I admit to over-generalizing, and good counterpoints have been made.
However, I noted that there is a distinction between calling a thing a hybrid, and actually using it as one. And you continue to ignore one side when addressing the other. Which proves that point pretty well. So, those reviews can call it a hybrid, but then they go on to use the thing as a laptop when a tablet use case would be better and vice versa. And they ding it for their ineptitude.
It's not difficult. It really isn't. Netflix has an app, it's easy to navigate. It's pinned to my start screen. It's not as difficult as you make it sound. Oh noes, Youtube has no app, I can go to their website, which is not that difficult to navigate by touch, since thumbnails are decently large.
Office has no touch app on Windows? That does suck. But just about everyone agrees that the keyboard is a must have, and how important is touch-driven Office in light of the existence of, uh, Office? At least this is being remedied.
I don't jump down peoples' throats when they buy Apple, or iPads, but I will ask them what they want to use it for and if the use case makes a Surface Pro look like a contender, I'll at least just ask if they considered it. I get that it's their money.
But in a discussion like this, it really surprises me to see the Surface Pro 3 still getting discounted so heavily. The thing is stupidly thin and light for having a full blown PC inside it, rivaling an iPad in both categories. You will get a work day's of use out of it. It's not iPad battery life, but it's loads faster and far more powerful at the same time.
Apple really does only have mindshare at this point. I get it, people don't want to muck with technology. Apple is easy, it "just works." That's a crock, by the way. But in the same way Apple is only really driving forward on reputation alone, MS is being held back by their previous reputation. It's all about mindshare.
I just hate some of the pro-iPad arguments. At least, in my experience, the Surface Pro is not being discounted by college students.
However, I noted that there is a distinction between calling a thing a hybrid, and actually using it as one. And you continue to ignore one side when addressing the other. Which proves that point pretty well. So, those reviews can call it a hybrid, but then they go on to use the thing as a laptop when a tablet use case would be better and vice versa. And they ding it for their ineptitude.
It's not difficult. It really isn't. Netflix has an app, it's easy to navigate. It's pinned to my start screen. It's not as difficult as you make it sound. Oh noes, Youtube has no app, I can go to their website, which is not that difficult to navigate by touch, since thumbnails are decently large.
Office has no touch app on Windows? That does suck. But just about everyone agrees that the keyboard is a must have, and how important is touch-driven Office in light of the existence of, uh, Office? At least this is being remedied.
I don't jump down peoples' throats when they buy Apple, or iPads, but I will ask them what they want to use it for and if the use case makes a Surface Pro look like a contender, I'll at least just ask if they considered it. I get that it's their money.
But in a discussion like this, it really surprises me to see the Surface Pro 3 still getting discounted so heavily. The thing is stupidly thin and light for having a full blown PC inside it, rivaling an iPad in both categories. You will get a work day's of use out of it. It's not iPad battery life, but it's loads faster and far more powerful at the same time.
Apple really does only have mindshare at this point. I get it, people don't want to muck with technology. Apple is easy, it "just works." That's a crock, by the way. But in the same way Apple is only really driving forward on reputation alone, MS is being held back by their previous reputation. It's all about mindshare.
I just hate some of the pro-iPad arguments. At least, in my experience, the Surface Pro is not being discounted by college students.
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