Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: Forget the iPad, Surface Is the Tablet People Want

Posted by samzenpus on Monday October 29, 2012 @04:46AM from the flame-on dept.

zacharye writes "Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer undoubtedly knows that Apple has sold more than 100 million iPad tablets at this point, but according to the outspoken executive, that's not the tablet people really want. While speaking with CNBC, Ballmer said no company has built a tablet he believes customers want. 'You can go through the products from all those guys and none of them has a product that you can really use. Not Apple. Not Google. Not Amazon. Nobody has a product that lets you work and play that can be your tablet and your PC. Not at any price point,' he says."

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First impressions on Surface by DogKia · 2012-10-29 04:46 · Score: -1, Troll

I know I'm just an ordinary user like you, but I really like Surface tablet. It's elegant, fast and powerful, and it does all the things I need it to do. iPad gets close there, but for me, Surface is the clear winner.

I don't do fancy things like programming or extensive photo editing, just normal every day uses like Facebook, Twitter and Netflix. Surface has great support for these and Metro makes it better and more powerful. But then again, I'm just an ordinary guy, not a programmer or anything.