tenly

JW0914 said:

While I'm all for constructive criticism of a product, it would appear this has little to do with the surface itself and more to do with networking issues, which the article clearly states. If that really was the issue during the game, Microsoft has nothing to do with it, nor does the surface itself. The network issues would either be due to the NFL's/Stadium's WiFi and/or the network drivers on the surface (of which Microsoft has nothing to do with at all, as drivers are written by the component manufacturer [Broadcom, Intel, Qualcomm, etc.])

All of the weeks that the system has worked, Microsoft has been happy to take the credit for the entire system.  If they're going to mislead people into thinking that somebody else's program and technology (the backend system) is a value add provided by Microsoft - then they damn well be ready to take their lumps when that system has problems.  Because Microsoft has been happy to take the credit for all the successes, they must also take the responsibility for the failure!

There is plenty that Microsoft could have done to ensure that they had a redundant system in place - with backup networks standing by and failover servers ready to take over should any of the main servers fail.  Apple would have definitely had a robust and redundant solution in place - so it's true that this problem would not have occurred if Apple was running the system and featuring iPads.

Redundant systems/disaster recovery and failover are all well-known and documented requirements of any business critical system.  Microsoft is not afraid to spend money but for some reason they didn't build a redundant system.  The blame for the failure may not belong to the surface - but it most definitely belongs to Microsoft.  A great example of Microsoft incompetence and laziness in inaction.  Are you ready to trust them and their software to run your companies business critical systems now that you see how they design and implement their own???  Not me!
 

tbolt said:

Apple Insider just lost a lot of credibility on my end. If they can't report accurately on something like this, why should I bother reading their stories about ANYTHING else? This Mac, iOS, Android, Windows user says "adios, Apple Insider!"

2 posts in the history of your account - and one of them to say goodbye...

we'll miss the contribution you've made to the community....   /s

Badstroller said:

slurpy said:

Do you have a SHRED of evidence for anything you've just said? Selling like hotcakes you say? Ok, provide us some sales figures for this "resounding commercial success". Cause I haven't seen any. I know you're a microsoft shill, but stop being full of shit. 

There you go. http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/23/8484267/microsoft-earnings-report-q3-2015. They recorded 713M in revenue for the surface line in Q3 2015. Sure, they aren't "apple" revenue numbers, but no one has "apple" revenue numbers besides apple. The surface line might not sell as well as iPad, but it definitely isn't struggling. Quit flinging around insults, I find it very hard to take you seriously if you have to result to calling me a "shill" and "full of shit". 

Badstroller said:

slurpy said:

Do you have a SHRED of evidence for anything you've just said? Selling like hotcakes you say? Ok, provide us some sales figures for this "resounding commercial success". Cause I haven't seen any. I know you're a microsoft shill, but stop being full of shit. 

There you go. http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/23/8484267/microsoft-earnings-report-q3-2015. They recorded 713M in revenue for the surface line in Q3 2015. Sure, they aren't "apple" revenue numbers, but no one has "apple" revenue numbers besides apple. The surface line might not sell as well as iPad, but it definitely isn't struggling. Quit flinging around insults, I find it very hard to take you seriously if you have to result to calling me a "shill" and "full of shit". 

Revenue does not equal profit.  You know that, right?
Sales are up 44% over last year?  Wow!  That's not very impressive if they lose $5 per unit.  And even if they break even or make 10% profit per unit.  That's only about 70 million in profit.
If the IPad Pro made 70 million in profit over a full year - do you think people would call it "a resounding success"?  LOL!

In any case - I'm just making up numbers.  I read the article you linked and I couldn't see any information that even suggested that the Surface is profitable.  Revenue itself is not an indicator of success.  Can you provide any evidence that MS is making a profit off of Surface sales?

troit said:

tenly said:

LOL!  It wasn't enough for me to just click the "Like" button on this one....

I agree with every word you wrote and commend you for the eloquence with which you delivered it.  Somebody needs to call out these imbecile trolls so that casual readers don't mistakenly buy into any of their crap.

But you'll buy into blatantly distorted articles like this? Says enough.

Get back in line sheep and go to bed. I guarantee you have a 9-5pm job tomorrow and a boss to serve.

Your "guarantee" just serves to further display your ignorance.  If we could choose to live the life of anybody on the planet, I would choose to live mine (and so would you!).

You know - even if your opinions were right, and even the information you post about were accurate (they're not and its not); the way you express yourself - as a new member to a public forum - speaks volumes about your character.  You're abusive and arrogant and therefore don't have many friends.  You come here seeking attention - and congratulations - we've given you some!  But as far as I'm concerned, you can go back to your lonely life as I'm done interacting with you. 

Here's some free advice that could be a start at improving your life and maybe one day even making a friend (if you decide to take it...). Delete this account.  Make a new one.  Be nice to people - or at least polite.  Find an article that discusses something that interests you - and post your opinions - in a non-arrogant, non threatening and non-abusive way - and don't forget that others have valid opinions too - even if their opinions are different than yours!

Buh-bye!

tallest skil said:

troit said:

Look at the iPad Pro. If you buy that, you are an idiot who has no idea what productivity means.

I guess I can’t comment, because mine was a gift, so the work I do with it I guess doesn’t count as being productive.

Or maybe you’re just a lunatic troll, like any of the thousands we’ve seen before, whose physical and digital genitals are psychologically bolstered in size by pretending to tear down people who are infinitely better than you simply because you couldn’t afford what they have.

LOL!  It wasn't enough for me to just click the "Like" button on this one....

I agree with every word you wrote and commend you for the eloquence with which you delivered it.  Somebody needs to call out these imbecile trolls so that casual readers don't mistakenly buy into any of their crap.