Posts by TheOtherGeoff

Quote: Originally Posted by tjwal   I run a $500 quad core 3 Ghz desktop.  I guess I'm to cheap to pay $2,000+ for something comparable from Apple. Apple is just not competive in the desktop market so...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dick Applebaum        The article is about the "dilemma" in pricing the Surface tablets.  The $90 is what MS' Partners will have to pay MS to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Apple ][  People who use Windows and people who buy PC's tend for the most part to be cheap. MS is going to have trouble moving tablets at a price point that is too much for these cheap...

Quote: Originally Posted by kingsmuse    To say that MS will be "done" in just a few years is crazy as it seems they`ve finally made a fairly cohesive move to actually compete in the mobile...

And What this says to me...Between this and the 'Surface Announcement', Ultrabooks are dead.   And the logic of... 1) I'll buy a iPad now, and decide later to get a 'WinTel basestation' (Desktop/Laptop) is plausible... If...

Quote: Originally Posted by poke  This is nuclear. Microsoft just deprecated the entire WP7 platform. If you bought a Lumia your phone is now worthless.   and WP7 was a scorched earth on WP6.   From...

 "relatively energy-efficient."   relative to what?   sort of a squishy review term... 

Quote: Originally Posted by Michael Scrip  True.... or it's an ultrabook with a touchscreen and a removable keyboard. I'm speaking, of course, about the Windows 8 Pro version. For those who need full Windows on a...

Quote: Originally Posted by SockRolid    This all smells like a last-resort move by Microsoft.  The only reason for burning their Ultrabook hardware partners that badly is because there's no other way...

Quote: Originally Posted by melgross    Quote: Originally Posted by waldobushman  MS is never too late if they focus on Office and the Enterprise with their virtual monopoly...