Spartan Ops
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After reading a lot about the Surface, I finally made it to Best Buy last weekend and checked out the tablets in person. I looked at the Surface RT and the Surface Pro, and I'm afraid the hardware did not impress me. The units themselves are really thick when compared to the best Android tablets, such as the Asus Transformer or the Nexus 10. They keyboard also seems more like a gimmick than anything else (although it's admittedly better than on-screen touch keyboards like iPad's).
But my point is, if they can't make the hardware attractive, how can they expect to compete with Windows 8, an operating system that's not nearly as full-featured as iOS or Android, and does not have the ecosystem that either of those two OS's have?
With so much hoopla they have put out with the TV ads, I expected a more complete product. I hope the Surface brand does not go the way of the Zune.
But my point is, if they can't make the hardware attractive, how can they expect to compete with Windows 8, an operating system that's not nearly as full-featured as iOS or Android, and does not have the ecosystem that either of those two OS's have?
With so much hoopla they have put out with the TV ads, I expected a more complete product. I hope the Surface brand does not go the way of the Zune.