[citation][nom]phamhlam[/nom]Microsoft should make a standard laptop. It could be simple and work. No ugly screen, no crappy keyboard, big trackpad, crapware free, no annoyingly loud fan, and comes with Microsoft great build quality.I however love the Surface Pro and if it comes out at $800, it feels like a true laptop replacement and desktop companion.[/citation]
because it is a laptop... minus the built in keyboard.
[citation][nom]myromance123[/nom]So after they hid it from their partners about making their own device, now it seems almost like they are threatening their partners. Although this may possibly mean better hardware support and an overall experience if Microsoft make their own hardware, is it wise to shoo off the partners that helped keep them alive as a worldwide monopoly?If Windows 8 does not do so well, things may start to build up into bigger problems later on.This is solely my opinion however. I personally buy computers for their parts, not for their OS.[/citation]
i use windows for the programs, not the os. if linux made it easy to install, and had a crap ton of support from everything i want, i would move in a heart beet.
but microsoft... they aren't threatening their partners, they are getting sick of them making cheap crap and people comparing the full plastic laptop to the macbook pros.
they saw what the oems were doing with the tablet, face palmed hard, and decided they wanted to make a true competitor to ipad, and not have a cluster... cant say next word for sanctions... that is the android, where there is some great hardware, but so much crap too that it gives android a bad name.
with microsoft making their own tablet, they can say this is how you do it, either forcing oems to step up or get the hell off the platform.
[citation][nom]BreakThemRocks[/nom]Yes welcome the new M$, Buy our hardware and get a ball and chain for free ! I'll stick with windows 7 until expiration, and dual boot Linux, I am sure before win 7 goes, most laptop OEMs will offer a choice of operating systems![/citation]
yea, when a desktop can no longer be built by hand with the os installed by the user, that is when i will give up completely on microsoft, all this is is microsoft not wanting to fail because oems suck in the tablet space.