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Downvoted for what?
I didn't downvote you but "beautiful" is not really a constructive comment. :)
There is a difference between downvote and ignoring the comment.
Microsoft Surface Studio
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#112this is true innovation. mean while.. an OLED stripe.. aghem.. a Razer keyboard
I agree, Microsoft has been really leading in innovation over the last few years, with the surface book last year and the studio this year. I have been really let down with Apple lately and their lack of willingness to innovate. Hopefully we will see something truly innovative from Apple on Friday, but I doubt it.
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#113The two things that Macbooks have had over Windows laptops, in my opinion, is high resolution screens and a fantastic trackpad. Windows laptops, even on the high end, still tend to screens no better than 1080p and crappy touchpads. My wife hates the touchpad so much she always uses a mouse and has the trackpad disabled. I just got an HP Elite x2, which is basically a Surface Pro and I really like the pen and touch in…
> Windows laptops, even on the high end, still tend to screens no better than 1080p and crappy touchpads.
Touchpads is true since most manufacturers don't use precision touchpad.
But the screen issue is definitely not true in the high end. Too many touch-enabled 4k displays when you max out a high-end config from dell/hp/lenovo.
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#114Poor Cintiq is losing more and more market share with these sort of products.
who builds the touch/stylus technology for MS? I thought the earlier surfaces had wacom technologies inside?
They bought Wacom's competitor when they launched the portable Surface; I think it was called Ntrig.
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#115I can't but feel sad that Microsoft somehow is dropping the ball on mobile despite them having been, briefly, in a prime position to succeed. They've executed well with their "One platform"-strategy. UWP is great and with the new composition API their finally moving into being able to compete in the modern software arena. Meanwhile on the hardware side Panos is basically doing what Apple should have been doing if the…
They arn't in a prime position to succeed with mobile. Not anymore. That ship sailed 3+ years ago.
Disclaimer: msftie.
I don't buy that, despite how much I hear it. there are a few situations I'd agree that if you don't have the first-to-market advantage you're basically fucked (social networking being a prime one, any system where network effect dominates). And while people cite apps as being the "network-effect-esque" factor in this case, I'm not sure I buy that. Looking at data of how many people NEVER use a single app, how many domains/specialties could use a "professional" phone without a broad app base, how many niches are untapped (constant laments from myself and others about how there are no small, robust, non-feature-obsessed "working mans smartphone") I truly believe there are ways into the market that are just fine to grow a sufficiently profitable business if you're simply OK with not trying to be the next iPhone RIGHT NOW. Maybe this ties back into the whole "vc doesn't want companies that _just work_, they want growth" mindset, but I fundamentally reject that as a philosophy so perhaps I'll never see eye to eye with the decision makers in this case.
(to clarify something for responders, all of the above is aligned as well with the implicit statement that you can't let investment slack; because then you lose your grassroots/what little mindshare you could have had to grow, take the above as "why I think a company should continue investment even in the current scenario")
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#116If it will run Linux, I'll buy one immediately...
And spend $2,500+ on what is essentially a fancy display? I doubt that any distro or app would support the gadgets that this comes with.
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I guess you are talking about the website? Because the product couldn't possible be more different than the iMac, if any the product feels like an iteration over the Dell XPS 27 line
yeah. I haven't used and won't probably use this device but marketing wise, it's exactly same as what Apple does. that makes sense to get downvotes though since 99% of this thread's audiences are Microsoft zombies :)
I am writing this on a MacBook Pro so I don't describe myself as a Microsoft zombie (I didn't downvote you either) and I find this machine way more appealing than an iMac.
I have a marketing filter in my mind so I couldn't care less about the design of the website.
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#118I have to say this is the first time in years when there's a feeling that MS has outpaced Apple. The product looks amazing.
My thought is that it doesn't matter because MS missed the mobile market. People will default to the products that best integrate with their phones, and that will be iPad Pro or .... whatever the android space has to offer.
I feel like an iPad mini sized device might help break them into that market. Since I really don't make phone calls, when I have my iPad mini with me I don't really use my phone.
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It would be careless of them to water down the brand like that, after having developed the technology in the first place.
The current use of "Surface" itself is an example of Microsoft watering down a brand in much the same way; it might be careless but it's absolutely consistent with Microsoft's past behavior.
Surface originally was a large windows tablet that doubled as a "table" it also had fancy sensors underneath that allowed you to do a couple of cool things and other way cooler things that never came to fruition.
Seems like it would have died off as a huge blundering $10k per table mess by Microsoft. Or as a badly thought out Windows RT Surface tablet. I would have liked another Surface table (one that actually got better support than a few WPF/Windows widgets) but I'd say now Surface is a huge brand for Microsoft with laptops/desktops.
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#120I have to say this is the first time in years when there's a feeling that MS has outpaced Apple. The product looks amazing.
Yeah this seems to aim straight at the complaints that Apple has been ignoring the creative segment of their market.
Apple these days are designed for optimal usage of iTunes and Safari.
It is no longer the platform of choice for creative content creation.