Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface than ever before
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Re: Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface than ever before
#2One high price computer for another...
Just kidding. I want a Surface Studio so bad its crazy. Just can't bring myself to spend the scratch, though.
Re: Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface than ever before
#3I just can't get behind either the Surface or Macbook Pro. I had a Macbook that my wife has taken over and I'm currently rockin' an Asus ultrabook that has a 15" screen. I love the bigger screens and 13" is just way to small for me. For the price of a Surface Book I could get a Dell/HP/Lenovo with a 15" screen, 32GB of memory and a large SSD.
Re: Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface than ever before
#4Apple should realize that most of its cash cow (iPhone) is due to Mac and developers are key to long term success.
Re: Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface than ever before
#5good ol' Microsoft FUD if they had numbers I see no reason why the wouldn't make them public
Re: Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface than ever before
#6Microsoft means "than before Surface exists".
Re: Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface than ever before
#7I just can't get behind either the Surface or Macbook Pro. I had a Macbook that my wife has taken over and I'm currently rockin' an Asus ultrabook that has a 15" screen. I love the bigger screens and 13" is just way to small for me. For the price of a Surface Book I could get a Dell/HP/Lenovo with a 15" screen, 32GB of memory and a large SSD.
It's a function of how you use your computer. I travel a lot and find 13" is a pretty good compromise between portability and usability. No way would I travel with a 15". I do sometimes just go with a small Asus Flip Chromebook but with the knowledge that I can't use it for everything.
Re: Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface than ever before
#8>Microsoft refuses to provide numbers but vaguely claims “our trade-in program for MacBooks was our best ever.”
But wasn't it the first time they ever offered a trade-in for Macbooks? I just googled it and was not able to find old offers.
Re: Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface than ever before
#9I'd be curious to see the real numbers:
Again, Microsoft refuses to provide numbers but vaguely claims “our trade-in program for MacBooks was our best ever.”
If you go from 5 trade ins to 7, you can site your best year ever. It doesn't mean you've made a dent. I can see that people are disappointed in the new MacBook, but there are very few I know that would just say "screw it, I'm switching platforms." Admittedly, my friends are mostly designers and developers, so it's a biased sample, but I'm a little skeptical about the numbers.
Re: Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface than ever before
#10I just can't get behind either the Surface or Macbook Pro. I had a Macbook that my wife has taken over and I'm currently rockin' an Asus ultrabook that has a 15" screen. I love the bigger screens and 13" is just way to small for me. For the price of a Surface Book I could get a Dell/HP/Lenovo with a 15" screen, 32GB of memory and a large SSD.
13.5" is great for portability - my surface book is small enough to slip into a satchel in a way that a larger laptop wouldn't, and light enough to do that with. Before I got it I used to have two laptops (an 11" ultrabook for travel and an 18" gaming laptop), but the surface book replaces both - powerful enough to game on but small enough to transport. I used to be a big fan of the big screens, but you adjust quickly, and the resolution is high which is the main thing; I could keep a screen plugged into my surface dock if I wanted to use a bigger screen at home, though so far I haven't felt the need.