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I don't think this is contrary to the article. The problem is not that nobody will buy the Surface Pro, or that it's not a great device - it's that not enough w

by tammer 12y ago

I don't think this is contrary to the article. The problem is not that nobody will buy the Surface Pro, or that it's not a great device - it's that not enough will buy it to justify an entire hardware business. Perhaps we'll be proven wrong, but I think the article is correct in assuming that the device won't win over large corporate purchases and isn't a challenge to Apple's hold on consumers. It still screams 'niche'.

stan_rogers 12y ago
It's trying to scream "reference implementation!!!" I'm sure that MS wouldn't mind earning the odd nickel here and there from Surface Pro sales, but they have a much deeper interest in pushing a unified mode of computing, with one device becoming the device you need when you need it. For better or worse, that seems to be their model for the future of their OS and application software, and they seem to understand that a traditional form factor laptop or desktop is not going to be that device. The object of the game seems not so much to be to sell Surface units per se, but to persuade people to want Surface-like (or other convertible) units where there software they want to sell will make more sense.