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I could never wrap my head around how strategically MS could just let mobile go and not take the fight. Senseless Corporate Priority inversions are most often

I could never wrap my head around how strategically MS could just let mobile go and not take the fight. Senseless Corporate Priority inversions are most often some combination of internal politics and/or money grabs. I have trouble coming up with use-cases...but then you have a sub-par laptop and a phone. People who prioritize for ultra light weight already have a "sub-par laptop." So what if you could get rid of the laptop? A large company that standardized around docks would make that possible. All large companies standardizing around, say USB-C connectors and a Windows ubiquitous wireless "dock" standard would make that possible for US corporations in general. I wish Microsoft would get their shit together and start executing across the board. It's just sad seeing the mix mash of wasted potential. Despite their huge success, such a statement could apply to Microsoft throughout most of its long history. I suspect that internal politics is behind much of that.

mhomde 10y ago
I dunno, take the Dell xps 13, depending on your specs you have pretty powerful laptop in a 11" format. Compare that against the HP Lap dock (https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/HP-Elite-x3-Lap-Dock/productID.5069318900 https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/HP-Elit...). Expensive and it isn't even a full laptop. I think the problem I'm having with continuum is that it's based on us only using the computer in a few fixed places, whereas the good thing about laptops is that they can be used anywhere.. I agree that internal politics is most definitively the bane of Microsoft's existence :)
- noveltyaccount 10y ago
  > I think the problem I'm having with continuum is that it's based on us only using the computer in a few fixed places I'm still holding out hope for a "Surface phone" with a laptop dock. The dock would really just be a battery, keyboard, trackpad, display, and probably a few USB ports.
  - stcredzero 10y ago
    I'd add a GTX 1060 GPU.

mhomde 10y ago

I dunno, take the Dell xps 13, depending on your specs you have pretty powerful laptop in a 11" format. Compare that against the HP Lap dock (https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/HP-Elite-x3-Lap-Dock/productID.5069318900 https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/HP-Elit...). Expensive and it isn't even a full laptop. I think the problem I'm having with continuum is that it's based on us only using the computer in a few fixed places, whereas the good thing about laptops is that they can be used anywhere.. I agree that internal politics is most definitively the bane of Microsoft's existence :)

noveltyaccount 10y ago
> I think the problem I'm having with continuum is that it's based on us only using the computer in a few fixed places I'm still holding out hope for a "Surface phone" with a laptop dock. The dock would really just be a battery, keyboard, trackpad, display, and probably a few USB ports.
- stcredzero 10y ago
  I'd add a GTX 1060 GPU.