Microsoft unveils 'Surface' Windows 8 tablet - Page 4

 

Looks like the Microsoft employees are trolling. Won't help.

My macbook air has all that.

Apple would never make something like this.

Remember, Apple has probably already prototyped something similar, and it was a disaster, so again, Apple would never release something like this.

Perhaps when iOS and OS X mature to the point of almost merging, and the keyboard and mouse/trackpad become obsolete (voice and body language/gestures for input) would Apple make something similar. (By then, this "Surface" would look dated as a beige box with a CRT does now).

 

 

Actually, it was announced that if you fold it back on itself it's supposed to turn off the keyboard functionality so you don't get random key presses.

 

Let's criticise it for sure, but only on the basis of accurate information. 

Priceless.

 

It's a slaptop.

 

Bit like Balmer.

I think there may be a nice response to the Intel version as it will run legacy software and is very portable. On the downside, it will be more like a MBA in that can't work too hard due to the heat restrictions. So, people that want a MBP for performance would not be attracted to this hardware. If I had a choice between a MBA and this, I think I'd still go MBA due to it's "out of the briefcase" simplicity, and it instant start up. 

 

However the ARM version may be a much harder sell for MS. First, it''s not expected to be priced less, second, the MS ARM version will have very little apps to begin with. 

 

My take-away is that MS is going to strongly push the need for a keyboard with system 8, Intel version or ARM version. I expect Apple to say, "Why type, when you can talk?" 

 

My bet is that TALK will win over TYPE.

 

What IS the pricing? Odd that they did not announce that.

 

Frankly, positioning one of these as a mini-notebook will really irritate all of the Windows hardware competitors. This is encroaching on their territory. Bad move on MS's part.

Maybe he has a kickstand.

BUT HOW DO YOU TYPE IN PORTRAIT MODE ON THIS KEYBOARD???

 

Sorry for the all caps but I just can't help laughing at this silly product.

 

(my very first post in AI btw)

 

Was it shown actually running in portrait mode? Is it even capable of such a thing?

Oh, I thought it was the waiter with our drinks ...

I like the USB. Seriously, iPad is lame for not having it. Not everything can be done wirelessly, there are tons and tons of devices that only use usb, this opens up things a lot... of course, there being no user accessible file system on the iPad is another matter. Anyhow, competition is good. This thing will live or die on how well the OS works in this form factor. 

 

Funnily enough I know people who have never synched their iOS devices, still works for them just fine.

Man that is very obvious..you CAN'T!

 

Unless you detach it and there's a way to snap it back while the tablet is in portrait. But then it'll be disproportionate.LOL

 

The very reason why Apple ditch physical keyboard.

Hold on kids I know you want to play angry birds but dad has to install this great security app first to prevent spyware and viruses.

Oh crap the browser has just been hijacked again,


Why is this thing so slow. Darn rescan.exe using 99% CPU again,

WTBF have you been smoking?

A little too thick. 

 

 

 

But it's got a kickstand. To keep it from falling over. 

 

Quite a metaphor for the company as a whole. 

Net books worked great these things should too right????

How can you say that when you haven't even tested this thing out?

What no Home Basic, Home Premium, Business or Ultimate Edition?
 

Actually they are. They are the first to create a tablet ish thing do ugly Apple would be embarrassed to claim was ripped off the iPad design

With a two-hour battery life, you better stand close to a wall outlet. Because of heat restrictions, this will be as under-powered as a MBA. Because of the keyboard connection, this will not be as satisfactory as a Laptop, you really need a table to prop up the screen too. I'd recommend the MBA running Parallels... you are not really an iPad person.

 

He's a Microsoft FAN desperate for anything - literally ANYTHING - marketed as an iPad competitor with an MS logo on it. 

 

THAT is how much it positively sucks to be an MS fan these days. Or these . . . years. 

It's foolish to compare typing on the cover with typing on a screen. That's not the game. The question is, will it be as good to type on as the Logitech Ultraslim Keyboard Cover that I'm typing on (or something comparable). My guess is NO.

 

LOL. Is Microsoft trying to convince you they have equal manufacturing and design prowess as a certain rival in Cupertino, who shall remain nameless? "It's got magnesiumly deposited super vapor coating for light-years of durability and tensile limit!" and "The screen is optically bonded to the screen, making the screen one solid piece of optically bonded screen that won't wash off!"

 

And you have?

Does it come in brown?

Wonder what J Allard is thinking right now...

If the intention is to use the soft keyboard, why not just buy a more robust UltraBook?

Wonder how HP, the first to market with the Slate using their partner MS's software, feels about this development?

Yes, impressive technology, but it lacks elegance and it feels crack-handed within the context of MS's OEM partnerships. And why announce now with no ship date or firm pricing? Have they published expected battery time yet?

Tim Cook said it best:

 

 

 

Worked out pretty well for RIMM and the PlayBook!
Edited by Dick Applebaum - 6/18/12 at 6:49pm

I doubt it: Windows 8 Release Preview, by definition an unoptimized build, requires 16 Gb of disk space.

Copying the iPod didn't work out well for MS.  The only thing I really like here is the keyboard/cover, but if you can't get exactly that for the iPad right now, you will be able to soon.  MS obviously has to try to respond to the iPad, and this is a plausible strategy.  I just don't think it's going to work.  Too late, with a product that isn't as good.  It won't attract many consumers, and it will alienate its windows-tablet hardware partners.

 

 

OSX would be horrible on a touch based device.

The first person to post "haha! You Apple fanbois are all scared now!" wins a prize. It's inevitable...

LOL!

 

it's not a netbook, it's not an ultraportable, it's not a tablet......it's SURFACE! 

 

hey Microsoft why don't you just leave Tech industry all together, you are already making ppl more miserable with your horrible operating system.

Hey, a "tablet" with a C:\ drive.

Now I know why it has a physical keyboard. Like a laptop. Wth a detachable keyboard.

 

Funny how all of a sudden there seems to be a lot of pro-Microsoft commentators surprisingly well informed about the features of this device across all the Mac forums right now. Redmond is clearly feeling the heat.

Isn't the Apple's SmartCover magnetic hinge patented? Bring on the injunction! =)