Originally Posted by
planemechanic
All of which is why the name Zune jumped out at me when I read about this unit. It has fail written all over it. How long before a MS exec admits that they never should have brought it to market, as they recently did when commenting about the Zune?
Thankfully, almost every tech site (who actually got to hold one) disagrees with you.
For a take on Surface from people who actually know tech, read this Engadget editorial:
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/19/e...e-tablet-line/
That said, care to explain which parts have "fail" written all over it? Personal opinions please, not stuff cut and pasted from Apple sites.
To me, this has success written all over it, because they'll be doing the opposite of what Apple is trying - Apple is taking the best of iOS to the desktop, and Microsoft is taking the best of the desktop to a tablet. And with >90% of the market using Windows, there WILL be people who don't want to screw around with multiple systems. With Windows 8 sharing preferences between machines, Surface has the potential to be something big.
Though the decision to only sell directly will backfire, and I hope they rethink that soon.