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HappySqurriel on 13 December 2012
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selnor said:
HappySqurriel said:
selnor said:
It would seem alot of people dont really understand Surface.

1. Surface RT is the tablet pitched against Ipad. And surface RT does more and has more functionality and features. Surface RT does what it set out to do.

2. Surface Pro is a replacement for your laptop and your tablet. A High end laptop + buying a tablet would cost you around or over 1000. But means you have to navigate and contend with 2 devices. Surface pro offers what those 2 do seperately on 1 device. Its high powered like an ultrabook and light and swift like a tablet.

It is worth its price. If you wanted Ipad prices that was what RT was for. An Ipad but better. For the same price.

Ford could create a hybrid muscle car and SUV but that doesn't mean it is a good idea or that there is a market for it ...

Beyond that, you can buy a Nexus 10 for $400 and a 15 inch laptop with a Core i5 and 6GB of memory for around $600 which doesn't make the surface much of a "value"; especially for people who see the surface as being an inferior tablet than the Nexus 10 and an inferior laptop to the Core i5.

When I used the Surface I couldn't help but think if the Zune, a device with some interesting ideas that were mostly poorly executed and was years behind the competition in the features consumers actually care about.

Regardless what you think, its fact that Surface Pro can do alot more than Nexus 10 just as a tablet. 

Your car analogy doesnt work here. Computers are hugely different.

We already know how much more functional RT is than any Android Tablet or Ipad. And in 1-2 years time Win 8 will have more apps than anyone. Win 8 has already sold more than any IOS or OSX or Droid OS ever. And all who have it can access the Marketplace for apps. 

Surface RT is for those who want an Ipad competitor with great build quality and the same pricing. 

Pro is for those who want both combined into 1. Of wich impressions are incredibly fast and functional as a full Win 8 desktop. And incredibly functional and fast as a tablet out and about. 

Nexus 10 doesnt even stand a chance wit its lack of features in comparison. Not to mention the need to still have a laptop.

Windows will continue to have the most desktop focused applications, but the small sales of the Windows 8 phones and tablets will ensure that mobile apps will continue to be primarily developed for ios and Android.

I recently switched jobs to a company dedicated to mobile app development with a lot of gigantic customers, our current Window's 8 strategy is exactly the same as our Blackberry strategy ... "F*ck it, it doesn't matter. If they want to they can use our HTML5 client" ...