Comments on: Microsoft Stores issuing Surface launch day reservations

By: HunterGuy2

HunterGuy2 — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 19:27:00 +0000

Yeah based on the android tabs I’ve played with in best buy I totally agree. I’ve been running the win8 on my laptop for a while now though, and it seems to work fine, so it should be ok with decent hardware backing it up (not holding my breath for anything from acer, which is probably why ms made surface in the first place). Nobody has seen rt yet so we can’t tell for sure, but based on the responsiveness of win phone 7 I am hopeful of ms’s capabilities on non-x86 devices.

I will definitely say though, hardware does make a big difference. I am typing this on my 1st gen iPad, and sometimes I type whole words before the keyboard notices and catches up. Also, safari has a habit of crashing on me… I’ve had to type this whole post twice now :(

By: toneii

toneii — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:51:00 +0000

i mean ipad doesn’t multitask as much, and this helps it up front with the user experience. it doesnt tend to get as laggy, over time. all three mobile os’s are evolving to have all the others’ features, so quality becomes critical. it will be interesting to see how microsoft models their response to apples jurying model. you can feel it between android and apple – android app store is like simtel, anybody can release anything there, and what happens is you get all these free apps that are spamming your notification and watching you. apple manages it better, and kicks crap like that out. and for the record, i do not use mac os, and never bought apple until ipod. no fanboi here, but i have to admit the ipad 3 with that higher than hd screen, it is just a world past the others. its insane.

By: toneii

toneii — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:37:00 +0000

so were waiting for some launch when all the good stuff will be released? i am not clear on that. Are we just seeing the butt end of the appstore right now? i think what you see is what you get…

By: kalval

kalval — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:44:00 +0000

So you assess windows 8 on an acer of all things, which comes with features like unoptimised drivers and old hardware. Wait for launch windows 8 hardware and it will be a different story.
And how can you expect all the top apps to be in the store when the OS hasn’t launched yet?

By: HunterGuy2

HunterGuy2 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:58:00 +0000

I would not judge Surface by an Acer tablet. They’re pretty well known for churning out uninspired, low-quality devices. (the same can be said of most Android devices – quality of one device doesn’t reflect on the others).

I’m also not sure what you mean by “Ipad has limited the amount of chatter on the OS, compared to the others”. I can see this being true vs. Android due to background apps, but I don’t think this necessarily applies to Win8 RT.

Apps is a legitimate complaint, but I think that will be remedied when the full Win8 starts picking up.

By: toneii

toneii — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:49:00 +0000

I can’t be critical of the surface hardware, as I haven’t used it. While the environment looks promising, they apps have a long way to go, and I am surprised there are not more apps available, and that the apps that are available, are not that great. On Surface’s Ebay client, for example, if I try to bid or contact the seller, it directs me to the website. It just seems like an unfinished placeholder of an app, and for me, that would be one of the flagship apps. So it will take some time for quality apps to emerge.

By: fla24

fla24 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:52:00 +0000

Have a nice time haggling at the Microsoft store. Do you think it’s a flea market?

By: fla24

fla24 — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:50:00 +0000

Since there hasn’t been any official Windows 8 devices yet, how is ti fair to compare them to older hardware? You can’t categorize surface hardware and the w500 together when its running on an older outdated device intended for Windows 7. If we are doing that than I will reply that my Windows 7 machine is amazingly fast compared to the commodore 64.

By: rfreijanes

rfreijanes — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:06:00 +0000

I think I will get a tablet + keyboard + pen (like SPen) running Windows 8.

By: rfreijanes

rfreijanes — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:05:00 +0000

Where is your brain?

By: toneii

toneii — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:00:00 +0000

He was talking about a hybrid Computer, but you referred to a hyrid car. Ha Ha. What a funny joke! You sure are witty!

By: toneii

toneii — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:55:00 +0000

Yeah, surface is really exciting isn’t it. Are you going to get all 100 apps?

By: Philip G

Philip G — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:51:00 +0000

Hybrid? As in Prius?

By: Philip G

Philip G — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:50:00 +0000

Yawn.

By: Philip G

Philip G — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:50:00 +0000

They are, it’s called Surface Pro

By: toneii

toneii — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:20:00 +0000

I have all three ipads, an android tablet and acer w500 windows 8 tablet. As far as my usage (mostly information browsing), iOS is slightly more polished than the others in terms of hardware and software. It’s just a higher quality level. For example webpages really scroll smoothly on any ipad, but not so much on the android or the Windows 8 machine. Ipad has limited the amount of chatter on the OS, compared to the others, so it doesn’t get as bogged down, the more that you use it. Ipad 1 might be getting a little outdated, but it is still better than the W500 and A500. Ipad 2 is next best because of the even faster processor, and ipad 3 is just amazing, the screen is higher res than any computer I own, even. Surface needs more high quality apps to catch up, and unfortunately, there is not a rush of those yet. I don’t know what people are waiting for… I expected more apps by now. Android store is pretty decent, but they should kick ad/spyware out of there. The android skype client is not quite as friendly, it loses the video if you switch apps for too long.

By: Angelo Zappulla

Angelo Zappulla — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:12:00 +0000

I ordered it and yesterday cancelled it, not sure about this RT versions. Why didn’t they just come out with it full blown Windows 8. Microsoft, does everythin half way.

By: the person

the person — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:10:00 +0000

wait for them to sell out of stock at the stores, then go haggle for one with a keyboard at no keyboard prices.

By: rfreijanes

rfreijanes — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 13:40:00 +0000

I don’t know what buy. But I want an hybrid.