Microsoft introduces Surface Pro 3: the tablet that can replace your laptop

[filfat]

Sure the Surface might be way too expensive for its hardware(still not in Apple level ) however when you use a Surface you will see how amazing it is, show me a laptop which is as light and as powerful and portable as the Surface Pro 3, which also is cheaper, and is as premium. You can't do that, the Surface Pro is more of a really expensive "car" sure you can drive just fine with a cheap Volvo but you would rather get a faster more awesome Ferrari right? Now we all got different opinion and that's great

 

[Taleweaver]

Hmm...just found out the poll doesn't allow you to leave all boxes unchecked. Which means there should've been an option of 'neither' or 'none'. From the looks of the replies, I bet that would be the most popular option...

 

[filfat]

Yeah, that's maybe why I skipped that option... as that would just give out that negative energy that ignorant people have against Windows 8, so to not start any fights I skipped it

 

[The Catboy]

Bring down the price and slap Linux on it and I might think about it

 

[Joe88]

Sure the Surface might be way too expensive for its hardware(still not in Apple level ) however when you use a Surface you will see how amazing it is, show me a laptop which is as light and as powerful and portable as the Surface Pro 3, which also is cheaper, and is as premium. You can't do that, the Surface Pro is more of a really expensive "car" sure you can drive just fine with a cheap Volvo but you would rather get a faster more awesome Ferrari right? Now we all got different opinion and that's great

If they wanted a ferrari then they would get a high end asus rog, not some rinky dink ultra book

 

[filfat]

Sorry the "reply" button does not work.

But Linux seriously, it might have been good for servers way back, before people moved over to Windows Servers,
Now Linux is 95% useless.
What's the 5% left you ask? Well when I need to fill someone else hdd Linux is a good option.
Also before you even try to make a comeback, look at the users of Linux not that many, eh? Gosh I wonder why?

 

[Arras]

Sorry the "reply" button does not work.

But Linux seriously, it might have been good for servers way back, before people moved over to Windows Servers,
Now Linux is 95% useless.
What's the 5% left you ask? Well when I need to fill someone else hdd Linux is a good option.
Also before you even try to make a comeback, look at the users of Linux not that many, eh? Gosh I wonder why?

Please god no. Linux is perfectly usable and works just fine for pretty much everything that isn't photoshop or gaming (and even there more things are being ported). It tends to be faster, more stable, safer, more customizable and (obviously) cheaper than Windows. Also, popularity != quality. Thinking something is shit because it's not that widely used just makes your logic shit.

 

[FAST6191]

Was there an upswing in Windows server usage that I missed?

 

[KingVamp]

Yeah, that's maybe why I skipped that option... as that would just give out that negative energy that ignorant people have against Windows 8, so to not start any fights I skipped it

Yeah, because that isn't going to cause any "fights".

 

[Oxybelis]

Sorry the "reply" button does not work.

But Linux seriously, it might have been good for servers way back, before people moved over to Windows Servers,
Now Linux is 95% useless.
What's the 5% left you ask? Well when I need to fill someone else hdd Linux is a good option.
Also before you even try to make a comeback, look at the users of Linux not that many, eh? Gosh I wonder why?

Yeah, people totally migrated to Win 8 Server.

 

[filfat]

Ahmm? http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24476413 yeah... 28.0% UNIX vs 50.3% Windows Server, but sure everybody uses Linux for servers... lol

Now, back on topic

 

[FAST6191]

Interesting stats, not quite sure what overall relevance they have to this (sales are important, not the whole picture though). Likewise if you are going to start claiming Linux is not important in server world you might well get laughed out of the room.

To get back on topic and discussing the high powered tablet PC, did they release any battery tests? "? hours" claims are some of the better "based on a true story" fiction we see these days.

 

[Taleweaver]

Also before you even try to make a comeback, look at the users of Linux not that many, eh? Gosh I wonder why?

I'd say subjective marketing has something to do with it. *looks at your poll some more*

As for your numbers: those citations only take sold hardware into account. Going by server responses, the numbers look different. Take a look for yourself. No, linux isn't exactly crushing windows in this regard, but they're still bigger.
But even then, you may want to reconsider before calling an OS "useless". It's not like mainframes or supercomputers are a thing of the past.

 

[Sakitoshi]

the only "Surface" I need is the surface where I put my laptop, thanks.
These things can have all the features of a PC and all that, but will always fail on the graphic department, that's a given because good performance equals heat and if you have heat you need a fan and you can't fit a fan on a tablet that flat.
now if they where to make a Tablet PC like before(HP TX1000 and the like) I'll be more interested.

 

[filfat]

FAST, according to MSFT 9+H if its true then its indeed quite a good battery time, but then again they claimed 10+H for the Surface 2 I get about 5H, soo yeah :/

EDIT:
We really need to get the "Reply" button to work on Modern UI IE...

 

[the_randomizer]

No thanks, I'd rather get a device that can actually play games with a real controller.

 

[filfat]

All of the Windows 8 and RT tablets have Xbox 360 Controller support so #Exposed I guess (ReviewTechUSA reference).

I in fact just plugged in my Surface 2 into the TV to play Asphalt 8 in full HD with my Xbox 360 controller its indeed awesome

 

[Joe88]

now if they where to make a Tablet PC like before(HP TX1000 and the like) I'll be more interested.

well theres are tons of convertible ultrabooks out there so it shouldnt be a problem
there was also the acer w500 a few years back

 

[weiff]

Well, considering they saw fit to make the stylus for right-hand use only... I question how the design could possibly be better.

Yeah, after I saw that on the Gen 2 I am shunning the whole thing for lack of planning... that and stupid high price.

 

[Sakitoshi]

well theres are tons of convertible ultrabooks out there so it shouldnt be a problem
there was also the acer w500 a few years back

but none of these have a discrete video card nor a powerful processor, my point is have performance and tablet input at the same time so I can touch the net and play games when bored in the same device. also I dislike to carry extra things, for instance the detachable Ultrabooks leave the keyboards hanging but a foldable Tablet PC just hide it. my actual laptop still has optical drive(which I upgraded to a Bluray writer) and I'll don't like to carry one apart and I couldn't live without it as I have many DVD and now I'm burning Blurays to store my anime. a foldable Tablet PC has optical drive.