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.
I agree (as I indicated above). At the moment it's apples and oranges (so to speak) because of the relative newness of the Surface releases. Sales rates in a rapidly changing space are only of interest to Sales people.
> Once the surge sales is done count the numbers of both and you will find Apple is much more popular.
I'll wait and see. If MS is correct, the enterprise will warm to the Surface offerings enough to make it a real race. I don't think we can predict it yet.
In the consumer device market you're very likely correct; MS is a perennial underdog there.