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IMO it would be a shame for Microsoft to bail out of the Surface business. They are some really sharp machines.
1 posted on 10/05/2017 5:57:47 AM PDT by dayglored
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Microsoft to drop the Surface line? I dunno ... PING!

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2 posted on 10/05/2017 5:58:32 AM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: dayglored

Of course, my small organization has committed to Surface for all personnel (less than 25) and I just got mine last month. I’ve actually grown to like it.


3 posted on 10/05/2017 6:04:10 AM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: dayglored

While I don’t have one, I know several people that like them quite well. If I needed a seriously portable Windows machine again, I’d strongly consider one.


8 posted on 10/05/2017 6:39:45 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: dayglored

This is the #1 reason I hate Microsoft. When you buy hardware or software from Microsoft, you’ll find that they will suddenly discontinue the product and leave you hi and dry.

Remember the Zune - I bought one and actually liked it, but within a year after I bought it, it was gone.

Remember Visual FoxPro? Remember Frontpage. I spent a considerable amount of time learning and using those two but MS dropped them with no good replacement.

I will never, ever buy hardware from Microsoft because I know that MS will suddenly discontinue the product with no good replacement. I will never, ever buy software from Microsoft unless it’s a product that I know can’t be discontinued (e.g.Office).

I won’t let those bastards bite me again.


9 posted on 10/05/2017 6:42:03 AM PDT by Rum Tum Tugger
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To: dayglored

Portable computing along with touch and pen computing is not going away, so they will probably just sell the manufacturing rights to someone else.


10 posted on 10/05/2017 7:20:30 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: dayglored

My primary home PC is my Surface Pro 4. Fantastic device. I’m tempted to get the newest Surface Pro with LTE when it releases.


13 posted on 10/05/2017 7:48:08 AM PDT by DesertSapper (MAGA)
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To: dayglored

So my Suface 3 and Nokia 950XL are going to drop dead?


19 posted on 10/06/2017 2:41:19 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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