Really surprised by the specs and cost of this thing compared to what's out there. Might be the reason Google is making their Jamboard.
Wasn't aware of Jamboard. Thanks for the reference. Link for others: https://gsuite.google.com/jamboard/
Microsoft’s Surface Hub is now apparently a billion-dollar business
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Re: Microsoft’s Surface Hub is now apparently a billion-dollar business
#22Very impressive entrance into what I thought would have been a well mature market by this point.
If Microsoft has managed to make it "just work" (I don't know if they have, but that was the pitch IIRC), then I can understand the enthusiasm. Most of the existing solutions have all the features you need, but fall on their face in the case of reliability and ease of just setting up a meeting. Being able to say "no more 10 minute scrambles at the beginning of meetings to get the tech working" is probably worth a lot…
They do kinda "just work". Less valuable if you'r not on 0365/Skype for Business, but it's a Microsoft product so that makes sense.
Re: Microsoft’s Surface Hub is now apparently a billion-dollar business
#23Very impressive entrance into what I thought would have been a well mature market by this point.
You would be astounded to know how many offices are still getting by with a single DLP projector and screen.
Or with a fancier system involving a TV and a high-end camera on top, with a separate tablet-like device for operating it (enabling conference mode etc). Those have a proprietary OS though, don't work with regular Microsoft products.
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#24I'm surprised by this as well, but I wonder how many of them were bought as "trophy" purchases, put on display in the lobby and the CEO's office.
"The average Surface Hub customer is buying about 50 devices for each deployment...(and) One (unnamed) car manufacturer bought 1,500 of the thing" Sounds like people are actually rolling them out through all their conference rooms
I have a large client who has them in every conference room, team room, meeting space, etc. They even have them in some of their large public lounges, constantly connected to lounges at their other campuses around the world.
Kinda cool to sit down with a coffee and have a quick chat with someone in another country, like internal chat-roulette.
Re: Microsoft’s Surface Hub is now apparently a billion-dollar business
#25I'm surprised by this as well, but I wonder how many of them were bought as "trophy" purchases, put on display in the lobby and the CEO's office.
"The average Surface Hub customer is buying about 50 devices for each deployment...(and) One (unnamed) car manufacturer bought 1,500 of the thing" Sounds like people are actually rolling them out through all their conference rooms
I wonder if the car manufacturer wants them for show rooms?
I could imagine a surface hub could make a very fancy virtual catalogue for going through the manufacturers full range of models, trim levels and options for instance. Maybe something a higher-end brand would be interested in (after all such dealerships often abound with fancy furniture for customers)?
Re: Microsoft’s Surface Hub is now apparently a billion-dollar business
#26It doesn't surprise me that Microsoft is in this space, and that they're doing well. But who would have thought this was a billion dollar business? I figured that the conference room's tech begins to rapidly depreciate almost immediately after installation; but maybe this is something different.
Rapid depreciation isn't necessarily a bad thing for business. iPhones rapidly depreciate, and iPhones are pretty much the biggest business on earth.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
"The average Surface Hub customer is buying about 50 devices for each deployment...(and) One (unnamed) car manufacturer bought 1,500 of the thing" Sounds like people are actually rolling them out through all their conference rooms
I wonder if the car manufacturer wants them for show rooms? I could imagine a surface hub could make a very fancy virtual catalogue for going through the manufacturers full range of models, trim levels and options for instance. Maybe something a higher-end brand would be interested in (after all such dealerships often abound with fancy furniture for customers)?
That's actually a pretty decent theory.
Re: Microsoft’s Surface Hub is now apparently a billion-dollar business
#29Again, Microsoft is successful in office punishment tools. Now it's a board to display Powerpoint slides with sales charts and to do all-day meetings. Microsoft: The Office Slavery Company.
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#30We have a few at work in our new building, I really love them. They're very nice to write on, very responsive and fast, and you can wheel them around - brilliant.