Microsoft Rumored to be Slowing Surface Production
Micosoft is rumored to already be cutting the producting of its Surface RT tablet.
According to a report published by Digitimes, Windows RT "may not perform as well as expected in the market"
The article suggests that Microsoft has cut tablet orders by half and there is now reason to believe, if the information is accurate, that Microsoft will miss the anticipated goal of 4 million shipped Surface RT tablets by the end of the year. Instead, Microsoft may only ship 2 million units. Digitimes said that Asustek Computer, Samsung Electronics and Dell are also seeing weak demand for Windows RT devices.
With little hope that Surface RT will be improving its market performance, all hopes now rest on the Surface Pro tablet, but there is already mounting doubt that Microsoft can make a significant impact. The tablet, which will run Windows 8 Pro will carry a $400 premium over Surface RT and sell for at least $899 (64 GB). The higher end 128 GB model will retail for $999. The tablets will have a 1080 p 10.6-inch screen and run Core i5 processors, as well as pens nor taking notes and making sketches.
The Digitimes report suggests that the supply chain believes that Surface Pro will be priced out of the market and will need a lower price to appeal to consumers.
Nobody's forcing you to use it princess.
Nope, but if you want the newest Direct X MS pretty much forces you to use their new OS sadly. This has been how they have done things for a while now. =/
therogerwilco 11/30/2012 6:30 PM
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Windows 8 rocks. The Surface RT rocks. The closed model they're applying to application installations and the completely restricted API you can code Windows 8 apps in, is the failure point for the Surface RT. The Pro you'll be able to use as normal, but after X amount of years with that freedom, trying to apply a business model like Apple or Droid to a piece of hardware, will not catch on. I was horrified when I tried to set an environment variable within some code for my Surface RT, only to find out the API is probably 30% of the entire .net 4.5 framework. Don't get me wrong, that helps security and performance, but that sure limits the amount you can actually do for coding and reduces the experience of the end user. (this is not a droid, or a crummy apple, this is freakin windows. it's been a mature and massive experience for years)
And how long have you worked for Microsoft?
I know
But it is THEIR OS after all.. we're not in a place to really complain about it..
Ughh.. Freaking apples and oranges..
APPLES AND ORANGES.
What is it you people don't get about this term.
... this is one of the dumbest comments i've ever read.
What I meant is that, we're so dependent on Windows that there's really no way we can threaten MS into fulfilling what we want in THEIR OS. I mean, unless a very large majority starts complaining about it.
Edit: And buddy, dumbest isn't even a word.
Tablet builder are you? please...
We have dozens of off brand (chinese) windows 7 tablets for management for on site use (time recording mostly) and the engineering department will be going with Surface Pro as soon as they're available. WIN 7 is the current network image (just upgraded this year) but WIN 8 is a small jump to make (same as win 7 really, back end wise) to get these specialized deloyments in the field.
$1k is about normal for a business machine really. After they're deployed we'll see how many execs jump on the bandwagon, most of their ipads etc have had their day and have gone back home for their kids to play with.
Those consumers with some computer skills will won't mind the price, it's a serious tool after all, not exclusively for entertainment / time killing.
The problem is that Tegra III simply isn't strong enough to effective run the OS, all of the touch-enabled interactions, and complex programs like Office simultaneously. The biggest complaints from nearly every review can be traced back to the hardware, not the software.
I think these issues will be quickly rectified by the Surface Pro, and I look forward to its arrival.