I would really have to see more specs and get a hands-on opportunity with Surface. My major concern is that keyboard. I have a feeling the keyboard is going to get terrible reviews.
I already have a 10-inch Acer A500 Android tablet that I like a lot, but to be honest, tablets tend to be consumption machines instead of creation machines, mostly because they're still running operating systems created for handsets and not offering the flexibility or real productivity you can get out of a laptop, so I find myself not using it all that often.
I'd really like to see what the Surface Pro has to offer. It seems like a good marriage of an ultrabook and a tablet, providing the portability and battery life of a tablet with the real PC usability and productivity of an ultrabook.
Dana - 12 years ago
I use PCs for work and have an android smartphone and galaxy tab 10.1 with keyboard device and picked up a kindle Fire as a gift. Although my ideal devicefor work on the road would be the Surface Pro....for $ 199...I would buy the RT in a heartbeat to use as an "at home and in office" device. My first computer was in CPM and I have never been anApple fan. I would love to switch to Linux but I need compatibility with PC for work. If Microsoft really wants geekdom to buy these...all it has to do is enable dual or triple hooting for us to play!
alan - 12 years ago
@neale gray why does everyone think Microsoft are unreliable, they have changed a bit since windows me or 95, I don't get any problems at all. I won't be investing in Microsofts new tablet, I can't find a need for one, my HTC One X with my Microsoft laptop and desktop at home, can't justify spending $5 on it, nevermind $200.
Pass on the Surface and here's why. The UI which was formerly called Metro. Apparently Microsoft doesn't have the know how to check to make sure their UI's chosen name isn't already taken. Even then I find the UI juvenile, limiting, and simplistic in an obnoxious way. I know Microsoft is trying to differentiate themselves from Apple and Google's software, but doing it via the Metro UI makes me hope that Android crosses over from mobile OS or at least more closely integrate with Linux so I can put an end to the my already limited need of Microsoft's products.
Quasar - 12 years ago
I'd pretty much already decided on a Surface Pro unless the battery life is really terrible, so no I don't think a 200$ Surface RT would entice me. Part of that simply is that at launch there won't be enough of a application ecosystem for it.
JackM - 12 years ago
I use Android cell, Microsoft PC's (Apple won't run the program I use in my job), I even converted my Touch pad to Android. I have a couple of PC,s running Windows 8. I build my own and buy off the shelf as well. I've used all types of everything tech. (I wasn't that impressed with the IPhone). That being said, nothing's perfect. But my curiosity is tweaked with this product, so I'll most likely try one. For a measly pair of C notes, how can you go wrong.
Rob - 12 years ago
@Neale
Actually I have to disagree on a couple of points here. Using apple and Microsoft for work I have to tell you Microsoft as of Windows 7 outperforms anything apple has to offer. While Indeed Android is my ecosystem of choice (I have a tablet and a smartphone), Microsoft has been doing so much right lately in terms of usability, functionality, and looks. So while apple sticks to the same boring grid pattern, Microsoft is really making strides. I would be sorely tempted to try a Microsoft tablet, especially at 199$
Neale Gray - 12 years ago
I never buy anything Microsoft unless I really have to. It's bloatware, unreliable, way too expensive, and nowadays I don't even buy Apple - which is not bloatware, not quite so unreliable, but still way too expensive. Android is the alternative, and it's my choice all the way.
I would really have to see more specs and get a hands-on opportunity with Surface. My major concern is that keyboard. I have a feeling the keyboard is going to get terrible reviews.
I already have a 10-inch Acer A500 Android tablet that I like a lot, but to be honest, tablets tend to be consumption machines instead of creation machines, mostly because they're still running operating systems created for handsets and not offering the flexibility or real productivity you can get out of a laptop, so I find myself not using it all that often.
I'd really like to see what the Surface Pro has to offer. It seems like a good marriage of an ultrabook and a tablet, providing the portability and battery life of a tablet with the real PC usability and productivity of an ultrabook.
I use PCs for work and have an android smartphone and galaxy tab 10.1 with keyboard device and picked up a kindle Fire as a gift. Although my ideal devicefor work on the road would be the Surface Pro....for $ 199...I would buy the RT in a heartbeat to use as an "at home and in office" device. My first computer was in CPM and I have never been anApple fan. I would love to switch to Linux but I need compatibility with PC for work. If Microsoft really wants geekdom to buy these...all it has to do is enable dual or triple hooting for us to play!
@neale gray why does everyone think Microsoft are unreliable, they have changed a bit since windows me or 95, I don't get any problems at all. I won't be investing in Microsofts new tablet, I can't find a need for one, my HTC One X with my Microsoft laptop and desktop at home, can't justify spending $5 on it, nevermind $200.
Pass on the Surface and here's why. The UI which was formerly called Metro. Apparently Microsoft doesn't have the know how to check to make sure their UI's chosen name isn't already taken. Even then I find the UI juvenile, limiting, and simplistic in an obnoxious way. I know Microsoft is trying to differentiate themselves from Apple and Google's software, but doing it via the Metro UI makes me hope that Android crosses over from mobile OS or at least more closely integrate with Linux so I can put an end to the my already limited need of Microsoft's products.
I'd pretty much already decided on a Surface Pro unless the battery life is really terrible, so no I don't think a 200$ Surface RT would entice me. Part of that simply is that at launch there won't be enough of a application ecosystem for it.
I use Android cell, Microsoft PC's (Apple won't run the program I use in my job), I even converted my Touch pad to Android. I have a couple of PC,s running Windows 8. I build my own and buy off the shelf as well. I've used all types of everything tech. (I wasn't that impressed with the IPhone). That being said, nothing's perfect. But my curiosity is tweaked with this product, so I'll most likely try one. For a measly pair of C notes, how can you go wrong.
@Neale
Actually I have to disagree on a couple of points here. Using apple and Microsoft for work I have to tell you Microsoft as of Windows 7 outperforms anything apple has to offer. While Indeed Android is my ecosystem of choice (I have a tablet and a smartphone), Microsoft has been doing so much right lately in terms of usability, functionality, and looks. So while apple sticks to the same boring grid pattern, Microsoft is really making strides. I would be sorely tempted to try a Microsoft tablet, especially at 199$
I never buy anything Microsoft unless I really have to. It's bloatware, unreliable, way too expensive, and nowadays I don't even buy Apple - which is not bloatware, not quite so unreliable, but still way too expensive. Android is the alternative, and it's my choice all the way.