2015: The year that Microsoft started getting the benefit of the doubt

Re:2015: The year that Microsoft started getting the benefit... by georgeecollins on Monday December 28, 2015 @11:25AM (#10801857)

One thing that struck me about this article is that they said that if the Surface Book had been introduced by Samsung no one would have paid attention. Intuitively this seems correct, but I wonder what exactly Samsung has done to be thought of so little. I used to have the first Galaxy Note. In the era of the iPhone 4s, it was a cool phone.

Samsung has the ability to create amazing hardware. What could Samsung do to make itself interesting to a technically sophisticated audience?

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Re:2015: The year that Microsoft started getting the benefit... by CaptSpify on Monday December 28, 2015 @04:13PM (#10803428)

IMO: stop trying to break into the software world. I tend to like Samsung's hardware, but all the software they put on things really turns me off.

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Re:2015: The year that Microsoft started getting the benefit... by vsampath on Monday December 28, 2015 @12:30PM (#10802201)

The Surface Book had an interesting narrative not only because of the hardware, but also the ironic underdog story of Microsoft vs Apple. Nevertheless Samsung gets plenty of coverage and discussion over new Galaxy S and Galaxy Note products and I bet they too would cause a stir if they launched a product like the Surface Book. Too bad they left the PC industry...

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