Microsoft pulls in $1.35B in revenue for Surface line
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Microsoft pulls in $1.35B in revenue for Surface line
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Re: Microsoft pulls in $1.35B in revenue for Surface line
#2Impressive indeed! Over 19% of Apple's iPad revenue.
Re: Microsoft pulls in $1.35B in revenue for Surface line
#3They certainly did something right, though I'm not quite sure what it was. A few years back, you couldn't step in front of an undergrad class here (Canada) without being subject to a wall of glowing bitten apples staring at you, now at least a quarter I'd estimate are those surface tablets.
Who knew people would take a chance on laptop that doesn't work when on your lap.
Re: Microsoft pulls in $1.35B in revenue for Surface line
#4They certainly did something right, though I'm not quite sure what it was. A few years back, you couldn't step in front of an undergrad class here (Canada) without being subject to a wall of glowing bitten apples staring at you, now at least a quarter I'd estimate are those surface tablets. Who knew people would take a chance on laptop that doesn't work when on your lap.
The branding of the surface has been pretty successful with the removable keyboard and especially the pen. The pen makes it really easy to take notes on lecture slides so you do not have to have mess/organize/maintain physical paper.
Re: Microsoft pulls in $1.35B in revenue for Surface line
#5They certainly did something right, though I'm not quite sure what it was. A few years back, you couldn't step in front of an undergrad class here (Canada) without being subject to a wall of glowing bitten apples staring at you, now at least a quarter I'd estimate are those surface tablets. Who knew people would take a chance on laptop that doesn't work when on your lap.
It actually works perfectly well when on your lap!
Re: Microsoft pulls in $1.35B in revenue for Surface line
#6This is impressive in general, but particularly so in light of where they came from: http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-900-million-surface-...
Re: Microsoft pulls in $1.35B in revenue for Surface line
#7They certainly did something right, though I'm not quite sure what it was. A few years back, you couldn't step in front of an undergrad class here (Canada) without being subject to a wall of glowing bitten apples staring at you, now at least a quarter I'd estimate are those surface tablets. Who knew people would take a chance on laptop that doesn't work when on your lap.
New SP4 owner (never had a surface). It's well on your lap. The back angle is infinitly adjustable, so that's not an issue and the key type cover is solid so typing isn't an issue even if on your lap - I read flex in the previous covers made this tricky.
Re: Microsoft pulls in $1.35B in revenue for Surface line
#8They certainly did something right, though I'm not quite sure what it was. A few years back, you couldn't step in front of an undergrad class here (Canada) without being subject to a wall of glowing bitten apples staring at you, now at least a quarter I'd estimate are those surface tablets. Who knew people would take a chance on laptop that doesn't work when on your lap.
The branding of the surface has been pretty successful with the removable keyboard and especially the pen. The pen makes it really easy to take notes on lecture slides so you do not have to have mess/organize/maintain physical paper.
I've found the pen to be the one part of my Surface that I don't use all, maybe it's because I am left handed and it leaves OneNote registering a ton of false navigation gestures but it's basically unusable for me.
Overall, I still like my Surface (non Pro) but it's mostly for web browsing and media consumption.
Re: Microsoft pulls in $1.35B in revenue for Surface line
#9They certainly did something right, though I'm not quite sure what it was. A few years back, you couldn't step in front of an undergrad class here (Canada) without being subject to a wall of glowing bitten apples staring at you, now at least a quarter I'd estimate are those surface tablets. Who knew people would take a chance on laptop that doesn't work when on your lap.
> being subject to a wall of glowing bitten apples staring at you
Remarkable imagery.
Re: Microsoft pulls in $1.35B in revenue for Surface line
#10If I ever get a tablet, it will be a surface. Simply because so much of the work I do resides in spreadsheets, and Surface is optimized for excel and productivity.