Acer Reacts, Calls Microsofts Surface Tablet Just a Ploy

[bv90andy]

Ship noted that Surface is simply a enthusiasm booster for

Anyway, I was actually interested to see MS block Windows 8 on their hardware only, like Apple, and then see the Linux market EXPLODE.

 

[ethanolson]

I will pay $525 for the Windows RT tablet and $950 for the Win 8 Pro tablet. I want the ultra-thin keyboard with my Windows RT unit and the thicker keyboard with the chunkier Win 8 Pro unit. That's my plan!

 

[erunion]

Apple was born a hardware company, they sell hardware. They make their own software for their hardware. Here are some examples you seemed to not understand:
- Apple II (Since the 1970s)
- Macintosh
- Mac II
- PowerPC Macs
- iMac
- notebook computers
- Intel powered Macs
- Lisa
- Newton (first tablet, before the Palm Pilots)
- Monitors, keyboards, mice
- Drives
- Servers (yes, they made big box servers, they make little ones now)
- iPod (some sort of MP3/music player of some sort)
- iPhone (some awkward phone-like device, I doubt anyone will buy it)
- iPad (a modern tablet that nobody ever heard of)

How does listing a couple Apple products support your claim? And neglected some important things, like the mac clones.

When discussing the ipod, Jobs said Apple was at its a software company. After all, he said, what set the ipod apart from the numerous other mp3 players was not its hardware, it was its software and ui. The same can be said for any recent Apple product.

Microsoft selling Microsoft branded computers wouldn't make it a hardware company. How is Apple any different?

Silly Apple fan boys.

 

[eddieroolz]

That pic...hahahaha