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11-29-2012, 08:53 PM | #17 |
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Sure it can compete -- you are just placing it in the wrong market. (The ipad is still selling even though the simple Kindle e-ink reader is only $69.-, the price of one doesn't affect the other). The market for the Surface Pro is those who also need a PC but want that PC to be as light and portable as possible -- and also want it to fullfil tablet functions. And most tablet users now still have PCs, some even have both desktops and laptops.
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11-30-2012, 01:51 AM | #18 |
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Sounds like a very reasonable price to me. As others have said, they're competing against Ultrabooks, not low-end tablets. I shall probably order one.
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11-30-2012, 01:11 PM | #19 |
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Agreed. This does not seem unreasonable to me. What will ultimately determine its fair value (to me) is the battery life. I don't need another Windows tablet with a four hour battery.
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11-30-2012, 01:26 PM | #20 |
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11-30-2012, 01:32 PM | #21 |
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11-30-2012, 04:04 PM | #22 | |
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11-30-2012, 04:46 PM | #23 |
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The appeal of Utrabooks, to me, is their weight and battery life. At 4 hours, I will stay far, far away from it. I'd rather be getting the Samsung Ativ 700. I've been holding off on ordering one because I thought the Surface w/Win Pro was a contender.
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The cost (with the keyboard) is $30 more than an 11" Macbook Air.
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My Mac laptops were always cumbersome overkill for my mobile computing activities( web surfing,watching occasional video and casual reading/studying) and the REAL PRODUCTION WORK I need to do on my Macs were not practical for the road such as long 3D animation render& video compositing and other VFX stuff where the computer needs to just sit and process frames for several hours at a time. Hence the tablet craze with a "mobile OS"( IOS/Android). Bigger than a smart phone for my aging 49 year old, bifocal assisted eyes. but much smaller & lighter than my cumbersome laptop. This $900 dollar surface does not fit my scaled down tablet needs nor would it suffice as a true windows laptop for the processor intensive CG work That I Do. |
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11-30-2012, 05:49 PM | #27 |
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Those of us in the AEC world (Arch/Engr/Construction) can't wait to get these in our hands, and out into the field.
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