[Da Coyote]

Could be.

However, when my gen 3 iPad becomes Obama-like (e.g., unreliable and stupid), I’ll replace it with another iPad.

Microsoft?

Ptui!

[Little Pig]

FWIW, the Surface can actually function (more or less) as an actual part of an Active Directory domain. It’s essentially an actual PC, rather than a tablet, and can run the gamut of actual Microsoft software, including the Office suite (right up to Project), Outlook integrated with Exchange, and many many other tools that only run on “real” computers, as opposed to the more restrictive ecosystems of Android and Apple.

So the Surface is probably doing well because real businesses can safely buy it, just like Windows does so well because businesses can safely buy it.

[Azeem]

My brother in law showed his Surface to me over Tday weekend. I was really impressed with it. Now my wife wants one because the keyboard works well and Windows 8 is a good tablet OS.

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[PIF]

M$ and companies using Google’s Android seem to be doing well; but their business model is predicated on volume production of cheap units. Much of the world cannot afford AAPL iPads, while the others tablets are in their price range.

The problem arises for M$ and companies using Google’s Android when looking at the bottom line - their isn’t much. Which bodes poorly for them in the long run.

I think those charts may reflect units shipped, not necessarily units sold to customers (real people) - I could be wrong.

[Dr. Sivana]

That chart is extremely deceiving. Going from .9% to 4.9% on a new product (Surface has been around for less than two years) could simply be a factor of the first one not being ready, as is often the case with .zero iterations, or a big sale, like the dead cat bounce HP had on its lineup in the end.

The Surface is more akin to a laptop with a detachable keyboard. It is Microsoft trying to remake the Windows-Touch of the past under their own name to kickstart the category after failed attempts by Acer and others.

I use iOS, but prefer a REAL user-accessible file system, but refuse to attach to Android because of its Google roots. Too bad RIM/Blackberry isn't much of a player these days, as QNX is a solid, lean platform to build off of.

[Scutter]

Apple is on the decline. Since this latest iOS update, my iPad air has been giving me nothing but trouble. Safari now gets slower and slower the more it’s used until I am forced to restart it.

And comparing the Surface Pro to an iPad or Android tablet isn’t really a fair comparison. The Surface Pro is not just a tablet. It is a full fledged computer similar in power to the MacBook Air. When my current laptop is up for replacement,i will be replacing it with a surface pro.

[The Great RJ]

I inherited my wife’s first generation I-pad. While it still works without problems, I am frustrated that many apps I would love to get are no longer available for this oldest operating system. The I-pad can no longer be upgraded to new operating systems so I am stuck with only a few apps in basically an obsolete machine.

[Catphish]

Love my new Surface Pro 3! Can use as a table to read and annotate pdfs, bring it to the classroom, and use it as a powerful little PC.

[discostu]

They’ve done a really good job positioning it as “almost a laptop”, helps it avoid the softening of the tablet market.

[Ted Grant]

I’ve owned android tablets - Nexus 7, Dell Venue 8, LG GPad 8.3 GPE, Galaxy Note from 10.1,and the Galaxy tab pro 8.4. I’ve liked all of them but if it’s not supported by the development community I sell and upgrade.

The only one I have now is the Tab 8.4.

[tacticalogic]

Does anybody remember Lotus, WordPerfect, Asthon-Tate, and Novell ?