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Screen: 1366x768 vs 1920x1080 Storage: max 64GB vs max 128GB Different storage, different screen, different architecture, different battery life, different c

by molmalo 14y ago

Screen: 1366x768 vs 1920x1080 Storage: max 64GB vs max 128GB Different storage, different screen, different architecture, different battery life, different capabilities (run x86 vs Metro-only), and yet you fail to see that they are very different... > The issue is that Microsoft is selling the same device with two different operating systems. How can you call it "the same device", when everything is different, and they are targeted for different people? I'll tell you what happened to me last week. I was talking to a friend of mine who is a dentist (he was showing me his new dental office). He told me that he wanted to buy a new Windows Tablet, so he could keep using the software he uses today in his dental office. He read about the new tablets, and wanted to buy a $500 Surface. I warned him that those $500 tablets won't run his software (a desktop application) and he seemed to be really confused about why a Windows tablet won't run a program he currently uses in a "Windows PC". I had to explain him that the lower-cost Surface running Windows RT is similar to an iPad, and that what he really wants is the higher-cost Surface running Windows 8. So, when you say: >the only real difference is the CPU architecture, which is really nothing that any consumer should have to think about., You are very wrong, they NEED to understand that before they buy the device. Otherwise, a lot of people will be very disappointed.

fauigerzigerk 14y ago
>How can you call it "the same device", when everything is different, and they are targeted for different people? Everything is different? These are two tablets with almost the same name, presented on the same web page next to each other and hence targeting the same people. They look almost identical. They have exactly the same screen size and aspect ratio. Same types of connectivity as well. One is higher specced than the other. More storage, more memory, faster CPU and a few other details. These are clearly two variants of the same device. And Microsoft itself has made it very clear what the main difference is: Some obscure sub division within their Windows OS lineup. Take away "RT" and "8 Pro" and the names are identical. It's as if Apple was offering two versions of the iPad, one running iOS and another one running Mac OS.

by molmalo 14y ago

fauigerzigerk 14y ago

>How can you call it "the same device", when everything is different, and they are targeted for different people? Everything is different? These are two tablets with almost the same name, presented on the same web page next to each other and hence targeting the same people. They look almost identical. They have exactly the same screen size and aspect ratio. Same types of connectivity as well. One is higher specced than the other. More storage, more memory, faster CPU and a few other details. These are clearly two variants of the same device. And Microsoft itself has made it very clear what the main difference is: Some obscure sub division within their Windows OS lineup. Take away "RT" and "8 Pro" and the names are identical. It's as if Apple was offering two versions of the iPad, one running iOS and another one running Mac OS.