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Posted on 10/04/2015 1:49:51 PM PDT by Swordmaker
In 2012, when Microsoft first introduced the Surface Pro — a tablet that was also a laptop — it became an industry punch line.
“You can merge a toaster and a refrigerator, but that’s probably not going to be pleasing to anyone," quipped Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Nobody's laughing now. And Microsoft is looking more and more like a trendsetter.
Three years after Cook's jab, the Surface Pro 3 is selling strong — strong enough that Microsoft is expected to launch a much-anticipated Surface Pro 4 at a special event on Tuesday.
In the meantime, Apple and Google have started to pay attention. This past September saw both companies introduce tablet-laptop hybrids: the Apple iPad Pro and the Google Pixel C.
"Apple just admitted Microsoft is right," read a headline here on Business Insider. Another one described the Pixel C as a "Surface killer."
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Didnt microsoft make a toasterator called the zune?
Indeed so. My apple software is rapidly approaching the crappiness of the Windows I once loathed.
I am still an Apple customer...but for how long remains to be seen.
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I’m seriously looking at a Surface Pro 4 or a few other top end models from Asus, Dell, and Acer to replace my Mac.
I’ve had two upgrades fail on my 2011 MBP not to mention software that you cannot replicate.
Apple has some top notch hardware, but in the last few years, their software has gone straight down the toilet.
Take IOS 9. It was supposed to be a leveling field, time to play catchup and stabilize things. Turns out it is nothing of the sort with two fixes issued in as many weeks.
They still can’t get their browser to repaint right. Going to make cars and rings? What a joke.
Surface Pro is nice, but seems over-priced to me.
It and Zima are going to make a big comeback. And the Ford Probe.
Had the original Surface, a Surface 2 pro and am awaiting the coming Pro 4. Fantastic machines!
Take all your crapple and throw it all out the window.
I have a Surface 3 (latest release). It functions as a laptop replacement and runs all my software/peripherals. I run my business on it and it just works. However, when I want a tablet with well designed and functional apps, I use my Kindle Fire.
Yeah, nothing to do with the stylus either or anything. Yep its just the keyboard.
I bought an iPad in 2010, and have that attachable keyboard, been using it since 2010 long before the Surface came out. On my iPad2, I bought an Apple magnetic click cover. Hold it near the iPad, and it clicks into place. Long before the Surface commercials where they copied the iPad click cover. I have several different keyboards, attachable or bluetooth. Don’t use them much, as I prefer using the iPad’s touch screen on the go; if I want to type a lot it’s done on the MacBook. Each way better than the Surface which is a poor combination hybrid.
And didn’t Apple create a toasterator called ‘Lisa’?
I hate those flat keyboards! Is there more of an “old-style” keyboard with raised keys that I can use with my iMac?
I bought a stylus to go with my iPad in 2010, for drawing and painting purposes. Nothing new there, as I also used a Chalkboard power pad with a stylus on my Apple II in the early 1980s.
“...I bought an iPad in 2010, and have that attachable keyboard, been using it since 2010 long before the Surface came out. On my iPad2, I bought an Apple magnetic click cover. Hold it near the iPad, and it clicks into place.
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I bought an iPad in early 2011 along with a Logitech “ultra thin keyboard cover” that connected by Bluetooth to my iPad. I loved how it magnetically clicked into place and my kids thought that was the neatest thing.
I love my Surface Pro 3.
Actually I think any and all of these "X had Y first" or "A is copying B" type arguments/debates terribly boring. Who cares, and (to paraphrase Hitlery) what difference does it make? I honestly don't give a vermin's backside who conceived of what first, who brought it to market first, etc. etc. What matters is, is it useful? Is it done well? Yes, even a comparison of X's implementation vs Y's is valid.
I guess my outlook flies in the face of marketing though. Marketing types want us to believe whatever their guys have is new, innovative, yadda yadda... ;-)
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