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$100 cheaper than an iPad.

by MatthewPhillips 14y ago

Synaesthesia 14y ago
iPad 2 can be bought from $399, and the $499+ iPads have a Retina display, this is only 1366x768.
Toshio 14y ago
$100 more expensive than an iPad 2.
- MatthewPhillips 14y ago
  New things cost more than old things.
  - adrr 14y ago
    Its more equivalent to an Ipad 2 than the Ipad 3 since it doesn't have a retina like screen. The Surface pro has the screen where pixels aren't visible. I do wonder if the surface will be more reliable than a xbox 360. I'm on my second one and it just broke again. Microsoft isn't know for reliable devices and as a business, i can't have tablets die on my employees. With apple, i haven't had any issues with three year old ipad that is used daily.
    - dpark 14y ago
      > I do wonder if the surface will be more reliable than a xbox 360. I'm on my second one and it just broke again. Microsoft isn't know for reliable devices and as a business, i can't have tablets die on my employees. With apple, i haven't had any issues with three year old ipad that is used daily. Well if we're trading anecdotes, I went through 3 Macbook Pros in 3 years. Two screens broke and one trackpad stopped working. One of the headphone jacks also broke. Apparently the issues I hit were fairly common, at least on the generations I had. This doesn't mean Apple makes bad hardware. It means that their hardware isn't perfect (no one's is), and that I got unlucky. My wife has a Dell laptop that's years old and has no problems except that the battery needs replacing. Anecdotes don't count for much. Disclosure: Microsoft employee
takluyver 14y ago
$100 cheaper than an iPad with equivalent storage, but if customers compare the base model of each, they're the same. Not to mention that Apple's website offers the previous model for $100 less.
mtgx 14y ago
We'll have to wait and see if a big part of that storage is not used by the Windows OS, which is much larger than iOS, unless they don't count that storage, but they might. Also, it still has a regular resolution. I would expect at least a 1080p resolution at that price. The 9" Kindle Fire has one, and it sells for $300. That's $200 difference,and the Surface still doesn't have that high of a resolution.

$100 cheaper than an iPad.

Synaesthesia 14y ago

iPad 2 can be bought from $399, and the $499+ iPads have a Retina display, this is only 1366x768.

Toshio 14y ago

$100 more expensive than an iPad 2.

MatthewPhillips 14y ago
New things cost more than old things.
- adrr 14y ago
  Its more equivalent to an Ipad 2 than the Ipad 3 since it doesn't have a retina like screen. The Surface pro has the screen where pixels aren't visible. I do wonder if the surface will be more reliable than a xbox 360. I'm on my second one and it just broke again. Microsoft isn't know for reliable devices and as a business, i can't have tablets die on my employees. With apple, i haven't had any issues with three year old ipad that is used daily.
  - dpark 14y ago
    > I do wonder if the surface will be more reliable than a xbox 360. I'm on my second one and it just broke again. Microsoft isn't know for reliable devices and as a business, i can't have tablets die on my employees. With apple, i haven't had any issues with three year old ipad that is used daily. Well if we're trading anecdotes, I went through 3 Macbook Pros in 3 years. Two screens broke and one trackpad stopped working. One of the headphone jacks also broke. Apparently the issues I hit were fairly common, at least on the generations I had. This doesn't mean Apple makes bad hardware. It means that their hardware isn't perfect (no one's is), and that I got unlucky. My wife has a Dell laptop that's years old and has no problems except that the battery needs replacing. Anecdotes don't count for much. Disclosure: Microsoft employee

takluyver 14y ago

$100 cheaper than an iPad with equivalent storage, but if customers compare the base model of each, they're the same. Not to mention that Apple's website offers the previous model for $100 less.

mtgx 14y ago

We'll have to wait and see if a big part of that storage is not used by the Windows OS, which is much larger than iOS, unless they don't count that storage, but they might. Also, it still has a regular resolution. I would expect at least a 1080p resolution at that price. The 9" Kindle Fire has one, and it sells for $300. That's $200 difference,and the Surface still doesn't have that high of a resolution.