[dayglored]

Interesting business analysis in the wake of the great announcements of the past few days.

[dayglored]

Microsoft's business strategy analyzed ... PING!

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[adorno]

the only problem with all of the fantastic devices which MS unveiled Tuesday, is that, they don’t come with an Apple logon on them. With the Apple logo, the Surface Book would sell 20 million in a quarter, the Surface Pro 4 would sell 25 million in a quarter, and the Lumia 950/950XL would sell 100 million in the first quarter. Apple would then go past the trillion dollar market cap which analysts have been expecting for years. (BTW, MS had actually reached the trillion dollar mark in the past, when taking inflation into consideration).

[Redbob]

They stand a better chance of being tech’s new VW diesel...

[ShadowAce]

Laptops in that price range typically tend to last a lot longer than the bargain "good enough" laptops.

For instance, I bought a laptop in 2009--six years ago--with a quad-core i7, 1TB RAIDed 7200rpm drives, DVD writer, HDMI, 8GB RAM (now expanded to 16GB), USB 2.0 and USB 3.0, 17" 1920x1080 screen. Cost me a lot more than the average--but it's lasted me at least 6 years, and I foresee no upgrade in the near future.

IOW--the upfront costs are more, but I believe you save more in the long run.