[Billthedrill]

It's really two entirely different market niches, one of which, the iPad/tablet, is saturated, the other, a high-powered desktop replacement that is sort of in a heavy datapad format, isn't saturated.

I've used both. They're both overpriced. ;-)

[Dr. Sivana]

It's really two entirely different market niches, one of which, the iPad/tablet, is saturated, the other, a high-powered desktop replacement that is sort of in a heavy datapad format, isn't saturated.

Yup. And claiming that Apple investers are suffering because iPad sales are down while Surface sales are up is like saying that Toyota investers are suffering because Corolla sales are down while Mini Cooper sales are up. Apple sold about 13 million iPads. Microsoft sold maybe a little more than 1 million Surfaces, if they took in 900 million dollars.

It looks like Microsoft actually is making money off of it already, which beats the first few years of its Xbox offerings. Nonetheless, there is no cause/effect relationship between Microsoft's promising but non-disruptive entry. Apple's % decline in the pad segment is due to saturation and the slew of Android based options, with Samsung alone dwarfing Microsoft's presence.