What do you folks think of the MS Surface announcement?

[Mathieu Jobin]

would it be possible to dual boot plasma-active and windows OS on their newest surface?

I'd be willing to pay the extra fee to have this setup for me

I need a plasma tablet....


On Jun 19, 2012, at 7:57 AM, Sebastian Kügler <sebas at kde.org> wrote:

> Hey,
> 
> On Tuesday, June 19, 2012 04:03:48 Chris Russell wrote:
>> It's hard to imagine Microsoft's OEM partners being thrilled with the 
>> company's Surface tablet announcement yesterday. It seems like the move 
>> is likely to accelerate adoption of Android and may present opportunity 
>> for Plasma Active? What do you folks think?
> 
> I haven't fully grasped what it's about, but as far as I understand, it's 
> pretty much what's to be expected.
> 
> The real question wether it's any good is in the details: How much of a 
> device's identity (and virtues) are still visible in the interface. The main 
> critics Win8 and Metro get is that it dumbs down the desktop (also holds true 
> for apps, btw). I don't see this addressed with Surface, but it might all work 
> out, who knows?
> 
> Another big question mark is wether consumers actually want something like 
> this (and if they want it from Microsoft -- not a given if we look at 
> Winphone7's sales so far). 
> I personally think it has some merits, but Microsoft has a history of screwing 
> up good ideas, so we'll have to see how it pans out.
> 
> The hardware looks pretty neat, though I wonder about pricing and battery life 
> (especially for their x86 version).
> 
> Maybe it gives people a better understanding of device spectrum topics, that's 
> actually something I hope.
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
> sebas
> 
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