Jas00555
Retired Ambassador
Then there's Surface...
Let's face it- Metro apps are way too limited and constricting to be used for everyday work, and I don't even mean as some kind of CEO or developer stuff either. Surface Pro 3 is really nice, but it's too large for what I am looking for. Your debacle of deep-sixing Surface Mini was probably the last straw.
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I'll let everyone else handle the rest of your rant, but I would like to focus on this part. You do realize that there are other OEMs besides Microsoft right? Or have you forgot the past 30 years? If you think the SP3 is too big, buy one of the hundreds of other tablets from any number of OEMs. Your Surface rant seems odd IMHO.
I also appreciate the fact that you're trying to be objective by saying that you're not coming from a developer's perspective, but as a developer, I can say that you may be jumping the gun on this. From the introduction of the Windows Store to now, the ability of metro apps has got so so SO much better. It's far faster than the pace that Apple has added things when the iPad was introduced. You later say you don't care about Threshold, but those APIs that will come with it will give developers even GREATER abilities to innovate.
Just my two cents, tho.