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| Surface for Windows RT just $199? |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-08-14 15:36:41 |
| "According to an inside source, a session was held at Microsoft's recent TechReady15 conference in which all the launch details were laid out. If things go according to the plan detailed then, the Surface for Windows RT tablet will be launching October 26th - no surprise there - at a compelling price of $199." My wallet just squealed in pure bliss. |
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| Just what I've always wanted |
| By darknexus on 2012-08-14 15:41:16 |
| A tablet even more locked down than the iPad. I'm positively drooling. |
 - Score: 4 |
| Sorry Thom.. |
| By fadingdust on 2012-08-14 15:47:54 |
| But at that price the battery life has GOT to be 1 hour max! |
| - Score: -1 |
| Comment by _cynic_ |
| By _cynic_ on 2012-08-14 16:11:07 |
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If both prices are correct http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/1... MS will be the only provider of WinRT tablets. |
| - Score: 4 |
| "My wallet just squealed in pure bliss." |
| By ronaldst on 2012-08-14 16:12:57 |
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Acer is gonna have no market left to do tablets with Google having submerged their own market. No bliss for them. roflmao I doubt 200$. More like 350$ or 400$. Please let it be true. And no skipping of Canada PLEASE like Google did with the Chromebooks and Google Music and Microsoft did with the Zune and... |
| - Score: 2 |
| RT - will it run anything |
| By tomz on 2012-08-14 16:21:03 |
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I guess it would be compelling if you are already into the Microsoft archipelago (I won't call Xbox, Zune, Windows Phone, and the desktop where none can run each others programs an ecosystem). The Lumias looked good too. The Nexus has to have a razor thin margin, but the Surface at $199 must be a loss-leader. I assume this is to try to get developers to port or write applications. That is both a chicken-and-egg problem as well as resistance with Microsoft mutating the API. Developers waiting won't be fatal, but will leave it in limbo for a while. The XBox eventually became profitable but it took years. I don't think Microsoft can do an "iPad". It will need OEMs to provide windows phones and tablets with different features others might want - different screen sizes, cameras, connections and ports. Just the Surface and nothing else beyond won't work to create the necessary network effects. And I think MS has annoyed OEMs enough that Windows not-on-PC which was a 2nd tier will drop even further. If you are already part of the Apple ecosystem, you are going to spend the extra to buy the iOS device. Apple itself already had a big boost with iTunes music and video, and even at that they have a Windows port. Will the Surface play nice with the Apple ecosystem? Any better than Android? There are slick and fancy machines, but what do you need to actually do the things you want? There are some who love their windows phone - but it is because the apps already there meet their needs the best. |
| - Score: 2 |
| Triple boot |
| By FunkyELF on 2012-08-14 16:29:51 |
| If I can triple boot Android and a desktop Linux distro sign me up. |
| - Score: 6 |
| Comment by orestes |
| By orestes on 2012-08-14 16:34:22 |
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Now, lets see if their marketing fails as miserably as it did with the otherwise superior (to the iPod) Zune HD. If not we could have a lovely little war on our hands Edited 2012-08-14 16:35 UTC |
| - Score: 4 |
| RE: "My wallet just squealed in pure bliss." |
| By ephracis on 2012-08-14 16:42:36 |
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It's not just Canada. It's pretty much the whole world. Maybe we should stop waiting for the Americans to let the Chinese produce stuff for us and just go straight to the Chinese ourselves? OT: I really, really doubt that price. It's too good to be true. |
| - Score: 6 |
| At no price... |
| By codewrangler on 2012-08-14 16:50:14 |
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Microsoft could give the tablets away and I wouldn't have an interest in it...I would rather pay full price for an iPad, any day.... Sorry, but Windows 8 is horrible. 'Metro', or whatever they will be calling it, is a sad excuse for a touch interface... They should have hired someone (UI Designer, maybe?) to design a UI that is actually enjoyable to use, instead of these awful flat tiles...just horrible interface.... |
| - Score: 4 |
| RE: Triple boot |
| By przemo_li on 2012-08-14 16:52:19 |
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Thx to MS franken-SecureBoot, you will not be able. Accept preloaded stuff or get lost. PS The true Secure Boot allows for disabling it. MS goeas against this standard, and force every OEM to disable such functionality. And we all know how likely MS is to add keys for Linux Distros or Android. |
| - Score: 6 |
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