The Surface tablet finally runs a proper version of Windows.
Microsoft Cuts Surface Pro 3 MSRP by $100
Five Best Tablets of 2014
We take a look at the best tablets of 2014 and let you know which tablets we believe are the best tablets to get this holiday season for anyone.
The Mac Versus PC Ad-War Makes a Return in Surface Pro 3 Campaign
The “I’m a Mac and I’m a PC” ad campaign is a nostalgic staple of mid-2000s television advertising. It marked an era of Apple’s aggressive growth under Steve Jobs, and Microsoft was caught stumbling. At the time it seemed like Apple’s products were getting better and better, while Microsoft left with trying to market an unsexy and unappealing Windows Vista and equally unsexy and unappealing notebooks. Now Microsoft is bringing that style of ad back with a new campaign highlighting the virtues of the Surface Pro 3 compared to Apple’s Macbook Air. Microsoft has targeted the Macbook Air before with trade-in campaigns, but this is
Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 Goes International on August 28
Microsoft launched the Surface Pro 3 earlier this year to critical acclaim. While the Surface has been a money losing dud for Microsoft to date, the Surface Pro 3 has interested critics and consumers and may just reverse Microsoft’s bad luck streak with tablets. Though the Surface Pro 3 has already launched in the US and Canada in June, the rest of the world has so far been left out. Not anymore. On August 28 the Surface Pro 3 will be launching in Australia, Austria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore,
Microsoft is Paying $650 for Macbook Air Users to Buy a Surface Pro 3
You heard it right, Microsoft is paying Macbook Air users up to $650 to swap their Macbook Air for a Microsoft Surface Pro 3. This offer is designed to give Apple users cold hard cash to upgrade their 11 or 13″ low-resolution Macbook Air laptops for Microsoft Surface Pro 3’s. If you look at the specs of the Surface Pro 3, it does look much more attractive than the Macbook Air on paper with a higher resolution touch display, active pen, and optional keyboard. However, if you know the resale prices of most Apple products a Macbook Air could probably still fetch north of $650
Post-Computex Blues – Yet Another Bloodbath on the Horizon
Or… The Vendors Never Learn It’s been a full 2 weeks now since the end of Computex, and the associated roaming around Greater China and certain (mostly Chinese speaking too) neighboring realms. This being at the very least fifteenth Computex for me, I didn’t bother much with press conferences and such, but checking the show floor to see what’s really going on, and then do a real check with selected vendors after the event is done with. The Taiwanese, with diminishing focus on high end ‘added value’ PC stuff, moving towards mainstream consumer things with corresponding reduction in differentiation and ability to charge larger margins,
Intel to Show a Dozen Mobile Design Wins at Computex?
According to some of our sources within Intel, there will be a multitude of Intel mobile design wins being shown at Computex 2014 in Taipei many of which will be running on Android. This includes all of the chips that Intel launched back at Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona where we covered Intel’s Merrifield launch. They even showed us one of their reference devices, which were quite prevalent at Computex to get an idea of what could be expected with Merrifield. Even though Mobile World Congress is generally accepted as the place to launch smartphone and tablet design wins, Intel’s product design cycle simply
Surface Pro 3 – Surface Gets Bigger and Better
Microsoft has clearly not stopped with their aspirations with the new Surface Pro 3 that they launched today. This is a follow up to their Surface Pro 2, which also featured an Intel ultra low voltage Core family CPU, except now you have a choice of a Core i3, Core i5 or Core i7 CPU as opposed to only being able to choose an i5. The CPU in the Surface Pro 3 is actually the same as it was in the 2, which is a little disappointing but Intel’s Broadwell won’t hit until much later this year. Once that new Intel chip starts to pick
Surface Pro 3 – Surface Gets Bigger and Better
Microsoft has clearly not stopped with their aspirations with the new Surface Pro 3 that they launched today. This is a follow up to their Surface Pro 2, which also featured an Intel ultra low voltage Core family CPU, except now you have a choice of a Core i3, Core i5 or Core i7 CPU as opposed to only being able to choose an i5. The CPU in the Surface Pro 3 is actually the same as it was in the 2, which is a little disappointing but Intel’s Broadwell won’t hit until much later this year. Once that new Intel chip starts to pick
