[DUG] Windows Surface

[Robo]

Chrome OS has been running Android apps for a while now.

On 13 Dec 2016 21:18, "Robert Martin" <rob at chreos.co.nz> wrote:

> The Ironic thing is that at Schools all around NZ Chromebooks are
> selling like hot cakes.  They run only a web browser so their app
> support is worse than the Surface RT ! Schools choose them for price and
> battery life.  Unfortunately for MS, Google go the market they could
> have so easily won.
>
> The stunning thing really is that Google could make Chromebooks a killer
> device just by changing them to run Andriod.  Imagine a Chromebook with
> a vast software library.
>
> Cheers
> Rob
>
>
>
> On 14/12/2016 7:59 AM, Jolyon Direnko-Smith wrote:
> > Completely off topic but...
> >
> > I got a 1st Gen Surface RT when Microsoft sold off their tax write off
> > stock.  I picked up a 64GB model with touch typing cover for $273 (NZ)
> > delivered!  I got it just to play with/as a devtest rig, but quickly
> > came to love it.
> >
> > They were a huge missed opportunity ... for the market. Microsoft had
> > a great product but the market (or rather the market commentators)
> > didn't "get" it.  Sure, you couldn't run all Windows desktop apps on
> > them, but you can't run all Windows desktop apps on an Android tablet
> > or iPad either.  You can't even run OS X apps on an iPad.  Not even an
> > iPad Pro. So that argument clearly has nothing to do with the
> > success/failure of these things.  At least not for the users/consumers
> > of those massively successful devices.
> >
> > The apps that it did have were as good - and in some cases FAR better
> > - than the same apps on the other platforms.  And it did run Office.
> > Worth pointing out is that those RT devices ran Windows 8 and latterly
> > 8.1, not 10.
> >
> > As good as the Surface Pro range may be (debatable), the one thing
> > that the RT had over ANY of the competition was truly amazing battery
> > life which none of the Pro's come even close to.   That might sound
> > like a non-feature, but it meant not being tethered to a charger or at
> > least not having to panic if you couldn't see a charging opportunity
> > at some point on the very near horizon.
> >
> > Sure you can run all Windows desktop apps on those things, but all
> > Windows desktop apps are not designed to run on a tablet so being able
> > to do so is mostly an exercise in frustrated stabbing at the screen
> > with a finger you are desperately trying to pinch to form an accurate
> > pointing tip.
> >
> > But it was mostly the tech press that saw the lack of Win32 support as
> > a "problem" and using "number of app" in the store as a key metric
> > rather than the quality or relevance of the apps that were available.
> > And in writing the devices off on those points put people off from
> > even giving them a fair crack.
> >
> > They failed to SELL - they didn't sell but then get returned by masses
> > of disappointed customers.
>
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