Im glad you liked my videos I seriously love my Surface 2, and this is coming from someone that owned an iPad before. The iPad is a great device, but its just not in the dame league as the Surface 2, or any 8.1 RT tablet.Well said guys .
I don't own a surface yet I own a iPad . But this review was too much biased . And iam just amazed at tech sites who don't demonstrate the capabilities of surface 2 . There are no surface 2 vs iPad air reviews also , if there are any they showing this useless benchmark stuff .
Why are they not showing real time webpage rendering ? Why are they not showing running Skype and ie or Facebook side by side which the ipad can't ?
All they are harping is how the iPad is thinner and lighter . And guess what ? all those iPad airs will be eventually be going inside some sort of a case which will make the iPad air thicker then surface 2 with its keyboard / cover attached .
People must post more and more videos of their surface 2 demonstrating the versatility it has only then it will reach a critical mass among buyers .
Iam seriously thinking of buying a surface 2 this time over the iPad air . Videos by Daylife also convinced me that this machine is awesome and handles everything you throw at it . Whereas there are guys crying at macrumors forums that their ipad air crashes , reloads and slutters .
The Surface needs to be compared to things because consumers need to know what purpose it serves. Since it isn't strictly a tablet in the traditional sense (when compared to other devices) nor is it strictly a netbook, people want to know how this device will fit into their lives. Microsoft NEEDS them to know. If the Surface is to gain traction and marketshare Microsoft needs to show real-life scenarios where the Surface is the best option.Steve Jobs once described the iPad as, “the intersection between technology and liberal arts.”
For Microsoft’s Surface 2 tablet, the intersection may be at technology and a Master’s of Business Administration.The problem is that while most people who have gone to college have had at least a bachelors degree in liberal arts (or some other pursuit), only a small portion of those people go on to get an MBA. The Surface 2, like the Surface RT before it, struggles with a problem of identity. Is it a tablet? A notebook? To what exactly do you compare it?
Why does it need to be compared to ANYTHING? If it cannot be compared, its got an identity crisis issue and considered a flop?...I think this reviewer has a identity crisis of being open-minded about new technologies. Seriously this opening statement was enough for me to get annoyed.
The Surface needs to be compared to things because consumers need to know what purpose it serves. Since it isn't strictly a tablet in the traditional sense (when compared to other devices) nor is it strictly a netbook, people want to know how this device will fit into their lives. Microsoft NEEDS them to know. If the Surface is to gain traction and marketshare Microsoft needs to show real-life scenarios where the Surface is the best option.
Steve Jobs once described the iPad as, “the intersection between technology and liberal arts.”
For Microsoft’s Surface 2 tablet, the intersection may be at technology and a Master’s of Business Administration.The problem is that while most people who have gone to college have had at least a bachelors degree in liberal arts (or some other pursuit), only a small portion of those people go on to get an MBA. The Surface 2, like the Surface RT before it, struggles with a problem of identity. Is it a tablet? A notebook? To what exactly do you compare it?
Why does it need to be compared to ANYTHING? If it cannot be compared, its got an identity crisis issue and considered a flop?...I think this reviewer has a identity crisis of being open-minded about new technologies. Seriously this opening statement was enough for me to get annoyed.
consumers use comparisons to evaluate a devices place in -their- space.
they are shopping for a laptop. is it a laptop ?
they are shopping for a tablet. is it a laptop ?
they are shopping for a phone. is it a phone ?
they are shopping for a truck. is it a truck ?
the first two should be easy for the sales force to manipulate and explain. the others just gross exaggerations to hammer the point.
It was compared to netbooks. It was compared to an iPhone. It was dismissed as an oversized iPod Touch. It was initially derided as a feminine sanitary product. Do you NOT remember those things? Those who initially embraced the iPad were referred to as iSheep... that they would buy ANYTHING made by Apple (simply because those detractors didn't know how it would fit)When the iPad was released, what was it compared to?
It was compared to smartphones. It was embraced because it was a larger form factor. Samsung had to produce ads that showcased HOW the Note was different than smartphones and tablets.When the Note was released, what was it compared to?
It was compared to notebooks and laptops. Netbooks were initially derided as cheap underpowered toys. Not for serious work.When the NETBOOK was released, what was it compared to?
While you are calling out bias, include your own in the mix. You mention the iPad, Note, and netbooks and yet you have forgotten the resistance each received during their initial release. And you appear to be ignoring the fact that Microsoft stumbled out of the gate with the marketing of the 1st gen Surface devices. Metrosexual hipsters prancing around swapping keyboards is NOT the way to market the uniqueness of the Surface.Come on...you and the few select users here with the same case in point day after day with the same 'valid reasoning'....yet we have tons of device that combined multiple devices with success. So now the Surface has come along and rocked this illusionary boat to confuse the whole technology world? LOL.
Im calling out bias.
While you are calling out bias, include your own in the mix. You mention the iPad, Note, and netbooks and yet you have forgotten the resistance each received during their initial release. .
When the iPad was released, what was it compared to?
When the Note was released, what was it compared to?
When the NETBOOK was released, what was it compared to?
Come on...you and the few select users here with the same case in point day after day with the same 'valid reasoning'....yet we have tons of device that combined multiple devices with success. So now the Surface has come along and rocked this illusionary boat to confuse the whole technology world? LOL.
Im calling out bias.