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Originally Posted by TekDragon
The Pro model's keyboard has actual travel (albeit only 1.5mm) when the key is depressed. I'd say that counts as tactile.
Also, HOW are they getting it wrong again? Can you elaborate?
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When they wrap the keyboard around a single piece of sheet on top, you can almost guarantee it's not going to be the same as keyboard. I am going to bet a cup of joe that it's most likely going to feel like those foldable/waterproof crappy keyboard you can buy for $10.
As for the "again" part, see my original post. MS announced nothing about any extra miles they went to make Win8 more suited for the hardware they are based on.
Look at iPad, iPhone or even Nexus phones... they all have dedicated pieces of hardware to go along with their softwares to stand out. iOS has functions like iMessage, Facetime, and all sort of first/third party apps that are redesigned from ground up to take advantage/limitation of the hardware. Nexus Galaxy has NFC that's compatible with Google Wallet... something like these show vision on user experience... while Surface has none... it's just another PC with very little room for expansion.
MS simply expect to put it out there and hope that other can come up with something nice about it, while not even trying to push anything on their own.
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Originally Posted by Vancouver_M5
The surface is a 100% USABLE computer, as opposed to my 700$ oversized ipad WHICH is now not included for updates by ios 6,but my 4s which has weaker specs is.
i hope apple dies in a fiery death, they certainly deserve it, rant out
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You have said it yourself, Surface is a COMPUTER. iPad was never designed to be one. It's just a device to facilitate those frequent activities that we do for perhaps 80% of our free time with computer (facebook, web browsing, chatting... etc) while you still use your computer for anything serious.
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Originally Posted by dangonay
Now there are rumblings from PC vendors who are not happy they have to compete against MS. For the most part, MS has stayed out of the PC business and was content to let others make the hardware while they provide the OS. Now they are competing directly with those same vendors by selling hardware.
I wonder how much MS "tacks on" for a Win 8 license to the price of their own tablets, or if they will eat the cost to help gain traction in the market. Meanwhile vendors will be paying for a license on every tablet they sell.
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IMO, MS isn't exactly satisfied on what third party vendors are doing in the tablet arena and fears that they would lose their bread and butter to iOS and Android as PC is in decline while mobile devices are on the rise.
Lil birds told me that MS asks for $79 for a Win8 license to third party vendors. I think vendors have ground to be royally pissed because when MS announces Surface pricing, it better calculate with the same figure as it asks third parties to pay. Else, the other would simply move to something else as they can't compete with MS.
But I don't think MS would be this stupid again... unless they want the whole netbook fiasco again (remember how they were mostly based on Linux at the beginning because MS licensing simply didn't make sense for a device that cheap? MS gave in at the end and offered another license tier for netbooks)