Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Aug 14 23:25:24 CDT 2012
It sure is getting congested in the low end tablet market. It is definitely a buyer market. So the next question is which one is the best? ...the biggest bang for the buck? Right now I do not want a play machine, I want a work machine so that probably disqualifies me from any tablet. I also need a big screen so I do not have to get another prescription to do my work. ;-) Of course a big reading tablet would really nice...any suggestions? Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian Andersen Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:29 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The latest MS Surface price leak There wasn't a whole lot of positivity for this in that article. If MS does do this, then they are giving the middle finger to the OEMs and either taking a substantial loss over a long period of time of time or only having a brief amount of success for a short period of time and then a lot of negativity and disinterest when they jack prices up again. On top of this, Google's Nexus 7 is going for $200 as well and already has a strong ecosystem. Why would anyone go with a MS tablet when dominance and loyalty for Windows on desktops apparently does not transfer onto the tablet space (except for some of you diehard Microsofties)? Might as well get a Google tablet. I'm not sure this is a winning strategy and I just think it's too little too late for Microsoft to compete. IMO, the market at this point is simply about people who want iPads and people who don't. Microsoft would be better off dreaming up the next new technology that will knock everyones socks off like how Apple did with the iPhone. Hans On 2012-08-14, at 6:05 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Surface tablets rumored to ship with $199 price tag > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/14/surface_199_price_tag/ > > That price point could change a lot of things. > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com