LastBattle said:
On a side node for those complaining about apps. Its certainly better designed for a tablet than any of the 2 OS.
With Android primarily consisting of blown up apps from phone, making no difference between that and a phone and iOS that's not there from a productivity standpoint on what you can do with it other than entertainment.
You'll get no argument from me about the OS, it does truly show up the Android and iOS tablets for the toys that they are. Beautifully designed apps like Bing News also outdo Apple apps and embarrass Android apps for the truly clunky and ugly crap that exists on the Play Store, but there aren't enough of them. The prescence of a fully functional desktop browser in the RT also goes some way to mitigate the lack of apps, but again, popular consumer belief is that if your tablet don't got no apps, it's crap. MS has to address this.
With the Pro 2 docking station, they may have a good shot at the corporate space. with any luck they'll gain traction there, which may help their chances with the S2 in the consumer market. As things go right now, however, the S2 is DOA. The build quality of a Surface 2 may be second to none, but it's just completely priced out of the market. The $150-$400 Android tablet market segment is on fire right now (we all know these cheap tablets are generally rubbish, but that is what the people want), while the iPad occupies the upmarket tablet space. MS has a fantastic product, but they have one heck of a uphill battle.
masotime said:
The thing is... if you need to do office work badly, why not get a proper Windows laptop?
Or even the Surface Pro?
The only argument for the Surface RT/2 is that it is cheap, light and has support for MS Office.
However, if you're a real office worker, you should easily be able to spare the money for a Surface Pro at the very least, with the stylus to boot.
Otherwise I am actually more interested in the really nice Microsoft laptops out there like the Samsung Ativ Book 9 Plus or other high resolution ultraportables out there.
Exactly. I'm guessing the S2's going to be about 800 bucks when it comes here? For $800 you could buy a decent laptop for work purposes, why goof around with a tablet? If your company uses internal applications you're obviously hosed there. If your work only requires Office and a browser, sure go for it. Otherwise, uh, no.