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Microsofts Xbox man - Yusuf Mehdi is at the Surface event today ?
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Wildarmsjecht
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Who is this host btw?
He's Turrible.
He's Turrible.
CosmicQueso
Member
I love my Surface, but it's not for everyone. Best for businessy types.
I have to run Excel and PowerPoint on it, but also use it to play Civ as well as all the rest of the normal tablet stuff.
It already replaced a laptop, and the type cover provides as good a trackpad as any laptop I've owned has.
The price is high, but so is what you get. And it's hardly a "brick"... imo it's the best full OS tablet on the market. But whatevers.
I have to run Excel and PowerPoint on it, but also use it to play Civ as well as all the rest of the normal tablet stuff.
It already replaced a laptop, and the type cover provides as good a trackpad as any laptop I've owned has.
The price is high, but so is what you get. And it's hardly a "brick"... imo it's the best full OS tablet on the market. But whatevers.
He had a point though. I know alot of 360 owners that are 'cool' with the 360 for now.
Neuromancer
Member
Holy fuck
BabyFaceKillah
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Wildarmsjecht
Member
Yikes...so free Surface Pro 3 for everyone there?
I hope its merely a loaner for review purposes. But seeing as how the first lady got one ahead of time, im gonna go ahead and say....no.
I can't wait to read the reviews though. Price is FUCKED but I want to know its design capabilities.
I hope its merely a loaner for review purposes. But seeing as how the first lady got one ahead of time, im gonna go ahead and say....no.
I can't wait to read the reviews though. Price is FUCKED but I want to know its design capabilities.
Freeman
Banned
LOL what? How about providing some more detail as to how they are always late to the party or out of touch?
Iorv3th
Member
How do they expect to compete with other tablets at that price range?
Kinda true (the Zune was awesome come at me ipod owners), but ice cold.
Wildarmsjecht
Member
I want a Surface Pro, but I get sticker shock every time I look into it again.
You think that having Google and Amazon working on the razor hardware margins model, making money on goods and services, would prompt Microsoft to change their strategy.
They have nobody to blame but themselves for their market performance.
You think that having Google and Amazon working on the razor hardware margins model, making money on goods and services, would prompt Microsoft to change their strategy.
They have nobody to blame but themselves for their market performance.
soul creator
Member
looks like it's competing more with Macbook Airs ("it's a full laptop, but btw, it's a tablet too")
Ol No Bones
Banned
Its certainly a premium product. Out of my price range but maybe after some time I will get one. Its gonna be a while though.
Late to the party: Surface as an answer to iPad. Zune as an answer to iPod. Windows phones competing with Android/iOS and their respective app stores.
Out of touch: 5/20/13
Dead Prince
Banned
its not?
justsomeguy
Member
It's not competing with regular tablets. That's the Surface 2 (not Surface Pro).
Surface Pro range is an AMAZING bit of kit, a lot of folks have them at work and they are incredible devices.
BabyFaceKillah
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FonkyByNature
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I was interested in a Surface Pro 3 but it's a little too expensive. The 8GB Ram and 256GB HDD was the model i was interested, it's 300$ too much...
Holy shit.
They think they can charge Apple prices and people will be all over it. $130 for a tablet keyboard?
With the ARM CPU Surfaces?
Freeman
Banned
Holy shit.
They have a decent device, but the price is just ridiculous.
During the presentation he asked why people had Tables and Notebooks, probably because you can get both for the same price you spend on a Surface with all the accessories without compromising on anything. Their value proposition should be laughed at.
Ol No Bones
Banned
Sure it certainly is pricy but in reality it may be able to be the go to device to replace laptop, desktop while having a tablet form factor. Overall it seems like a very cool piece of tech. I will get one of these when the surface pro 5 is announced probably.
You kidding? The Surface Pro is exactly what I've been wanting for a very long time in mobile computing. Microsoft is pushing portable computing forward with the surface, rather than wasting time trying to compete in the tablet space.
Those are higher than Apple prices.
justsomeguy
Member
I'm hoping it means a price crash on surface pro 2 stock... might pick one up then...
You should read the market closer.
I'd love to see this notebook that has an i5, 128GB SSD, 1440p screen and digitizer, that you can buy for under $1130 with enough left over to buy a decent tablet.
Ol No Bones
Banned
256gb 8gb ram at 999 and I'm in.
A MacBook Air seems like an obviously better purchase unless for some reason you are dead set on a tablet form factor. The $899 Macbook Air has very similar stats to the $999 Surface:
1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor
Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz
Intel HD Graphics 5000
4GB memory
128GB PCIe-based flash storage
Bonus: comes with free keyboard!
1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor
Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz
Intel HD Graphics 5000
4GB memory
128GB PCIe-based flash storage
Bonus: comes with free keyboard!
How exactly?
Not_A-Cop_Maybe
Member
Probably cause it does more than Apple devices.
When comparing to its direct competitor the Mac Air, For a Air with an i7 and 512 its 1849 CAN. The fact that it is also more lightweight, portable and has a better resolution (rmb the "retina display") makes it just as pricy as a fully specked Air.
Seriously dude, do you have fun trolling?
justsomeguy
Member
Oh crap I would LOVE that... "Xbox anywhere"
Have you used a Surface Pro before? They are some of the best ultrabook/tablet hybrid available.
ManUtdRedDevils
Member
Those are laptop prices in a tablet form. Man, that is a hard product to market. People will see a tablet and expect similar pricing but only to be shocked by the sticker price. If you convince a person this is a great alternative to a laptop but the. nickel and dime the customer on necessary accessories that are included in most laptops. Seems like another uphill product to market for Microsoft.
Seems pretty literal to me.
Last year, Surface failed spectacularly and Microsoft was forced to write down $900M worth of Surface RT inventory.
Ol No Bones
Banned
I really like the device I just want a better price.
justsomeguy
Member
Plus the Wacom digitiser/stylus thing, which makes it a joy to use in meetings. Stylus + OneNote + Sync it via OneDrive = pure joy. You can even search handwritten notes (it OCRs them in the background but leaves your own handwriting on screen). Use it a lot on our team to take notes to a shared notebook when we meet with customers.
edit: Clearly I am a massive geek who spends a lot of time in meetings. Many people may not find that "pure joy" ;-)
They don't.
The Surface was never competition for iPads and Nexus tablets. Microsoft knows this, which is why they're charging (abnormally) high prices for the Surface Pro 3. I would imagine they looked at the sales of the prior Surface tablets and quickly determined they would choose a profits>marketshare approach, thus the high pricing structure. It's a similar model that's employed by high-end fashion companies.
Looking at the numbers, the Surface Pro 3 is sandwiched between really popular tablets (iPads: $300-500) and really popular laptops (MacBooks: $900-1500). Their pricing strategy is going to kill whatever remaining chances the Surface had of being a mass market device.