[dayglored]

I tend to agree that the spike in sales is mainly due to the exciting new SurfaceBook, but it's an interesting result nonetheless.

Let's hope MS can address the shortcomings in software, and that the problems are not in the hardware design -- a recall would be a major black eye to a promising product line.

[dayglored]

Surface Pro and Surface Book updates ... PING!

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[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

“a recall would be a major black eye to a promising product line. “

True but if it is necessary they should do it post haste.

[LowOiL]

Kids have been hinting on getting them a tablet like their friends. Being an old desk top computer guy, it has been quite the learning curb for me trying to make heads or tails of this new tech. Ram, operating systems, what it will run, what the heck is apps (I don’t own a smart phone, so apps are new to me). Lolipop Operating systems verses those that will run windows.

Good grief, here kids, take the money and buy it yourself.

[roadcat]

If the tables (tablets) were turned, and Apple’s products were to perform as poorly as the Surface, mobs would attempt to burn down the stores. But Microsoft gets a pass. What the heck, flickering screens of death, depleted batteries in sleep mode, running hot and slowly, and people still want to buy the Surface? Suckers born every day.

[Bull Man]

I suspect the “beats Apple tablet sales...” Is only because it is new to the market and the iPads are on the other hand already fully sold into saturation. Once the surge sales is done count the numbers of both and you will find Apple is much more popular.

Microsoft simply doesn't understand the tablet market usage expectations. Take for example the wake up lag reported on their tablet - inexcusable. The biggest virtue to a tablet device is being able to pick it up and go seamlessly. Waiting for the device to “wake up” is still PC mentality. If they weren't so arrogant they would know this and never gone to market with a device acting this way. Note the other complaints, running hot, or low battery life...these are all PC traits not tablet issues.

If Microsoft would just stop trying to “leverage” their PC monopoly into other devices and just make a friggin product that works better than others they would be ok. On the other hand, like their disaster product Xbox One they always try to tell you what you should want rather than what you DO want.

[Moltke]

The firm's analysis of the US tablet market for October had Microsoft with 45 per cent of online sales, well ahead of Apple's 17 per cent.

Online sales. What piece of the pie is that regarding total sales? Makes the headline sound a bit misleading at best, without the qualifier.

[Swordmaker]

One company says that Microsoft Surface Sales have grabbed 45% of the Tablet Sales compared to iPad's 17%, but I do not believe it. How are they overcoming the white box junk Android Tablets so quickly? Easy. they omitted them from their comparisons. . . and they are the only ones who include Windows Hybrid notebooks/tablets in their comparisons. They even note that the average selling price of the Microsoft tablet is $844, compared to the Apple iPad's average selling price of $392. 1010Data is comparing different class machines, one month before Apple releases their product updates when historically their sales are always slumped as savvy consumers await the latest iPads. Done. -- PING!

Microsoft Tablet sales best Apple iPad sales?
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