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Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by mhomde »

I 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 they had any creative leadership left... but it doesn't matter, for some reason they've seemed to abandoned mobile despite having all the pieces in place.

Their mistreatment, lack of support and quality assurance of the mobile side of the platform has been dismal. It's very weird, obviously they can do hardware, they have the ecosystem to back them up and the API teams have been doing some great stuff when it comes to w10, yet they've seemed to given up on mobile.

I must say I don't understand it, how can such a big player as Microsoft abandon such a strategic area of their ecosystem? I understand that it's hard to be a profitable in the harsh reality of consumer electronics and that the money is in business... but yet, if you're not in mobile you're leaving a gaping hole in your ecosystem that leaves the other parts vulnerable. I don't understand why they don't simple pour resources into mobile with the same enthusiasm as tablets/laptops and gaming.

Something must be off with the leadership or I'm missing something

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

#72

Post by vezycash »

devopsproject wrote: post #13
1st1 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can't wait to install Kaspersky on it! :)

uBlock Origin + Windows Defender = pretty good defence for people who don't click yes on everything that pops up

+ unchecky

It protects from toolbars, addons and other bundlewares of free software.

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

#74

Post by slantyyz »

NetStrikeForce wrote: post #29
20tibbygt06 wrote: post #16

Starting at $2,999 to $4,199 Product Page: https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Surface... *Surface Dial included edit: as pointed out below you do get a Surafce Dial with the purchase of the studio. I originally looked at the "what's included" section where the dial was not listed.

It seems to me, from the naming (Studio) to the price, that this is purely a professional tool and not a high-end home computer. Microsoft has plenty of partners to compete with the iMac. Now those partners can look into the Surface Studio as something to aspire to.

The 3:2 aspect ratio probably makes it less consumery as well.

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by gxs »

As a side note, it's amazing to see that despite everyone ragging on apple and claiming superiority to them, they all copy their advertising style.

The copy on the google pixel site and this site are both very obviously apple-ish.

edit: down vote away, doesn't change the fact that these websites scream "we want to be apple". Though I will say, the tides are changing for apple judging by the amount of people hurt by this comment.

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by jasonkostempski »

rufugee wrote: post #6

If it will run Linux, I'll buy one immediately...

If you run Linux on your desktop, even if it's not your main motivation, I assume you have a basic idea as to why it's likely a bad idea to trust a product from Microsoft. Please don't fund their efforts to lock-down the PC market.

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by dom96 »

WayneBro wrote: post #33
jhwhite wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

MS is definitely taking the steps in the hardware department that Apple has been lagging behind on. But I still feel Windows itself is not a productive OS. I'm big on keyboard shortcuts but MS is very much mouse based. Being required to use my pinky to try and hit CTRL instead of my thumb to hit COMMAND to do simple things like copy and paste is HUGE to me. I didn't use a Windows machine for 3 years and when I did ne…

> I'm big on keyboard shortcuts but MS is very much mouse based. Incorrect. You can operate the entirety of Windows with just the keyboard. Please tell me what you cannot do with the keyboard in Windows and I'll straighten you out. OS X/macOS is definitely worse with regards to keyboard acceleration. For instance, here's a glaring omission on Apple's part: try opening any window from the menu bar (e.g. the BetterSnap…

A slightly different example that infuriates me about macOS. How do I toggle the visibility of hidden files in Finder? To be honest I don't know if there is a shortcut for this in Windows, but what infuriates me is the inconsistency between Finder and the native macOS file browser dialog which allows you to press Cmd+Shift+., why can't the same shortcut be available in Finder?

Re: Microsoft Surface Studio

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Post by vezycash »

NetStrikeForce wrote: post #20
1st1 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That was irony :)

That was sarcasm. Irony is that you've confused one with the other :)

I'm sure he's being serious. I've stopped using other antivirus since Defender came on board. Whenever I buy a new laptop, the first thing I do is uninstall Norton and activate defender.
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