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greenmedic88 on 29 October 2012
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michael_stutzer said:
disolitude said:
michael_stutzer said:

But it is seriously underpowered, which is evident by the performance of the applications. Yes the UI is fast, but it is not a big achievement really at this point. The screen isn't all that great (resolutionwise), it is underpowered, the app selection is definitely not one of the strengths. The problem is definitely not the OS though, with better hardware pretty much all problems will be gone. Everyone should wait Surface 2 or other tablets in my opinion.


Perhaps...I haven't noticed any slowdown from the 15 minutes I spent with it, but there have been some complaints so it may be justified.

I think that we are underestimating the value of proper MS office on a tablet form factor. It's te only tablet offering this right now and I think this is it's main appeal. It's certanly selling well if we are to believe Microsoft being sold out so the lack of specs isn't something it appears to be hurting it...

Even assuming performance is good now, it isn't future proof. I generally use my electronic devices at least three years so I want them well specced for the future.

In my opinion, people are overestimating it if anything. I never understand the appeal of Office on a touch screen, though I have to try it before saying the final word. It may change my mind. I never felt the lack of Office though, and it will come to other OS's as well. I think that its main selling point is the nice and different UI (at least compared to Ipad). 

The people that care about the specs are probably not a big percentage of the customers, so of course the lack of specs is not going to hurt it at the beginning. It may be a problem down the road when people find out that the competing tablets are better performers though. Do the other available RT tablets have the same internals? 

I think you do have a point in that next year's Surface 2 RT is going to really date the current version's hardware when developer's start optimizing their apps for Surface 2 specs.

Everyone will see: the Surface will be just like the iPad in that respect. Expect to see a high res version next year as well.