Rettungshilfe: Erste Surface-Reviews freigeschaufelt
Microsoft wählte als Stichtag für das Review-Embargo seines Surface-Tablets den gestrigen Dienstag, Apples ‚iPad mini‚-Termin. Dies verschüttete einige erste handfeste Artikel der ausgewählten US-Presse-Elite. Nun gut.
via Joshua Topolsky
Übergreifendes Urteil: ‚Viel Hardware-Lob aber noch mehr Software-Kritik‘. Diese fünf Aufsätze empfand ich als lesenswert.
As an ARM-based tablet promising healthy battery life, the Surface goes to toe-to-toe with the iPad.
If you’re an early adopter willing to forget everything you know about navigating a computer, the Surface tablet could replace your laptop. Everyone else: wait for more apps.
The Surface RT isn’t a tablet. It’s not a legitimate alternative to the iPad or Galaxy Note 10.1. That’s not a bad thing. With the Touch Covers, the Surface RT is a fine alternative to a laptop, offering a slightly limited Windows experience in a small, versatile form. Just don’t call it an iPad killer.
For an audacious version 1.0 product, it’s impressive. Now it’s up to Microsoft to prove that it’s serious enough about this PC business to forge ahead with Surface until it’s impressive, period.
The Surface that has a clear place in the market, the $499 unit, isn’t the best model. The Surface that’s the best model, the $599 unit, doesn’t have a clear place in the market.