I’m a Apple Dog….
But in the interest of fairness I’m posting up the Microsoft rollout ….
Microsoft took the wraps off its brand new tablet, called Surface, during what the company promised would be a “major” media event on Monday evening at Milk Studios in Hollywood, California.
“It embodies hardware and software working together,” said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, according to The Verge’s live blog of the announcement. It is one of the few times in company history that Microsoft engineered both the hardware and the software of a device, with the Surface joining the Zune MP3 player, Kin smartphone, and Xbox 360 gaming console.
Microsoft showed off two Surface devices: one running Windows RT and built around an ARM processor, and one running Windows 8 Pro and built around an Intel processor. Windows RT is the “Metro-only” version of the upcoming Windows 8, while Windows 8 Pro features Metro as well as the more familiar desktop look of Windows, with a Start bar and homescreen icons.
Both of the models feature what is likely the hallmark aspect of the Windows Surface tablet: a built-in keyboard…..
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I think they flopped both a smartphone an ipod clone once.. but who knows..
Times are changing..
And there’s a lack of real news and innovation from Apple so far… post-Jobs….
agreed mac…
but Apple owns the smartphone market…..
ALL of my family have moved to it from blackberry…
on the TV there ads in which Verizon is just about giving driods away for free…
it reminds me of betamax and VHS…..
The same goes for the iPad…
There are tons of cheap tablets out there…
But they are NOT the iPhone which is gaining inroads on commercial and government use….
You’re right NO grand rollout….
But like the Asian’s …
They keep tweaking their product to make it better…
I ‘m NOT happy about the price premium
and the move more into proprietary policy…
And I DO NOT want to use the ‘could’ which is of course THEIR server…
and you can bet your ass once they get on that server they’re gonna raise the prices on that…
Some good coverage here
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/06/microsoft_surface_is_this_the_ipad_rival_the_tech_world_desperately_needs_.html
And I agree w the article that it’s a welcome new force,
and I think they got the name just right – for once. “Surface” is cool, and descriptive,
and it could also be a metaphor, as a new part of MS is surfacing in the tech world.
mac …..
if do REALLY think that Microsoft is gonna displace the iPad ?
as will happen to Apple sometime down the road….
microsoft needs to stay as a software company…
there is NO WAY their table will outsell the iPad….
But I agree the MORE choices…
the better…
Apple by themselves is a Dangerous thing
one second thought….
the ‘surface ‘ isn’t out…
has no price…
and how many versions will be released?
oh no threat to ipads.. but a possible blip.. as something.. that might grow the coming years…
and windows is a nightmare.. who knows this surface os.. and the ui….
He, he, he……
Jobs won in the end didn’t he mac….
EVERYDAY ‘Windows’ turns a little more into Apple OS….
Yeah – Jobs is a giant.
He might not get a spot like Thomas Edison or Benjamin Franklin in history – but he conquered the world with brilliant and awesome tools – that changed the lives of hundreds of millions.
Yes indeed…..