Microsoft bringing Surface Pro 3 as a Laptop replacement !?!

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Many people have both laptop computers and tablets and use them for different tasks. Microsoft on Tuesday redoubled its vision that the two devices should be one and the same, introducing a new version of its Surface tablet with a larger screen.

The company's new product, the Surface Pro 3, has a 12-inch screen, larger than many small laptop screens. The more spacious screen reflects a sharpening of Microsoft's belief that it can still distinguish itself in the tablet market, where it is currently an also-ran, with a device that meets professional and personal needs.

Microsoft argues that current tablets, most notably the iPad, are great for watching movies and other forms of entertainment or reading, but are far weaker when it comes to getting work done. The company's proposition is that the Surface can do both well. A bigger display, Microsoft argues, will let people look at more than one application on their screens at the same time — like email and a word processor — as they can on their laptops.

"We want products and technology that enable people to dream and get stuff done," Satya Nadella, the chief executive of Microsoft, said at an event in New York.

This has been Microsoft's approach since it introduced the original Surface in 2012, however. Earlier Surface versions had a 10.6-inch screen, larger than those on most other tablets.

Microsoft has won praise from many quarters for the design of the Surface, including a cover that also doubles as a laptop-like keyboard and track pad.

Critics of Surface say a hybrid device forces too many design compromises. Timothy D Cook, the chief executive of Apple, once said in reference to the Surface that "you can converge a toaster and refrigerator, but these things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user."

Sales of the Surface have been disappointing, and the company is losing money on the devices. During the first quarter of the year, Microsoft's share of worldwide shipments in the market for tablets and two-in-one computers — tablets with detachable keyboards like the Surface - was 1.3%, putting it in seventh place in the market, according to IDC, the technology research firm. Apple was No. 1 with 32.7%.

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The new Surface will inevitably be compared with the iPad, and not favorably in many respects. At 1.76 pounds, the Surface Pro 3 is heavier and more expensive than the 1-pound iPad Air, Apple's largest tablet, which starts at $499. Yet Microsoft believes a more apt comparison is Apple's MacBook Air, an ultraslim laptop that is a hit among professionals and starts at $899 and weighs 2.38 pounds.

"This device actually makes a much better argument for consolidating into one device," said JP Gownder, an analyst at Forrester Research.

Panos Panay, a corporate vice president at Microsoft and a creator of the Surface product line, emphasized repeatedly that Microsoft's new product elegantly balanced the capabilities of both devices.

"I am sure that this is the tablet that can replace the laptop," Panay said.

Source : *timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Can-Microsoft-Surface-Pro-3-replace-the-laptop/articleshow/35426044.cms

What are your views???

 

[vkl]

Some reviews :
Surface Pro 3 review: Is the third time the charm?
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 review
Surface Pro 3 review: Has Microsoft finally made a tablet to replace your laptop?

Better than previous gen
Unlikely to be launched in India,even if it does,without price cuts it won't see much interest here likely.
The base model(i3,64GB) along with Type Cover is 799+130$.

 

[$hadow]

They are actually killing laptops and desktops with this move. And then after some time they would say Oh No there is no more profit in Windows pc now better start making os for touch based technology

 

[kg11sgbg]

^ It is better than previous generation as marked by [MENTION=135632]vkl[/MENTION] through the posted links.Moreover how many of us are really into buying such expensive device,when LENOVO could provide some amazing Touch Hybrids at nearly Half the price????

 

[$hadow]

^ It is better than previous generation as marked by [MENTION=135632]vkl[/MENTION] through the posted links.Moreover how many of us are really into buying such expensive device,when LENOVO could provide some amazing Touch Hybrids at nearly Half the price????

But still anything that supports touch is not a pc for me.
I mean they are completely messing up with windows in order to provide a similar experience throughout their interface but sometimes it feels silly to just move your mouse left to right for scrolling on metro UI. Ugh looks like Linux is gonna rule in the next couple of years