Fugly

A kickstand. And the event pushed it like it was something special.

Just to be clear

Kickstands and cases are not makes/or break tablets.

It is battery life, resolution, performance, ecosystem, ease of use, stability, look and feel, value retention and supportability.

hahahaha

A tablet, with a keyboard... mouse anyone? And let me guess: Microsoft had an original idea of creating a smart cover with the snapping magnets. I wonder where I saw that before. This stuff is dead in 6 months and is not a match for the iPad. This may steal some sales from Andoid but iPad will continue with the same marketshare.

Re: "ecosystem"

Windows ARM does not have much of,

but on INTEL...

A real yawner

Dead on arrival

Back to the Future!

This is simply the Windows tablet PC from years ago without the stylus. What a joke!

Where's McFly and the silver Delorean?

It is...

Fugly. What is the price? When does it ship? Battery life? Typical MS vaporware without these answers.

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Monkey see, Monkey Doo Doo! Haha

I'm sure the boys in Cupertino are shaking in their boots....probably more like rolling on the floor laughing.

Windows 8 is a t***. It may not be bad on a mobile device, but it really sucks the big one on the desktop.

They should create a NEW...

market because the size of this thing (aspect ratio) looks totally wonky, For the spreadsheet freaks and those who hate Apple. I am sure the Apple haters will work hard to find something they like about this "thing." But secretly they will be saying, "This is supposed to whip the iPad's rear end?"

competition good

I hope it does succeed, competition is very good for the clients. The UI looks very nice and the hardware... in one year all the tablet's hardware will be so similar...

Surprise?!

Hey Everyone? Just act surprise...
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise...

"Microsoft has yet..."

"Microsoft has yet to announce pricing or launch details for the Surface family."

That pretty much states all you need to know in June. Until these tablets are priced, available and tested, this is nothing more than classic Microsoft spin doctor.

It doesn't matter what these specs state, until it's on sale, there is no reason to think Surface will ever be worth a second look.

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Is this overlooked?...

I have been looking at the billion websites covering this new product release.

So far I am only seeing this being presented as LANDSCAPE. There is little to no mention of being able to flip it to portrait mode.

If that is the case, how are developers going to like/dislike this in terms of trying to write code that works on desktops, tablets, surfaces, and phones in their 9 million screens and variations?

If in fact his is only one directional then that to me would/could be a very large deal breaker. It would seem rather awkward to walk around holding it in one format all the time. I mean the kickstand would be cool if it worked in portrait mode as well for longer documents and such.

To me so far it looks like it has some potential, but there are a huge amount of issues in real world usability that are so far seeming to be smoked over.

"Don't look behind the curtain......" says the Microsoft media relations experts.