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Re:Microsoft reports record first-quarter revenue of $18.53 ... by Shivetya on Thursday October 24, 2013 @05:57PM (#6608291)
Push.

Plus nothing really came along that was a viable alternative to Office. Don't count MS out of tablets yet, Surface falls into line quite well with an Office dominated culture.

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Re:Microsoft reports record first-quarter revenue of $18.53 ... by thefreeman on Thursday October 24, 2013 @06:15PM (#6608381)
Agreed. People love to trash talk Microsoft's mobile offerings, but really their biggest failing was being so late to the game. If I was in the market for a tablet (which I am not, because I am still perfectly satisfied with my 3 year old Android tablet) I would definitely be taking a hard look at the Surface.
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Re:Microsoft reports record first-quarter revenue of $18.53 ... by sien on Thursday October 24, 2013 @06:59PM (#6608634)
Definitely.

The ASUS T100TA is an impressive tablet or mini-laptop based on the new Bay Trail Atoms and will allow many corporate users who are tied to the MS stack to do what they need on a tablet. They run Windows 8, not RT and are start at $350.

http://hothardware.com/Reviews/HandsOn-ASUS-Transformer-Book...

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Re:Microsoft reports record first-quarter revenue of $18.53 ... by err4nt on Thursday October 24, 2013 @09:39PM (#6609259)
Oh gosh. The battery life alone terrifies me! Microsoft simply doesn't know how to make an efficient OS.
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Re:Microsoft reports record first-quarter revenue of $18.53 ... by kvb on Thursday October 24, 2013 @10:15PM (#6609389)
Really? http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/21/microsoft-surface-2-revie...
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