Microsoft’s Hardware, Round 2: Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2

Post by saturdaysaint » Tue, Sep 24, 2013, 2:40 PM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #248

saturdaysaint wrote: post #53

I like the Pro, but the non-Pro Surface doesn't strike me as any more competitive than last year's model. It's heavier than it's main competitor with lower resolution and orders of magnitude fewer apps. And it does nothing to address the wave of great mini tablets. Maybe I'm alone here, but I don't want to hold anything heavier than a pound for more than a few minutes. Also, with iOS 7 rolling out, MS is going to hav…

Given that iOS 7 is a copy of what MS and Google were already offering on their systems, why not?

Post by Throwadev » Tue, Sep 24, 2013, 3:18 PM UTC

binarycrusader wrote: post #139

eliben wrote: post #106

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Because you can get a much more powerful laptop for much less, if you need a "real PC". If you need a tablet, you can get one for far less too. Heck, you can get a great laptop + a great tablet for less! This is a delusional move from a company that's so far behind in this area that it's no longer funny.

There are a few things this has that a "much more powerful laptop" lacks at this price and size: * high-quality wacom digitizer * high resolution screen (1920x1080 @ 10.6") * touch screen With that said, I'd generally agree that if you don't need all of those things, you can do a lot better price-wise. But the hardware itself, assuming it's improved upon the previous generation as claimed, was pretty good last time.…

Post by RyJones » Wed, Sep 25, 2013, 10:50 PM UTC

davidacoder wrote: post #137

RyJones wrote: post #119

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Because a small fraction of people buy it, and a smaller fraction of purchasers turn it on. I've bought (and given away) four iPads with Verizon LTE. Exactly 0 people activated it. This is old data, but in line with newer data I've seen WRT iPad activation rates: http://tabletquest.com/2011/02/disappointing-apple-ipad-3g-a...

Well, sure, for a consumer device that I use on my couch in the evenings, I certainly don't need LTE. But the Pro seems pretty geared towards business, right? For business travelers this makes a huge, huge difference, though. And it seems to me that the high end Pro version is probably exclusively targeted at business users, at its price.