Friends Kingdom: Re: [iPad] Why Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 Sales Soared as Apple's iPad Sales Plunged (AAPL, MSFT)

Not if you compare the Surface (non-pro) to the iPad. They are targeting the same market. And that is what hurts the Surface non-pros. There are lots of holes in software coverage in the Windows Store which is the only place you can get software for it. Its biggest claim to fame is that it runs a nearly full version of Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Notes. IOW, as an office suite tool, it is very useful. the iPad just isn't for that use imo.

The Surface Pro line is directly aimed at the market the MBA and MBP are in. High dollar small units with plenty of 'juice'.

Lloyd

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Aimed at different markets even.

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On Oct 31, 2014, at 2:52 PM, Tony tdale@xtra.co.nz [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I agree fully. Those who compare a Surface and an iPad, well, you cannot compare them as they are different products

From: "'Tom' tseals4@centurylink.net [iPad]" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
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Subject: RE: [iPad] Why Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 Sales Soared as Apple's iPad Sales Plunged (AAPL, MSFT)

Yes, I love my iPad at home but at work everyone is ditching their iPads for Surfaces including me. I'm not talking about just a few but almost everyone in our department as budgets allow. Nice and light and it has MS Office and Outlook. The Surface really is more of a laptop. I think that there are great uses for either one. It depends on what you want or need to do.

I'm amazed at the uses for my iPad at home as I'm using it for a lot more things than I would have thought. I have a Kindle as well but I still prefer real books and magazines as opposed to e-readers.

Tom

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But in all seriousness it is a very nice device. Its a laptop replacement, but the iPad is not a laptop replacement (although it may be for a minority).
The iPad is a light, mainly consumption device, hence it has no full OS. Surface is the opposite. Id hate an iPad to have OSX, teeny screen, no mouse, no real keyboard, rather use a real laptop. But it fills a gap, small though that gap may be.

Make a device to be everything? Or make a few devices to complement the needs of the day, and integrate them tightly so you can flip from one to the other?