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Originally Posted by AdultKing
The trouble I see with this Surface thing is that it's a tablet/computer built by committee which usually means it wont play in any role particularly well.
In the case of the Pro unit, it will have big issues with applications that push the processing limits of the computer and users who don't know better will bitch and moan about it not being up to their tasks. Anything processor intensive will kill battery life, which will upset more people.
In the case of the RT unit might be nice and snazzy but without a rich application store users will constantly be forced to compare their experience to that of content spoilt iPad users and to a lesser extent Android users.
Being everything to everybody rarely ever works. People who find the pro unit underpowered or the keyboard crap will gravitate back to ultrabooks. People who find the RT unit lacking in content will end up going to Android or iPad.
I think Microsoft have entirely missed the point of tablets and this product will fail ultimately.
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Have friends that work at Apple stores.
I hear stories about "users who don't know better" every day, that bought something don't know how to use it and throwing tantrums, cussing and so on.
It will come down to the apps for sure. But Windows 8 no matter how some of us power users hate it, will still sell fairly well so developers will probably move faster on apps since they'll have access to a few hundred million customers.
Surface is a tablet, like an iPad with a keyboard addon which a lot of people seem to want
I'm reserving judgement on Surface PRO until I see specs but I will probably get one instead of an Ultrabook for the multi-tasking alone