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Microsoft Surface Pro Arrives Feb. 9
adeelarshad82 writes "According to Microsoft, the Surface Windows 8 Pro will be available for purchase on Feb. 9 in the U.S. and Canada. As anticipated, the Surface Pro will be slightly thicker than the Surface with Windows RT, and will weigh about two pounds. The tablet is powered with an Intel Core i5 processor and 4GB of memory. It also includes an 802.11 a/b/g/n dual band Wi-Fi, a stylus for pressure-sensitive input, dual 720p HD webcams, a full-sized USB 3.0 port, microSDXC slot, and mini DisplayPort. Since the Surface Pro runs Windows 8 Pro, it will work with your corporate infrastructure, as well as any older apps that you used on Windows XP to 7. In terms of pricing, the 64GB version will cost $899 while the 128GB will set you back by $999."
Makes the Macbook air just as outrageous
Except the MBA fucking rocks. It doesn't try to be a tablet and a laptop. It's a very light laptop, that's all it cares to be, and it's damn good at it.
The Surface Pro isn't good at anything.
Are agnostics skeptical of unicorns too?
Yeah, I get what you're saying with the corporate angle but most corps don't bother getting people iPads (unless they are salesmen or execs), so they can just issue a standard Windows laptop and call it done.
Are agnostics skeptical of unicorns too?
And now we know the date we can all pop some popcorn and watch MSFT score a hat trick of fail, Win 8, Surface, and now Surface Pro.
They have already had to cut the order for Surface RT in half because the things are piling up, Win 8 is a failure yet do they listen to the public? Nope Ballmer is going full retard by building their own phones and PCs just so there can be NO doubt that Ballmer only knows how to copy Apple.
But simply ripping off Apple just isn't gonna work, Windows 8 is a fundamentally broken UI and is so user UN-friendly that you need a Win 7 PC to Google how to use the Win 8 PC, and folks just aren't gonna put up with it. I support a lot of SMBs and not a single one has expressed any interest in Win 8, not the OS, not WinRT, and not Surface Pro, they are sticking with Win 7 for their X86 needs and using an Android or Apple tablet when they need that level of portability.
Never before in all my years in tech have I seen a company just completely ignore all the indicators and throw money away like that, MSFT does not have a single positive indicator with Win 8, not the desktops and laptops, not the phones and the tablets, seriously how much money does Steve Ballmer have to take a match to before the board wakes up and fires his dumb ass? I think Forbes need to name the MSFT board the worst board to go with Ballmer's worst CEO as they obviously are asleep at the wheel.
ACs don't waste your time replying, your posts are never seen by me.