Microsoft Introduces New "Surface" Tablet

Re:Microsoft Introduces New "Surface" Tablet by simonh on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @06:25AM (#4131070)

How can a product that hasn't shipped yet be 'ahead of the curve'? I have an iPad in my bag right now. Microsoft aren't even on the curve yet.

Apple also started blending elements of the iOS UI into OS X, such as multi-touch gestures over a year ago. Maybe MS will leapfrog them. Surface does look interesting, I'm not discounting it, but we'll have to see where Apple and Microsoft stand relative to each other when Surface actually ships.

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Re:Microsoft Introduces New "Surface" Tablet by barista on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @01:26PM (#4132995)

I don't know why you'd think that Microsoft is not even on the curve here. Surface is just the hardware aspect of the complete solution. The Software has been out in beta for a few months now. It's the software that is more responsible for the blending of tablet and laptop than the hardware.

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Re:Microsoft Introduces New "Surface" Tablet by simonh on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @05:24AM (#4136215)

By that argument Microsoft were on the curve in 2010 with Courier, supposedly due for launch later that year but cancelled in April.

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