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mrpon wrote:nailed on. I bet there are prototype covers with bluetooth transmitters in the hinges as we speak.
What's the betting Apple are working on a similar SmartCoverKeyboard?
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FWB wrote:You use it to type on and characters appear on the screen.
I don't get the keyboard. Tablets for me are not supposed to be like laptops or desktops.
FWB wrote:And it doesn't have to be. Without the keyboard cover attachement, it's just a tablet. But you can also use the exact same machine like a laptop. A hybrid. Best of both worlds.
I don't get the keyboard. Tablets for me are not supposed to be like laptops or desktops.
The-Bodybuilder wrote:I thought this was already the case?
If MS were smart, they would just label the WRT version as "Surface" and the x86 version as "Surface Pro".
It certainly simplifies things for the lay people. "Surface covers all of your normal tablet needs. However if you want one for business and professional use, get the Surface Pro."
Simple, no?
THFourteen wrote:You do realise Windows has a far richer source of applications than IOS could ever hope for yes? And all of them a UI tweak and recompile away.silentbob wrote:IMO unless you can afford the Pro version I wouldn't bother with the other version at all as the ipad will continue to walk all over things like it.mcmonkeyplc wrote:Yes, but he wasn't.
Get the pro version and it will run!
/fanboy
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silentbob wrote:I was not expecting you to say that!THFourteen wrote:You do realise Windows has a far richer source of applications than IOS could ever hope for yes? And all of them a UI tweak and recompile away.silentbob wrote:IMO unless you can afford the Pro version I wouldn't bother with the other version at all as the ipad will continue to walk all over things like it.mcmonkeyplc wrote:Yes, but he wasn't.
Get the pro version and it will run!
/fanboy
The Epoch of Apple superiority in tablets is coming to an end I'd say. And that's from me, branded on multiple occasions (by fuckwits) an Apple fanboy.
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Come and get it cumslingers!
silentbob wrote:Thats exactly my point thoughTHFourteen wrote:You do realise Windows has a far richer source of applications than IOS could ever hope for yes? And all of them a UI tweak and recompile away.silentbob wrote:IMO unless you can afford the Pro version I wouldn't bother with the other version at all as the ipad will continue to walk all over things like it.mcmonkeyplc wrote:Yes, but he wasn't.
Get the pro version and it will run!
/fanboy
The Epoch of Apple superiority in tablets is coming to an end I'd say. And that's from me, branded on multiple occasions (by fuckwits) an Apple fanboy.
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silentbob wrote:I want to see how they'll handle the enterprise push. The Pro is instantly more attractive to any company interested in security. We can't use Apple kit here (data sensitive company) but Microsoft/Windows kit's fine. The Pro lets us supply our users with an iPad equivalent that already runs all the Windows apps we use (self-developed or otherwise) and also ticks the box of having supplied a nice lightweight laptop too.
It'll take a while, but as long as MS don't fumble the ball on this and piss everyone off somehow, I can see this platform growing to become a proper IOS rival.
Gonna be an interesting 12 months though regardldess.
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mrpon wrote:Ace, cheers.
Some more guff here Rhy.
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Lukus wrote:They most likely have thought of it, but it seems Apple are happy for people to buy an iPad for consuming content while keeping the MacBooks as a totally separate product for when real work is needed to be done.
I'm genuinely impressed by this Surface thingamy. Even though the delivery of the presentation was a little unpolished, the actual message was really strong and the product looks really cool, as long as the UI turns out well and the battery.
It's clear they've put a lot of work into the actual design of the product. Or at least they're doing a good job in pretending they have. Like Apple.
I also think the screen protector/keyboard hybrid is great. It's such an obvious idea, it's weird Apple haven't already done it.
FWB wrote:But surely that's the whole point, with the touch and keyboard cover you have both a tablet and a laptop.
More eloquently put than my "I don't get the keyboard". Tablets for me are, as you put it, "consuming content". Anything else for me requires sitting down with resources to write. A desktop/laptop is better suited to that.
silentbob wrote:Exactly. If a boss at my firm asks for Apple stuff we have no choice but to deny requests. If they request a Surface there's a good chance we'll be able to comply
Rhythm, who has more experience with OSes in the Enterprise than MS? Where IOS is running try and address it's gaps in Enterprise deployments and security, Windows Rt already has the pedigree inherited.
silentbob wrote::-D
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THFourteen wrote:silentbob wrote::-D
Edit: @THeleventeen or whoever
Don't make me tell you how low my user id is.
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silentbob wrote:Then Apple will pay for their foolishness!!!!!!!!!!!
Exactly. I bet the keyboard will have been considered at some stage, but Apple are all about simplicity - and they probably deemed it simply unnecessary for the functionality they were aiming at.
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Lukus wrote:The big problem MS will have is that they've already announced it and... where is it? Nowadays you really have to announce this stuff a week or so before launch - otherwise it'll either already seem like old news when it does finally come out or someone will have copied it already.
I also think the screen protector/keyboard hybrid is great. It's such an obvious idea, it's weird Apple haven't already done it.
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