Apple needs to have a mock funeral. Effigy of Ballmer on a black crepe-draped Surface. Ending in a pyre, with weeping employees tearing their hair and rending their garments.
I still don't see why anyone would buy a Surface Pro so close to the release of Intel's Haswell Y-series (fanless). Y-series tablets are expected to have a much thinner chassis and a 7~9 hour battery life. Essentially what the Surface Pro should have been originally.
you could have just stopped at the bolded part.
I really don't get the surface pro. It's a tablet that wants to be a laptop, but as a laptop, it has an awful keyboard/trackpad and can't actually be used on your lap. You can get a actual windows 8 netbook for less than half the price. And as a tablet, I really don't see the appeal of running apps designed for the desktop without a mouse/keyboard. Touch UI has different requirements than mouse/keyboard UI. Attempting to merge the two together can't possibly work as well in either direction as custom designing for each.
3) create ads that signify why people want to buy your product. So instead of this:
[VIDEO]
Do something that tells a story, like this:
[VIDEO]
Of course, the device itself has to be a truly working one, also in portrait mode, also useable after unpacked, ecosystem to go with it, and so on and so forth.
The above might be considered lame, but take a look at this and see why people actually prefer to buy from Apple . MS, not so much.
I still don't see why anyone would buy a Surface Pro so close to the release of Intel's Haswell Y-series (fanless). Y-series tablets are expected to have a much thinner <span style="line-height:1.231;">chassis and a 7~9 hour battery life. Essentially what the Surface Pro should have been originally.</span>
I've heard this theory: that nobody bought a surface pro because of Haswell. Except that Apple sold plenty of MacBook Airs and iPads without Haswell.
I really don't get the surface pro. It's a tablet that wants to be a laptop, but as a laptop, it has an awful keyboard/trackpad and can't actually be used on your lap. You can get a actual windows 8 netbook for less than half the price. And as a tablet, I really don't see the appeal of running apps designed for the desktop without a mouse/keyboard. Touch UI has different requirements than mouse/keyboard UI. Attempting to merge the two together can't possibly work as well in either direction as custom designing for each.
Get 'em now while you still can. I wouldn't be surprised if the next Microsoft CEO cancels Surface, writes the whole project off, and blames it all on Ballmer.
Get 'em now while you still can. I wouldn't be surprised if the next Microsoft CEO cancels Surface, writes the whole project off, and blames it all on Ballmer.
But, he/she might pour more money into the project and make it Window 9 or something. Who knows?
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And, what's up with that GOOG price graph in this story?!
Does the author even need to justify a reason to hate on Google?
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How are they going to pay all those dancers for the upcoming Surface commercials?
300 Surface Pros apiece.
If they dropped them to $79, they might sell some. At $799? Forget it.
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Originally Posted by LAKings33
I still don't see why anyone would buy a Surface Pro so close to the release of Intel's Haswell Y-series (fanless). Y-series tablets are expected to have a much thinner chassis and a 7~9 hour battery life. Essentially what the Surface Pro should have been originally.
you could have just stopped at the bolded part.
I really don't get the surface pro. It's a tablet that wants to be a laptop, but as a laptop, it has an awful keyboard/trackpad and can't actually be used on your lap. You can get a actual windows 8 netbook for less than half the price. And as a tablet, I really don't see the appeal of running apps designed for the desktop without a mouse/keyboard. Touch UI has different requirements than mouse/keyboard UI. Attempting to merge the two together can't possibly work as well in either direction as custom designing for each.
Sorry MS, the surface is doomed.
Get out of the tablet hardware business and focus on writing software.
The original headline was probably "Microsoft permanently slashes Surface Pro price as Google shares tumble," or something similarly clickbait-y .
1) create rumors
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2) don't take down mockups
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3) create ads that signify why people want to buy your product. So instead of this:
[VIDEO]
Do something that tells a story, like this:
[VIDEO]
Of course, the device itself has to be a truly working one, also in portrait mode, also useable after unpacked, ecosystem to go with it, and so on and so forth.
The above might be considered lame, but take a look at this and see why people actually prefer to buy from Apple . MS, not so much.
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I've heard this theory: that nobody bought a surface pro because of Haswell. Except that Apple sold plenty of MacBook Airs and iPads without Haswell.
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you could have just stopped at the bolded part.
I really don't get the surface pro. It's a tablet that wants to be a laptop, but as a laptop, it has an awful keyboard/trackpad and can't actually be used on your lap. You can get a actual windows 8 netbook for less than half the price. And as a tablet, I really don't see the appeal of running apps designed for the desktop without a mouse/keyboard. Touch UI has different requirements than mouse/keyboard UI. Attempting to merge the two together can't possibly work as well in either direction as custom designing for each.
My 2 cents
http://www.ebay.com/itm/32GB-Microsoft-Surface-RT-Tablet-bundle-with-Black-Touch-Cover/181164214746
No, No, No, No!!!
They didn't 'make' $853 M. That was the revenue figure. When you say how much a company 'made', you should be talking about profits.
Why can't they get people who have at least the most basic financial knowledge write articles like this?
Brilliant!!
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I've heard this theory: that nobody bought a surface pro because of Haswell. Except that Apple sold plenty of MacBook Airs and iPads without Haswell.
You clearly need to go back and read my post again. Take a minute and try to understand what was implied.
Get 'em now while you still can. I wouldn't be surprised if the next Microsoft CEO cancels Surface, writes the whole project off, and blames it all on Ballmer.
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Get 'em now while you still can. I wouldn't be surprised if the next Microsoft CEO cancels Surface, writes the whole project off, and blames it all on Ballmer.
But, he/she might pour more money into the project and make it Window 9 or something. Who knows?
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My 2 cents
You forgot the kickstand!