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Microsoft Surface
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If you ran OSX on one it would phone home to Redmond then Steve Ballmer would come to your house and scream ” developers, developers, developers etc” until yours ears bled and you promised to never do it again
And he’d take away your kickstand
Steve Connor
“The ripple command is just a workaround for not having a magnetic timelinel”
Adrenalin Television -
watching for an exodus of the tragically hip heading for 4-Chan or Pinterest to immediately start posting photos of random stuff like rockets, burritos, and even, shudder, cows – with photoshopped kickstands grafted on…
meme city, here we come.
“Before speaking out ask yourself whether your words are true, whether they are respectful and whether they are needed in our civil discussions.”-Justice O’Connor
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It’s all part of the plan…
https://www.tonymacx86.com/viewtopic.php?f=277&t=64695Michael Garber
5th Wall – a post production company -
One thing that kinda stuck out to me is two cameras. The one facing toward you is for, well, capturing your fave for video chat, naughty stuff and what have you. The camera on the other side is meant to record meetings, events, interviews and what have you.
I know that iPad has whitened it’s way into the enterprise because it’s fun and cool, but this is the kind of feature that’s potentially fun and practical. I’m glad to not need such a thing anymore, but if I was stool in the bidness world, that would be one of my favorite features.
That and the kickstand.
While the lacko’apps will be a massive, insurmountable deal killer, man, I look at the ability to run real Office products, real VPN, etc, and the practical aspects (including the kickstand AND the integrated keyboard) jump screaming out at me.
Re the keyboard, msft doesn’t get enough credit for their keyboards and mice. (note too that the keyboard includes a built-in TRACKPAD.) Makes sense when your software is such a major contributor to RSS.
one apps workaround I see is a real browser, with a CPU that could make a lot of web multimedia more practical….when connected. It’s not like there’s a web based version of the most popular games on either iOS or Android. There’s still a few months for this kinda thing to get worked out, but color me curious….
Tim Wilson
Associate Publisher, Editor-in-Chief
Creative COW Magazine
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[Tim Wilson] “That and the kickstand.”
You guys are all laughing at the kickstand, but I gotta say that one of the things I’ve always thought my iPad could use was, well,… something like a kick stand. The folded up magnetic cover just doesn’t quite cut it.
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[Tim Wilson] “While the lacko’apps will be a massive, insurmountable deal killer, man”
hmmm…how many windows apps are there now? I don’t think anyone keeps track anymore. And most of them are real apps, not toy apps. While it’s true they can’t be driven by finger gestures right off the bat, how long will it take for Adobe Reader, ferinstance, to respond to ones foredigits. Besides, fingers are good for turning pages but for detailed work they are kinda suck – way too big in case no one’s noticed. That’s why Sammy’s sold millions of stylus equipped Galaxy Notes.
Nope, the keyboard & trackpad equipped Pro Surface is a fairly brilliant stroke and the kickstand kinda stops it from falling down when you need to use it on a flat surface.
If it works, I want one.
David
AllinOneFilms.com -
[David Cherniack] “Nope, the keyboard & trackpad equipped Pro Surface is a fairly brilliant stroke and the kickstand kinda stops it from falling down when you need to use it on a flat surface. “
Obviously the kickstand is a great idea, but if you want a keyboard and a trackpad then surely you’re better off with an Ultrabook?
Steve Connor
“The ripple command is just a workaround for not having a magnetic timelinel”
Adrenalin Television -
While I do wish it success as nothing helps all users overall as good competition, what you see here is a very classic difference in how the two companies approach a problem.
Apple looks at new products and markets and asks the question how best to serve that market or create a new one? What would the device look like? What services are needed?
Microsoft looks at the very same thing and ALWAYS goes to, “How can we make windows solve this problem?” Not what do consumers need, not what is the best solution to the problem but how can we shoehorn in windows as a solution to another market. To Microsoft the world is just nails that need a Windows hammer. IMHO this is not innovation and a large reason why Microsoft has just languished for the last 10 or so years.
…… and to the kickstand …. well for me I got a fever and the only way to fix that is with more Cowbell (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0uvVZg4Tw4)
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The iPad’s got two cameras, so that’s not an advantage for Surface. The keyboard cover does look interesting, though I have to say I’ve gotten pretty used to the virtual keyboard, after using the Zagg keyboard for a while and finding it more trouble than it’s worth. But if I need to write anything more than a few paragraphs (not very often) a find a real keyboard more practical.
It does strike me that the iPad is pretty specific and the Surface is trying to be all things to all people. And I still think in five years or less we’ll be easily editing on tablets, hence the design of FCPX.
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Steve, you’ve never wanted a keyboard when writing a long email on a tablet? Even with smart keyboards like Swiftkey it’s not a fluid creative experience with my brain finger combination. I have a nice wireless Logitec mini keyboard & trackpad that I plug into my Iconia’s USB port when I take my tab out and I know I’m going to want to write something. The Surface Pro will save me the extra baggage. I expect it will replace the need for an Ultrabook in a lot of use scenarios and it weighs less and will probably cost less.
David
AllinOneFilms.com
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