experiencing it's own set of screw ups at the moment (i.e. Windows 8, Xbox One). Hopefully Windows 8.1 and a DRM reality check will fix that.

I hope Sony wipes the floor with Microsoft in this console war.

You never go full retard, Microsoft.

 

[koban4max]

i guess haters gotta hate... even though i have ipad 4th generation, i still think this ad was funny..it's true in a sense. SD slot would be great... i could still transfer file either way...no biggie... i really get what microsoftner are saying...but ipad will win.

 

[Xiroteus]

iPad vs this tablet with a much lower resolution and Windows RT the iPad wins and if against something like the Surface Pro I say that wins for me personally. Of course once we get into the full Windows vs the iPad they become two different things.

 

[AidenShaw]

... Apple is no longer an underdog and they're not even cool anymore...

73.767% of Apple's market cap depends on the "cool factor". Sell now.

... The kids are already waiting for the next hype and will move on soon. When that happens, businesses will still be using Microsoft products because they need them and rely on them.

More to the point - business can rely on Microsoft and Intel. They get roadmaps instead of surprises, they get long term support (XP (aka Windows 2001) support ends in 297 days) instead of surprises ("what do you mean, Rosetta is gone").

Businesses, large and small, don't like surprises.

 

[Glideslope]

Who Cares?

Jeeze, come on people. $399 "Limited Time." Hello, any one alive?

Desperate attempt to clear inventory while consumers wait for the new iPad 5.
Who the hell enjoys WIN8 on their Surface? They use it. They say it works fine. LOL. It's junk. 3-4 years from now Apple will be Microsofts equal in business. Besides Getting WIN8 fixed and redesigning the XBOX ONE have to be priorities. Resorting to ex Saturday Night Live Writers to sell products is well, desperate.

Ballmer must go now. However, Malinda wears the pants, and she likes Steve.
Come on Bill, just do it!!!!!!

 

[newtumor]

"I don't need it therefore nobody else does"?

An SD card slot would be incredibly useful in an iPad.

It's obvious why Apple wouldn't allow it, but you don't think it would be a good idea to be able to load some of your apps, or music, or a pile of movies, onto an SD card for a long trip? Or pop the card out of your camera to load up the photos into iPhoto (without the need for the third piece of hardware, the Camera Connection Kit)? Or load up Office documents to read and edit?

You can plug in an SD card to your ipad with the attachment available in the apple store. I use it for my photos that I click on my camera.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD822ZM/A/lightning-to-sd-card-camera-reader

 

[kahkityoong]

So most of the people buying tablets are graphics designers? That's what we're talking about whether a tablet needs something most people will never use.

No. Graphic artist does not equal graphic designer.

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But not the macbook air, which is aimed at the majority of consumer product. Only the pros still have sd cards meant for people who use high quality digital cameras for photo editing on their laptops. Not something you need on a tablet.

Really no SD slot on the MBA? You must have a special MacBook Air - you seem to have no idea about anything. Do some research before your next gaffe.
Where did I say an SD card would be useful on an iPad? It isn't.

 

[JayCee842]

This has to be the worst ad ive ever seen. Oh you can zoom the start page wow so cool. And who the hell actually uses an SD card still? Only about a million other ways to store and transfer things

Microsoft makes horrible ads. I thought you knew?

 

[Judas1]

Yet another Windows whiner! Deal with it Dude!

What is there to whine about? I'm not an Apple fanboy, and the ad is true. Sad much?

 

[surfmonkey]

Price Point is why there will NEVER be a slot in the iPad. And please stop comparing a card slot to the camera kit. NOT THE SAME THING... A card slot would not be STICKING out of the iPad. We are talking about increasing "ALL STORAGE.

Apple will never do that since nobody would purchase the more expensive iPad's .. Do you know how much it costs apple to increase storage on an iPad?.. Pennies... But you pay 100 dollars more. That is PROFIT!

Why put a card slot in there?? Why put a card slot in a iPhone???.. We would all buy the cheapest one and buy a huge Cheap Card on eBay.

Computeres are a different thing... If they had affordable 500 GB SD Cards,,, they would not be on there either.

 

[Xiroteus]

Price Point is why there will NEVER be a slot in the iPad. And please stop comparing a card slot to the camera kit. NOT THE SAME THING... A card slot would not be STICKING out of the iPad. We are talking about increasing "ALL STORAGE.

Apple will never do that since nobody would purchase the more expensive iPad's .. Do you know how much it costs apple to increase storage on an iPad?.. Pennies... But you pay 100 dollars more. That is PROFIT!

Why put a card slot in there?? Why put a card slot in a iPhone???.. We would all buy the cheapest one and buy a huge Cheap Card on eBay.

Computeres are a different thing... If they had affordable 500 GB SD Cards,,, they would not be on there either.

Agree with the camera kit, sure it is an option yet Apple is all streamlined until you need things and then it becomes all externals and dongles.

Memory seems like such a cheap move for such price increases, going from 16GB to 32GB is nothing and 32GB to 64GB is not all that bad and once you hit the 64GB to 128GB I can see that costly a bit more, otherwise it is just the easily way for companies to charge more for the most noticeable change.

I heard one reason Apple may not like SD cards is that if someone goes wrong someone may think it is the phone and not the card.

 

[s4bones]

Anyone who uses a real camera?

My "real camera" uses a cf card

You could always get a mifi card and have it done automatically..

 

[fertilized-egg]

Microsoft is running an ad for a Dell tablet, not their own Surface? That's a surprise. I'm still not sure how happy OEMs are about Microsoft barging into the hardware game. Not that OEMs have much choice here other than Microsoft with the exception of Android but even Android been an utter failure so far on large tablets.

 

[nylonsteel]

re: original article

dell sux -
just got issued a dell business laptop
hate it
touchpad sux / dead pixel on low rez screen / 7lbs with power brick
even my old lenovo with win xp was a good girl for 5 years till i was forced to refresh to a dell with win 7
dell sux

 

[AppleScruff1]

What's your point? If you had a tablet with an SD card slot you would have still needed to remove the SD card from your camera, take it out of the adapter (the one that converts it from being a micro card to a faux full sized card) and put it into the tablet's slot.

With the iPad, all that you would have had to do is take the card out of the camera, leave it in the adapter, and plug it into the iPad using the CCK.

And let's not forget how much easier it would be to work with the photos on the iPad once they're transferred than it would be on the Windows tablet…

I use a "real" camera, and I bought a CCK for my first iPad. It was probably my first accessory. I've used it maybe once in 3 years. Not because it's a pain to use, but because I haven't had much use for it.

You mean easier than putting them on a Surface Pro and using Photoshop?

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Actually Microsoft was the first to release tablets but they were absolute crap. So they're not late to the party so much as haven't learned anything from what happens to a tablet trying to run a fully fledged windows operating system

Try the Surface Pro and see how Windows works on a tablet.

 

[lordofthereef]

I actually think the use of Siri is pretty good, especially since, in my experience, it's nearly useless.

I can actually see windows 8 tablets taking the lead here once we get better battery life and lower prices. I realize that is asking a lot, but hey, it's what it's going to take.

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This is like throwing a bird into a lake and saying "haha, it can't swim, therefore it's ****". Well, it can fly instead.

To use your analogy, Microsoft thinks they are the bird. A seagull perhaps.

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Price Point is why there will NEVER be a slot in the iPad. And please stop comparing a card slot to the camera kit. NOT THE SAME THING... A card slot would not be STICKING out of the iPad. We are talking about increasing "ALL STORAGE.

Apple will never do that since nobody would purchase the more expensive iPad's .. Do you know how much it costs apple to increase storage on an iPad?.. Pennies... But you pay 100 dollars more. That is PROFIT!

Why put a card slot in there?? Why put a card slot in a iPhone???.. We would all buy the cheapest one and buy a huge Cheap Card on eBay.

Computeres are a different thing... If they had affordable 500 GB SD Cards,,, they would not be on there either.

All of the mobile operating systems that I am aware of have moved away from allowing apps and critical data to be stored on external devices. Why? Well, among other reasons, the additional cards we buy aren't of the same calibur as the on board storage media these companies buy up.

You certainly have something here. I just want to point out that internal storage media costs the manufacturer much more than micro SD cards of the "same" size simply because of what it is. I would recon it costs Apple more on the dollars per unit rather than pennies, when jumping from 32GB to 64GB, but the truth still remains, their 64GB phone is the one that brings them the most per device profit for sure.

 

[NOS2U]

Microsoft's drowning gasp...

This commercial is nothing more than a last attemp by Microsoft at saving a failing product.

 

[iSamurai]

"I don't need it therefore nobody else does"?

An SD card slot would be incredibly useful in an iPad.

It's obvious why Apple wouldn't allow it, but you don't think it would be a good idea to be able to load some of your apps, or music, or a pile of movies, onto an SD card for a long trip? Or pop the card out of your camera to load up the photos into iPhoto (without the need for the third piece of hardware, the Camera Connection Kit)? Or load up Office documents to read and edit?

Firstly I liked this ad. Those who were offended should lighten up.

I think one of the reasons apple wouldn't allow SD cards is because they will lose customers would've opted for the higher capacity models, will instead purchase the cheapest version and buy an SD card for a few bucks. That's potentially $200 less money to make per device.

 

[appleisking]

You mean easier than putting them on a Surface Pro and using Photoshop?

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Try the Surface Pro and see how Windows works on a tablet.

I don't need to try anything, all I need is to look up its specs and the reviews on it which all complain about its weight and battery life. It's simply trying to do too much to be a good device. It doesn't last long enough to be productive, jsut try running photoshop on it I'm sure it'll die in 2 hrs. Good luck with that.
The damn thing costs as much as an ultrabook, which is why it's a failure. Why would I want the surface pro when I can get an ultrabook that will have twice the battery life and be able to do everything the surface pro can do, at almost exactly the same weight. (As a note the macbook air has 3 times the battery life and is far more powerful), not to mention surface of course runs windows 8 which is already a dealbreaker.

 

[AppleScruff1]

I don't need to try anything, all I need is to look up its specs and the reviews on it which all complain about its weight and battery life. It's simply trying to do too much to be a good device. It doesn't last long enough to be productive, jsut try running photoshop on it I'm sure it'll die in 2 hrs. Good luck with that.
The damn thing costs as much as an ultrabook, which is why it's a failure. Why would I want the surface pro when I can get an ultrabook that will have twice the battery life and be able to do everything the surface pro can do, at almost exactly the same weight. (As a note the macbook air has 3 times the battery life and is far more powerful), not to mention surface of course runs windows 8 which is already a dealbreaker.

So I guess there's no point in discussing anything. You said Windows didn't work on a tablet. I provided proof to the contrary.

 

[Xiroteus]

I don't need to try anything, all I need is to look up its specs and the reviews on it which all complain about its weight and battery life. It's simply trying to do too much to be a good device. It doesn't last long enough to be productive, jsut try running photoshop on it I'm sure it'll die in 2 hrs. Good luck with that.
The damn thing costs as much as an ultrabook, which is why it's a failure. Why would I want the surface pro when I can get an ultrabook that will have twice the battery life and be able to do everything the surface pro can do, at almost exactly the same weight. (As a note the macbook air has 3 times the battery life and is far more powerful), not to mention surface of course runs windows 8 which is already a dealbreaker.

A group of people will love that it has wacom pressure sensitivity for artistic reasons.

 

[appleisking]

So I guess there's no point in discussing anything. You said Windows didn't work on a tablet. I provided proof to the contrary.

I never said windows doesn't work for a tablet. If anything, windows 8 is a tablet os, what I'm saying is microsoft didn't make a good tablet. I'm just not a fan of windows 8 either way and certainly not the surface pro.
Edit: I did say I think Microsoft's mistake is running a full windows os on a tablet due to the necessary processor bumps and subsequent battery deficiencies. Also it does take 23 gbs of formatting space.

 

[AppleScruff1]

I never said windows doesn't work for a tablet. If anything, windows 8 is a tablet os, what I'm saying is microsoft didn't make a good tablet. I'm just not a fan of windows 8 either way and certainly not the surface pro.
Edit: I did say I think Microsoft's mistake is running a full windows os on a tablet due to the necessary processor bumps and subsequent battery deficiencies. Also it does take 23 gbs of formatting space.

Originally Posted by appleisking
Actually Microsoft was the first to release tablets but they were absolute crap. So they're not late to the party so much as haven't learned anything from what happens to a tablet trying to run a fully fledged windows operating system

 

[larrylaffer]

I think the ad is moderately funny.

The fanboyism in this thread however, is totally hilarious.

 

[appleisking]

Originally Posted by appleisking
Actually Microsoft was the first to release tablets but they were absolute crap. So they're not late to the party so much as haven't learned anything from what happens to a tablet trying to run a fully fledged windows operating system

Yea excuse the confusion, but what was your argument for the surface pro? The only real thing I have against it is its price and battery life