does anyone this is actually designed by nokia? i dont know..it kinda has nokia written all over it. even the keyboard colors. weren't there some rumors about nokia announcing a tablet running win RT in june?
Hence.....the problem. The one with the Ivy bridge processor is a laptop....price...$800-$1000. At that price...get me a MacBook Air. The one with the ARM processor will not be better than the iPad in Screen Resolution, battery life, ecosystem.....graphics (most likely). Price $500-$700. This is MICROSOFT, remember.
It's a tablet running a full operating system with an amazing specs. This will definitely replace the big laptop market share because it's more portable than a laptop with a hard keyboard.
Eh, no price or battery life info unfortunately. Looks like the pro (the only thing really interesting IMO) will be priced more for the Ultrabook/MacBook Air market. It'd be a tougher decision at that point between the three. If the Windows RT tablets are in any way successful, it could be an iPad competitor.....and a real serious problem for the Android tablet market.
Which is great because it can easily edit Word, Powerpoint and Excel files. Both models have pretty massive batteries.
I can see this working for the pro version, and replacing existing windows based laptops. Which is a good thing for MS because they are taking hardware share from Dell, HP, whatever. As is, I already have a larger second screen and wireless keyboard and mouse that i hook my laptop up to. The laptop is there for the portability, to take it back and forth from work/home, on trips, etc. In the same way, I can definitely see this working. Even more portable, lighter, etc. And the company paid for the laptop anyway. To the extent it also does everything the ipad does anyways, then that'd be great. That would mean great battery life, screen resolution, app market, ease of use. I see them trying to marry personal and professional.... but they might be too late to the party... for me anyways. We switched to Apple fully at home 5 or 6 years ago.
It will work for both versions and I don't see it replacing anything. It will just reduce or eliminate the gaps in performance vs ergonomics vs portability. You will have an much larger selection of choices in between to personally fit your needs. Phones/tablets moving from the bottom up and Ultrabooks moving from the top down this looks like a continuation.
If I remember correctly, part of the deal with Barnes and Noble is that Microsoft wants their products sold in their college bookstores. Can you imagine being a student and getting that pro version at a discount?
If this thing comes out soon, I may consider it. I have to buy a laptop, and soon (my school starts August 20th). My uses almost enable me to go tablet, but I'd feel more comfortable with a laptop. I'm cheap and wouldn't want to spend in the ultrabook range, though, so I'm probably out.
You don't need to upgrade to Windows 8. In fact I'd completely avoid it until the first service pack comes out anyway.
Only wish it had a higher res screen. Once you get spoiled and use to the ipads retina display all other displays look fuzzy and crappy. Other than that this looks promissing
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