I think the Surface turned out to be a better product. I used to think phones and tablets would be defined by lower performance but extremely energy efficient.

I think the Surface turned out to be a better product. I used to think phones and tablets would be defined by lower performance but extremely energy efficient. And any learning from these low power designs would leak to desktops and laptops, but with more power to play with, they would be faster. But now we’ve got these very powerful iPads and iPhones, but they exist in a limited ecosystem. The Surface may not have the fancy A12 SoC but the entire line up seems to have intel cpus and run Windows. And their product lineup seems to be a single platform with increasing capabilities. Tablet, better tablet, laptop, better laptop. But you can run all the same stuff. I’d love Mac OS in an iPad right now that can use the same binaries.