Re:ARM-Ed Mac: We Have an Answer
by scarface74 on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @08:07AM
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Microsoft has been trying to make a good touch screen/desktop OS hybrid since Windows 8. The Surface line has been around since 2012.
The entire idea of the Surface is fundamentally flawed because of three factors - it’s dependence on backwards compatibility with Windows and using x86 processors.
The Chromebook is already a success in education, but it has the opposite problem than the Surface. Google has no clue in how to create an ecosystem. Android on tablets have been a non starter and Chromebooks are still nowhere as capable as iPads.
Android succeeded because Apple refuses to compete on price and everyone needs an phone. A tablet is a luxury product and Apple competes pretty well on price. The $329 iPad is a very good device with a better ecosystem.
Sorry, that was the point I was trying to make. Apple isn't afraid to cannibalize their own product lines by improving their "lesser" product. Rather than being a sign of "big-company-itis", it's a sign of being agile.
> The Surface is just another Windows computer with all the baggage that entails
Microsoft has a history of evolving their products until they are a success, I wouldn't count anything out on it's current iteration.
There's not just the Surface either, the Chromebook could have a future as software moves more and more onto the web and people don't really leave their browsers.