Originally Posted by
ScottC
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.
I agree that for a lot of people this is looking very strong, apart from the distribution which is a very odd move. I don't know of many MS shops (are there 25 in the US yet?) and one of the big sales things is going to be to get people playing with these things. Quite how they're supposed to do that if their local store is in another state is a challenge MS are going to have to face soon. I was in an Apple store this week and someone who said they had always wanted a tablet was purchasing one based solely on the fact that she had a chance to play with one in store. However this is what the Metro interface is going to shine on, not traditional desktops where it seems out of place and slightly unnecessary for some people. I can see why MS is going all out for a standard GUI across all devices, I just don't think it should be forced on desktop/laptop end users.