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No, how on earth did you jump to that. It's not really a refresh. It's aimed at laptop market rather than tablet.
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Should have called it surface 2 notepad or something
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Yep naming is very odd. Unless they're going to go down three versions.
7-8" consumer/corporate atom
10.6" consumer RT/atom
12" i3/i5/i7 corporate.
That's the only way I can see it making sense
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But Broadwell is coming, that will bring massive improvements and should be this year, and they will need to do something with it, how can they fit it in?
What, not at all. It's like nothing existed other than surface pro 3.
Or are you suggesting they're only going to offer hugely expensive, poor battery large screen tablets. Which is an insane suggestion.
Surface pro 3 is not a catch all device. And silly to think it'll be the only offering.
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I was just commenting on reasons why he could get to that conclusion
Its got everything to do with his opinion. Surface pro is not for everyone, and it was not an event for a total refresh. So has everything to do with his comment. his opinion suggest surface pro 3 will be the only option, which it blatantly wont be. There wasn't the slightest rumour of an rt refresh and there's zero reason to take away from this event it's over.
All the signs are still pointing to a merger between WP and rt. For a tablet/phone os. They've already merged the market. Now they heed to merge the os/apps.
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I edited, I'm on a phone lol, I misread, either way, there's reasons why he could think what he did. I don't think the event meant to the death of rt, I do think it's coming though.
I can't see there being a 10 inch pro model again and I can't see RT lasting much longer.
Even though all the rumours and leaked documents day otherwise.
They are not going to go down a sole large screen, expensive, poor battery route. There will have to be a 10" and a mini.
People have been saying that since it launched, rt still has a critical roll to play on merging the three OS down to a singular.
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I can't see rt in a tablet environment. If Microsoft hasbt to screwed up so heavily originally, then perhaps. But with 250 pound baytrail 1080p full windows tablets, with higher resolution and same battery life, the potential for rt lowers every month.
Microsoft seem incapable of tackling the main market.
Microsoft seem incapable of tackling the main market.
I agree that RT and windows will merge. I think this will happen now. All I am saying is there a market for 10.6 inch pro tablet when there is a 12 inch offering. I just don't see enough of a differentiation for them to bother.
Pro maybe, more than likely. But they aren't just going to be a pro. It's to expensive and to poor battery, to big and to heavy. For a causal tablet.
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How can rt merge all three? You need x86 os.
Phone's will move to Rt, sharing a store with the x86 os.
As they do now. RT that is.
Unless we get cheap as chips windows rt tablets, but 18 months in and there's none, cheapest are all x86
Phone's will move to Rt, sharing a store with the x86 os.
As they do now. RT that is.
Unless we get cheap as chips windows rt tablets, but 18 months in and there's none, cheapest are all x86
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Surface Pro 3 - Estimated retail price (USD)
•4th gen Intel® Core™ i3, 64 GB and 4 GB of RAM - $799
•4th gen Intel® Core™ i5, 128 GB and 4 GB of RAM - $999
•4th gen Intel® Core™ i5, 256 GB and 8 GB of RAM - $1,299
•4th gen Intel® Core™ i7, 256 GB and 8 GB of RAM - $1,549
•4th gen Intel® Core™ i7, 512 GB and 8 GB of RAM - $1,949
Available June 20th in the US, End of August elsewhere.
•4th gen Intel® Core™ i3, 64 GB and 4 GB of RAM - $799
•4th gen Intel® Core™ i5, 128 GB and 4 GB of RAM - $999
•4th gen Intel® Core™ i5, 256 GB and 8 GB of RAM - $1,299
•4th gen Intel® Core™ i7, 256 GB and 8 GB of RAM - $1,549
•4th gen Intel® Core™ i7, 512 GB and 8 GB of RAM - $1,949
Available June 20th in the US, End of August elsewhere.
This is there ultimate aim and w8 was the first on the route to that. every release brings the programming language closer together, as well as the market place etc. They will all be merged, when who knows.
It's not going to be soon. this is why RT is still very critical.
Wp8.2/9 I expect will merge WP and rt. Meaning two architectures rather than three.
Its disappointing that they aren't all shipping with i7's.
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I don't think rt will become the forerunner, far too many things need x86. It would be like introducing a new currency to England, and everything to buy required this new currency, but you can't exchange your current currency for the new one.