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Microsoft builds MacBook Pro rival with NVIDIA-powered Surface Laptop Ultra

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Re: Microsoft builds MacBook Pro rival with NVIDIA-powered Surface Laptop Ultra

#212

"The world is full of makers. Only a few make the world." What does this mean ? How can you make the world ?

> The world is full of makers. Only a few make the world.

Reminds me of all that "Lions. Not Sheep." gear I see people rockin'. LOL

Re: Microsoft builds MacBook Pro rival with NVIDIA-powered Surface Laptop Ultra

#218

> It’s well known that the Surface trackpads are among the best in the industry, surpassing even MacBooks in several aspects What aspects are these?

solid glass haptic trackpad instead of a clicky, mechanical piece of junk one?

Re: Microsoft builds MacBook Pro rival with NVIDIA-powered Surface Laptop Ultra

#220

Who is the target market for this? As an Apple user who can’t make iPad OS work I am always tempted by the surface but.. Every time I contemplate the surface (I like the hardware / concept) it seems the software I might want to use doesn’t support arm..

I mean, I used to be - with the disclaimer that I worked at Microsoft for a while (left in 2019), there was a hot minute when Surface devices were good and on an upward trajectory to become great. Microsoft was doing interesting things with new form factors and interface devices-- the Surface Book, Studio and Dial weren't all hits, but they were some of the only noteworthy experiments in PCs-- and they actually cared…

> coasted to a complete stop

I’m not sure how you say that on a release that is literally about new surface hardware

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