The author doesn’t seem capable of understanding what removable storage is for by business people hence why it matters so much.
I will have to dismiss most of this article based on that paucity of understanding.
Surface Pro 3 is great! I use at as a powerful little laptop but also as a tablet to read documents, pdfs, etc so I don’t need to carry around my books. I recommend it to all!
I miss the TV adverts with young hipsters dancing on tables and clicking keyboards with their Surface tablets. </sarc>
shouldn’t this be posted in the Religion forum?
The hardware is straightforward but the OS changes are probably a tall order, which is why we haven't seen such a device yet.
While not feature-complete (that won't be until around mid-spring 2015), Windows 10's basic emphasis on the Desktop user interface means people now running Windows 7 or earlier can migrate to Windows 10 much easier.
“The iPad is focused on leapfrogging over legacy PCs and into the future. That’s why it eschews the microSD card readers and USB ports that can be found on the Surface. “
No, the reason that the iPad doesn’t have USB ports and micro SD card readers is that Apple sucks, and would rather force its customers to pay extra cash for add-on accessories to provide these basic functions.
Apple is slowly sinking into the quicksand as more and more consumers are tiring of their high prices, constant forced OS upgrades and purposely inflexible products. I have a MacBook from 2007 that still works fine while I’ve had countless technical problems with a more recently purchase MacBook Pro and iphone. Broken CD drives, noisy fans, broken switches and on and on.
Charging premium prices for shoddy gear is not a sound long-term strategy for any company.
“Apple recently revealed the product of its secret-development “dream team” — Apple Watch. The secret is out, and some early viewers are claiming its everyday impact could trump the iPod, iPhone, and the iPad.”
Just their usual tech blog sycophants, and firms that love to talk up Apple stock. The same people that Apple reaches out to be their cheerleaders masking as supposedly objective journalist because they dont want to lose their access to Apple’s products.
People that will actually pay over 300 dollars for a watch of dubious usefulness? I doubt it.
I bought an iPad when they were first released a few years ago. I’m just NOW thinking of getting a new one.
ALL of the versions between then and now didn’t offer enough of a difference from the original that I bought to justify/compel me to pay $800-$900 for another one. I’m contemplating a Samsung Tablet, given how well one would integrate with my home theater system(all Samsung hardware).
The real reason - The Surface is a real, full function PC capable of being a business-ready machine. The iPad is a media consumption device.
“But one small company makes Apple’s gadget possible.”
What company?
Apple has a very dedicated following, but it isn’t growing very much. I believe that the Surface is doing very well but I have yet to meet someone who actually owns one.
I like android tablets.
I've used both. They're both overpriced. ;-)
Does anyone know if there’s a convenient way to run a Linux distro with support for the touch-screen interface on a Surface or Surface Pro?
They are very nice hardware, the keyboard and stylus being great improvements over the competing iPad — I used one to check something on the internet at a kiosk hawking them at a mall in Seattle — but I still hate Microsoft’s operating system and software generally. (I use Macs at home and Linux at the office, and I think the only Microsoft code running on any of my machines is Silverlight since some sites have the bad grace to link their video content to its use.)
BFL
ipad is just a step to make all use of computers subscription based. no pay no access to YOUR data.
cloud BS
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
I agree its too expensive. What’s exciting is that it is finally a usable product. I’m waiting for the newer models to come out. Like everything else, the price will come down as they cream the market.
My main go-to machines are the desktops - nothing beats their horsepower for producing imaging, audio and video content.
As a means of freeing myself from being tied to the desktop I also have a laptop, a Winbook now running Puppy Linux. I use it primarily for talks along with my data projector.
The Android tablet (Asus TF-101), while not being the latest and greatest is adequate for surfing the web and reading e-books as well as games and it has replaced the laptop for most presentations I give. The sd card and USB port as well as the design of the OS make it easy to set up directories and move media in and out of the tablet.
I use my iPad everyday (New iPad with retina display) and consider it worth every penny I paid for it. iOS particularly shines when it comes to music, some of the apps can be a little pricey compared to other tablet apps (10 to 20 dollars each in some cases) but are a small fraction of the same software as desktop apps.
Animoog, Arturia iSEM, iMini, iVCS3, Thor Alchemy, Geosynth and Alchemy together might have cost me a hundred bucks or so while the same software for Windows might typically run one to two hundred dollars each, while, if recreated in hardware, each of these synths would be selling for two or three thousand dollars EACH!
A niche market, to be sure, but I for one am overjoyed that it exists.
“Why Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 Sales Soared [to $908 million] as Apple’s iPad Sales Plunged [to $5,300 million]”