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By making Microsoft Surface, the potential tablet and PC wunderkind, Microsoft was sort of, kind of acknowledging that PC Makers, Microsoft’s hardware partners, suck at what they do. Which is sort of, kind of true. In order for Windows 8 to be great, Microsoft needed to make sure the hardware was just as great as the software, company partners be damned.
And that’s exactly what Microsoft is doing. According to AllThingsD, Microsoft said:
“Our Surface devices will compete with products made by our OEM partners, which may affect their commitment to our platform.”
Which translates to: either keep up with us or shut up. We haven’t heard what every company is planning on doing in response to Surface but it looks like some PC makers, like Samsung, will try to keep up with its own Surface competitor. Microsoft’s ruthlessness with Surface is a good thing, it needs to be on the front lines with great hardware to make sure that Windows 8 isn’t ruined. [AllThingsD]
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“Our Surface devices will compete with products made by our OEM partners, which may affect their commitment to our platform.”
it May well do, but where else are they going to really go, Apple dont play to well with others and Linux is openS, Google OS is light but maybe?
so there is not much for the OEM lot to do other than suck it up and get better at producing stuff to the requirements of MS, for years people have smashed windows for being rubbish when Macs work out the box, but everyone is quick to forget is that there is no Windows Computer its just an OS that sits on some OEM build and even then it breaks down to about 10 companies bits coming together to make that build. Mac now follows this as its had to but it still only really has a handful of products, a very focused build for sale and they are costly and good. Always had to laugh when people would moan about thier £300 PC laptop, then buy a mac-book pro and be all.. “oh macs are just so much better”
Anyway coming back on target, i think MS should have done this years ago, setting the Bar for its OEMs. The stuff it does make is pretty good. (ignoring the “RROD” with the Xbox)
I cannot wait to get one! Except the rumoured prices might be a little over the top and apparently won’t be competitive with the iPad! However that is just the rumours I have seen.
It does seem funny when people compare a PC to a MAC and are shocked at when one spends over double the price, it performs well, and looks fantastic. Although there does seem to be a lot of catch up, i.e Dell XPS13…
yer i got a Dell XPS for after my Macbook pro died and i must say its great.. its bound to better than the old pro given the age and tech but i really like it and i think for the money i have done better than the Mac for same money.. i guess time will tell, although i dont have the mac display or SSD dives (i have the seagate Hybrid) but with 8gb ram and an i7 its dam fast.. but i think ill get an ARM one of these and i also hope the prices are just swiss pricing for allowing pre-orders. put it out at a £1000 then say if it drops we will drop.. safer than putting it out for £400 then it going up and having to sell it for less no??
Yes I suppose that does make sense, however for buyers who were interested in holding out on a iPad purchase to see what the Surface is like, once they hear the rumours, they would probably just purchase the iPad?
Microsoft are moving into the closed OS market, windows 9 will not be open, future Windows will be closed and it’ll be the death of Microsoft.
When Steam for Linux gains more support I’ll move to that.
Microsoft are moving into the closed OS market?
Windows has never been Open. With Microsoft pushing other hardware manufacturers away, I think they will start shipping linux (probably ubuntu as it is the most comercial distro) more often. I believe Dell have started shipping linux again, i could be wrong.
well i think thats it really, the techy lot will push over to linux once games and the simple little progs work well enough.. but can you put linux on a tablet?
After spending the past 18 months trying to work with linux (ubuntu) and jelly bean on my nexus 7, i have had enough, i’m waiting for w8 to hit the shelves getting myself a new pc and tablet and probably going to swap my samsung galaxy s2 for a win model….sick of all the hassles trying to get basic stuff to work.
No more ubuntu terminals or fragmented android for me.
That is very interesting.. i never thought about the phone to tie it all in, maybe i should.. tbh i only use it for Photos, Calls, texts and a little data.. food for thought Raven!