If you think Apple is loosing ground in Tablets or Laptops for that matter, You’re going to Hell! I say Hell!! At least that’s what some apple fans here think.
Scary if you agree with me that the Droid system is far superior to apple.
So, has the author not heard of Android?
The big iPhone stole some sales. Where Apple may REALLY get hit is in the Enterprise. A Surface Table makes a great “remote connected” on call device. Thos companies standardizing on AD can use the same standards for their regular networks on the tablets.
THAT is why Windows 8 was what it was. Microsoft just didn’t handle the first iteration gracefully.
Is the whole thing crazy complicated? Yes. But a lot of those complications have to be addressed for in-house networks and especially wireless laptops running Windows.
And of course, the apps are there already.
Tablet as consumption devices may be coming to an end in terms of their usefulness.
I know I find their limitations irritating as heck. Not to mention that they aren’t as upgradable or expandable as something like the Surface hybrid.
Bound to happen. MS did the right thing by not trying to make another consumption device and position themselves for the next generation.
I got a 7-inch tablet running full Windows, and I’m sold just on the simple ability to print and access my shared external drives without having to install a 3rd party app that doesnt work that great.
Alot of people are replacing laptops with the Surface, since it can run Office products so well.
But I still think of Apple as king of the category (and I’m an Android/Samsung guy).
Early SurfacePro’s were not that great. Lot more uptake in the Enterprise with the SurfacePro 3, 4 and the Surface Book. There are a few iPad users in our enterprise, but they mostly use the iPad for a larger mobile email device. Anymore complex usage really requires a keyboard and enterprise apps.
You can get a non-Apple tablet for a fraction of the cost, and Office comes bundled with the MS ones. And the Apple user interface, which used to be focused on ease of use, now is obsessed with “looking cool”. I’m sorry, “cool” doesn’t help me get my work done.
It’s not hard to figure out, if the Apple leadership was willing to listen.
Well, Apple really doesn’t care about the tablet market, it was never that important in the first place.... </fanboi>