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The surface RT was targeted at Consumers, I don't think the lack of joining active directory would be something most people would miss. I don't think most peopl

by vondur 13y ago

The surface RT was targeted at Consumers, I don't think the lack of joining active directory would be something most people would miss. I don't think most people would care about the Windows store lock down, provided that the store has good apps in it. They were trying to use the fact that it has a Real copy of Office on it as a selling feature, except that Office on the RT's ran really poorly.

alipang 13y ago
There's lots of business people (a subset of consumers) who'd might consider buying a surface for their home if they could use it effectively for their work as a bonus. Unfortunately, no active directory support and terrible performance in Office means its not really compelling. Just saying, not all consumers are "my mom" who just wants to play candy crush saga and check their email.
zmmmmm 13y ago
> The surface RT was targeted at Consumers There's the problem - it's not actually targeted at anybody properly. It's a business tablet (office pre-installed, heavily marketed with its keyboard and flip stand, all the ads show chic business people in suits dancing around). But it can't join a domain, won't run the line-of-business apps people actually need, doesn't support VBA (so your excel sheet will load but if it is at all interesting, it won't work), and the built-in office is not actually licensed for commercial use, so businesses who care about the fine details of that sort of thing can't actually use it anyway. Ok, so its a consumer tablet. But it's not got essential things like a good gmail app (didn't even have outlook when it shipped), youtube appp, it sucks for viewing photos you plug in on a USB drive, can't run Chrome, has (or had) few games worth running and has a confusing new UI that is hard to figure out, so playing with it in the store usually results in frustration. It's half awesome for each of its audiences, but its got showstoppers for both of them. It's a true first generation product, and if there was time and room for the second generation it could be awesome. But Haswell is here and the OEMs have no patience for waiting around for RT to improve when they can be selling something that actually meets everyone's needs.

by vondur 13y ago

alipang 13y ago

There's lots of business people (a subset of consumers) who'd might consider buying a surface for their home if they could use it effectively for their work as a bonus. Unfortunately, no active directory support and terrible performance in Office means its not really compelling. Just saying, not all consumers are "my mom" who just wants to play candy crush saga and check their email.

zmmmmm 13y ago

> The surface RT was targeted at Consumers There's the problem - it's not actually targeted at anybody properly. It's a business tablet (office pre-installed, heavily marketed with its keyboard and flip stand, all the ads show chic business people in suits dancing around). But it can't join a domain, won't run the line-of-business apps people actually need, doesn't support VBA (so your excel sheet will load but if it is at all interesting, it won't work), and the built-in office is not actually licensed for commercial use, so businesses who care about the fine details of that sort of thing can't actually use it anyway. Ok, so its a consumer tablet. But it's not got essential things like a good gmail app (didn't even have outlook when it shipped), youtube appp, it sucks for viewing photos you plug in on a USB drive, can't run Chrome, has (or had) few games worth running and has a confusing new UI that is hard to figure out, so playing with it in the store usually results in frustration. It's half awesome for each of its audiences, but its got showstoppers for both of them. It's a true first generation product, and if there was time and room for the second generation it could be awesome. But Haswell is here and the OEMs have no patience for waiting around for RT to improve when they can be selling something that actually meets everyone's needs.