Surface 3 - New direction, higher prices and crappy i3

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@Duce

Plugging in a printer is so 20th Century. iPad prints to modern printers wirelessly. When I print to the iPad I'm at least 300-600 feet away upstairs in bed. I would hate to have to get up and plug the iPad to my printer. Maybe if MS was doing something new I could get excited. I haven't seen them do anything other than trying to copy Apple or Google for years, borning.

Yawn............

ZuneHD=Surface Pro 3

Copy copy copy copy.

At least Samsung throws a ton of gimmicky features on their devcies to see what sticks. MS stock was down today for the launch of Surface Pro 3.

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@Duce

Another feature that they should drop on the Surface tablet is Windows 8.1.



Windows 8/8.1 has harmed Sony's PC business so much that they are selling it off. Said to see, I once loved buying my Sony Desktops and Vaio laptops. I was primarily a Windows user from 1998-2004 with the exception of some Amiga use. I owned no Mac's during that time. Sony said Win8 killed their PC business. Sony had a 18-year history in the PC business.

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@Duce you will find it's much harder to buy a new Sony machine with Win7 instead of Win8, I have tried.

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@Duce

Link please, I found no way to do this in the US store.

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@Megamig

Amiga.org has few articles that are not Amiga related. Feel free to hunt down more and post them as news like I do. I spend time looking for and adding many Amiga related news items. I wish there were more to post but today that's not the case.

@Duce


Microsoft would tend to disagree that the iPad is just a consumption device.

Here is a partial list of their business Apps for iPad


                              Lync 2010 and Lync 2013. These are the full-featured mobile clients for Lync and Lync Online.

                              Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection. This useful app lets you remote desktop into your servers and PCs.
                             
Microsoft Rights Management Sharing. This app lets you manage RMS document protection in Office 365 for businesses.
                             
Microsoft Tech Companion for iPads. This newsfeed-type app helps you keep up to date on the Microsoft solutions that interest in most.
                             
Office 365 Admin. Currently  limited a bit in scope, this app lets you know at a glance whether your  subscribed Office 365 services are up and running. (In other words, you  can't actually use this app to administer Office 365).
                             
Office for iPad. Microsoft has delivered full featured versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint for iPad.
                             
Office Mobile (for iPhone only). Microsoft  provides a mobile version of its Office suite—with mobile versions of  Word, Excel and PowerPoint—for the iPhone only.
                             
OneDrive and OneDrive for Business. Microsoft's  cloud storage services for individuals and businesses are amply served  on iOS. (Oddly, there is no OneDrive for Business client on Android.)
                             
OneNote. Microsoft  makes nice OneNote versions for both iPhone and iPad, and the iPad  version was recently updated with the new Office look and feel and other  improvements.
                             
OWA for iPhone, OWA for iPad. This  app lets you access your (business versions of) Office 365-based email,  calendars and contacts using a Windows Phone-like UI and Microsoft  features such as Conversation View] and messaging flagging. While most  individuals will probably stick to the built-in Mail and Calendar and  Contacts apps, which are excellent, Microsoft will be adding policy  improvements to OWA that will put it over the top for many businesses.  (See below.)
                             
SharePoint Newsfeed. With this app, you can stay up to up to date with your SharePoint 2013-based connections, make new posts, upload photos, and more. Using Yammer? There's a dedicated Yammer app too.
                             
Skype. Microsoft's consumer-oriented communications solution will almost certainly be of interest as well.
                             
Windows Intune Company Portal. This  mobile app version of the Intune portal lets end users browse apps  you've made available via Microsoft's MDM solution and install them on  their devices.

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The man said: What? My Laptop had a shag with my Tablet?! No no no, that's just the Surface Pro 3. Why does this link remind me of it?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/20/tennessee_atm_outrage/

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$799 i3 entry level Surface Pro 3 is the best system for 4K hardcore gamers.

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Maybe it was a Windows 8 thing but the two i3 systems  I tried we're slow as f*ck and unresponsive sometimes.

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The latest verbiage from MS hints that they are in inventory clearance mode for Windows on ARM.

From Panay and the Surface team

"Windows on ARM continues to be an important part of the Windows strategy. The Surface 2 (which runs Windows RT) is a great choice for both play and getting work done."

Don't expect any new Surface tablets from MS running with Windows RT. If you want one maybe get Surface 2 on a fire-sale.

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@Duce

Why would they announce Surface RT is dead when they still have millions of them sitting in warehouses? Announcing it's death now would cost them another 900 million dollar write off. Best to stay quite about it for a while and sell off inventory. The Surface Mini might have been a small tablet but it would have lost them big dollars in losses if they released it. The Mini Tablet market is overcrowded and brutal to get sales in. MS would save money just putting any Surface Mini's it already made in the landfill.

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http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/05/20/microsoft-corporation-launches-thermonuclear-war-o.aspx

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Former Windows 8 developer and MS employee said it's time to kill the Surface off.

http://stratechery.com/2014/time-kill-surface/

http://twit.tv/show/this-week-in-tech/459

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If Surface sucks what is MS doing right? This looks cool and very interesting.

http://www.valuewalk.com/2014/05/microsoft-corporation-brings-real-time-translator-to-skype/

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This reminds me of the old Windows Vista days when it was almost universally hated but had a few defenders. MS solved the Vista problem by killing it and replacing with something better. I never bought or used Vista and I'll never buy or use Win8.

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And every person in the MS related Press areas still refers to it as "Metro" behind closed doors.  Some call it Windows Store Apps, some say "Modern UI".  Call it what you like.  I call the brick a brack "formerly known as Metro" simply "Legoland Design School".  

Even the most fervent MS press folks like MJ Foley, Ed Bott, and our own illustrious ex Amigan, Paul Thurrott use the Metro term in passing still.  You can gild a turd, but I can still smell the stink  But let's not get into semantics, it's just a name.

It (Metro) indeed was full, blazing official term at one time, but they hit a lawsuit snag on it.

I call it 1996 AOL wants their interface back.

http://obamapacman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/AOL-1996-vs.-Microsoft-Windows-8.jpg

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http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/the-sorry-state-of-windows-81-update-1-236008

http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/what-heck-happening-windows