Microsoft's cheapest Surface tablet won't cost $1K after all

Re:Microsoft's cheapest Surface tablet won't cost $1K after all by taylodl on Friday July 27, 2012 @05:28PM (#4303674)

My iPad integrates with the enterprise. Doing it right now as a matter of fact, and I work for a conservative Fortune 200 company with stringent, U.S. Federal Government mandated, security requirements. My iPad has become my main mobile machine at work, and with the exception of reading HN, I do real work with it - not just web surfing.

And Androids need not apply. We stopped supporting them. Too many security issues as a result of their divergent platform.

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Re:Microsoft's cheapest Surface tablet won't cost $1K after all by mc32 on Friday July 27, 2012 @06:18PM (#4303841)

I should have been clearer. I meant to say that it would integrate with something like the AD structure out of the box, GPOs and such. I know there are enterprise mgmt kits for ipads and so on. But if this integrated into an existing ecosystem, it'd make a good case for those extra hundred(s) of dollars (given it would also run the apps people are used to in the ent.)

In any event, I'm not saying that a Surface would be _the_ system in the ent. All I'm saying is that given its legacy and avant capabilities, the extra price is justifiable, to me. For you an ipad is the perfect solution, there is no problem with that.

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