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Authored by: Kilz on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 08:35 AM EDT |
I wonder how the hardware would be if you installed Linux on
it? I kind of like the look of it and the fact it has some
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 12:32 PM EDT |
But not in the way one might imagine.
They surprised me because they
reflect my opinion of every product Microsoft has ever
released.
Historically the reviews have never contained anything actually
bad and spoke to the "most efficient, stable, operating system yet".
With
the change in how the reviews have been handled in the last couple years - where
even the MS fans who insist the BSOD does not exist (figuratively speaking) are
giving negative comments - I personally view it as a positive change.
MS
will never change if the general market keeps saying nothing but praise about
them. But when the market as a general group is denouncing MS - then real
change has the potential of occurring.
Maybe some day MS will change
enough that instead of going out of business they'll actually properly implement
industry standards. Start to innovate for the first time in it's history with
regards things that will help the end-user instead of continuing to focus on
anti-competitive behavior.
Then again, maybe some day a procine will get
its pilot license.
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Authored by: Alan(UK) on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 12:51 PM EDT |
Damned with faint praise. No doubt someone at Microsoft owns a monkey-wrench and
a hammer but I thought that Microsoft's main business was writing, or otherwise
obtaining, software. If the operating system is slow, and the applications
lacking, does it matter if it is 'beautiful'?
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Microsoft is nailing up its own coffin from the inside.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 01:35 PM EDT |
For example, over breakfast this morning I read a review of the Surface in the
dead-tree edition of the NY Times. It was not exactly a rave, at all.
Short version:
Wonderful hardware. Really crappy software. As extra sauce, some really scathing
comments about how so many thought until now that Microsoft is a great software
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 02:14 PM EDT |
Its a turkey, but its the nicest looking turkey M$ has launched in ages. [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 02:49 PM EDT |
I just had a quick look at YT for your video, no luck, but I did find
three "Hands on Reviews" which were 100% untouched MS ads...
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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, October 24 2012 @ 07:51 PM EDT |
The reviews I've seen are similar to those for the RIM Playbook. They're
saying the hardware is nice, but the software isn't really ready and is missing
essential functionality.
I'm not surprised the hardware is OK. Lots of
companies have been making Android tablets for several years now, and Microsoft
just had to shop around for a manufacturer and perhaps hand them a few concept
sketches to show the styling they were looking for.
The software was
always going to be problem. Third party OEMs now have the choice of taking a
risk with Windows 8, or using a proven system like Android.
Part of
the problem with Windows 8 is that Microsoft requires very specific hardware
capabilities, so there's not a lot of room for cost reductions. Microsoft then
targeted the Apple iPad as the tablet they want to match. Hardware OEMs can't
produce a tablet that is significantly cheaper than an iPad, except by cutting
their own throats on margin. It also means they can't just take an existing
Android tablet and stick Windows 8 on it (although they might be able to share
some components).
A consumer has three choices:
- Buy
something that is expensive but is the market leader (iPad).
- Buy
something cheaper (Android).
- Buy something that is expensive as the
market leader, but not as good as the cheaper option (Windows
8).
The Nokia fiasco may be the reason why Microsoft has released
their own tablet. Gaining success will require staying power as well as luck,
and the third party OEMs aren't going to keep pouring their own money into
something that isn't selling. Microsoft however, does have a record of flogging
dead horses long after everyone else would have given up. "Staying power"
however can just be a euphemism for "pouring good money after
bad".
Steve Balmer's replacement (whenever he arrives) may decide to
pull the the whole tablet venture and refocus on enterprise business. That has
to be at the back of everyone's mind, so anyone who wants to be serious about
the tablet business would be foolish to bet their company on it.
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