Microsofts Ipad Killer

[Swanny]

I loved I concept of the tablet/ notebook like the asus transformer prime. This looks like a step in an even better direction.

[Restoman]

This just isn't going to go over as well as the ipad. Sorry. Get one, I'm sure you will enjoy it.

[tg318is]

I lime.

[pandaboo911]

If its got no mobile OS it's probably going to be way too annoying to use, and have loads of bloatware that you'll never use. If you think the iPad is crap because it's simple then you're missing the point.

[RobertK]

iPad fanboys starting to get butt hurt.

Apple is missing the big picture like it did years ago. Its current enterprise integration and security capabilities are a joke. This is why 99% of the smartphones I issue at my job are still BlackBerrys.

If MS can pull off a consumer friendly tablet that can also integrate into a secure enterprise domain then I see many corporations switching over the the MS tablet since Android and iPad tablets just don't have OSs built for full scale enterprise deployment.

Long term.. users want simple transition from professional to personal use. This is why Windows was so successful. Apple has tailored most of its products to consumers and half baked its enterprise functions.

[wholethingoff]

I was waiting for the actual Microsoft Surface which was the real enormous iPad that doesn't go anywhere.

This tablet form factor is completely useless for work anyways. Types goddamn slow and spreadsheets are crap. It's always going to be that secondary device.

[LBJefferies]

I was waiting for the actual Microsoft Surface which was the real enormous iPad that doesn't go anywhere.

This tablet form factor is completely useless for work anyways. Types goddamn slow and spreadsheets are crap. It's always going to be that secondary device.

You saw the external keyboard right?

It's hard to say how this will go over. I think it will clearly be the superior device in terms of functionality. Which isn't saying much because the Ipad can't do half the shit I wish it did. On the other hand, Apple has a large and devoted fan base which will buy dog shit if it had an Apple logo on it. This may keep Apple in the lead, especially if they start adding more functionality to the Ipad.

Microsoft has been playing catch up with their consumer devices for a while now. But they are local to me and Bill Gates is doing amazing things with his money so I support them and really hope they can pull ahead of Apple sometime soon.

[MC Hammered]

Make the touch surface 40" big with a retina display and wireless keyboard and I'll give it a shot.

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[Raxe]

I build my PC's, mod my laptops and have a certificate in network administration, yet I use my iPad for 80% of my web browsing. Don't knock it till you've lived with it - you'll soon realize how great of a trade off the amazing mobility is vs. having 24 tabs open and three chat services running at all times. Obviously you can't design websites or photoshop dongs into friends pictures with it, but nobody said you need to scrap your PC altogether.

[george graves]

[camip]

If that tablet allows me to do school work on it(googledocs) then I'm sold. An Ipad ain't that cool in my book because I want to use to look at stuff laying in bed but it is way easier to use my phone; which has everything the Ipad has. But if i could lay in bed and type essays without having my laptop around that is something I'd buy.

[pureaudio]

iPad fanboys starting to get butt hurt.

Apple is missing the big picture like it did years ago. Its current enterprise integration and security capabilities are a joke. This is why 99% of the smartphones I issue at my job are still BlackBerrys.

If MS can pull off a consumer friendly tablet that can also integrate into a secure enterprise domain then I see many corporations switching over the the MS tablet since Android and iPad tablets just don't have OSs built for full scale enterprise deployment.

Long term.. users want simple transition from professional to personal use. This is why Windows was so successful. Apple has tailored most of its products to consumers and half baked its enterprise functions.

At what point did Apple lead you to believe they had any interest in the enterprise level market? That is Microsoft's game, people and companies use Apple products despite the shortcomings because they want to use them. Apple devices have been successful in the enterprise level because people find a way to make them, no thanks to Apple themselves. I absolutely agree that their enterprise functions are half baked but it doesn't matter.

I've been running some of the newer Windows based tablets with Windows 8 preview edition and it is awesome so far. OS is clearly optimized for touch screen tablet use and if they can gain some market share (app development), it will do well.

iPad killer though? Not a chance, people who want an iPad are only gonna get that. Windows fans will get a Windows 8 tablet, the market will support both.

[Vivek]

Let me start this by saying that I absolutely despise iPads. I had one for a while. Fucking hated it.


But...let's count how many iPhone/iPod/iPad killers have actually killed the iPhone/iPod/iPad...oh yeah none. How many have there been? Who knows. I have a very strong feeling that this is going nowhere.

[JinormusJ]

I build my PC's, mod my laptops and have a certificate in network administration, yet I use my iPad for 80% of my web browsing. Don't knock it till you've lived with it - you'll soon realize how great of a trade off the amazing mobility is vs. having 24 tabs open and three chat services running at all times. Obviously you can't design websites or photoshop dongs into friends pictures with it, but nobody said you need to scrap your PC altogether.

#Nailonthehead

Let me start this by saying that I absolutely despise iPads. I had one for a while. Fucking hated it.

your 15..
You don't need an iPad..
That's why you hated it..
Frankly, I don't need one either, but being able to use my IPad as my school notebook instead of lugging around a big binder is amazing; then I can just send my notes through email and print them out on my PC.



The majority of of people who dis on Apple products just don't get it. You don't own an Apple product to play WoW, Runescape, and Minecraft while photoshopping your butt onto someone's face, then watching video reactions of your reacting to that photoshop, then launching nuclear missiles from your backwards forwards reverse compatible HDM3 cable and streaming 7 videos to 4 TVs at one time. Honestly, people don't need half of what phone/technological companies are pushing out today as "new technologies".

While I applaud Microsofts effort, and I very well buy one myself; it still won't come anywhere close to touching the iPad.