Re: [iPad] Microsoft Writes Off $900 Million on Surface Tablets

 

Someone on /. Said that very same thing. I think it's deeper. They should have skipped the arm version. Not confused ppl and focused on a full. Fledged windows experience with all the legacy apps on a tablet with touch UI. Then the app selection could have compared to the App Store or play store. 

Then again the xbox1 lost money. The 360 I think broke even. So... Maybe they can afford this ?

~KLM
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On Jul 20, 2013, at 5:18 PM, David Smith <david.smith.14916@gmail.com> wrote:

 


Heavens.  A one-billion-dollar loss.  Just goes to show how intangible consumer appeal is.  The Surface is an attractive little machine.  Certainly overpriced, tho, since Apple already had such a big lead.  They should have sold it at a loss, Amazon-wise, and built on the market share.

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On Jul 20, 2013, at 6:49 PM, Kris Murray <krismurray@gmail.com> wrote:

 

The estimation I read was that m$ is sitting on 6 million unsold tablets. Oops
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/492120/20130718/microsoft-takes-900-million-charge-surface-tablets.htm

~KLM
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