thumb drive vs. external hard drive

[Tossica]

the 1k price would turn me away, sure it's badass... need to stay aronud $500-550

Yup. 500 and I would own one now

Y'all are dreaming. An iPad is more than $500.

[Drem]

maybe if you buy it brand new. then it's 599

can't believe people still pay $1,000 for any piece of tech. whatever you just bought is gonna cost half that in a year. whenever i do finally upgrade my 10 year old computer i'm gonna get something for like $300 max. the bare minimum required to play games from 5 years ago that i never got to play

[Tossica]

maybe if you buy it brand new. then it's 599

can't believe people still pay $1,000 for any piece of tech. whatever you just bought is gonna cost half that in a year. whenever i do finally upgrade my 10 year old computer i'm gonna get something for like $300 max. the bare minimum required to play games from 5 years ago that i never got to play

I make my living with "pieces of tech". They are business expenses, just like a nice set of knives or cookware for a chef.

The Surface is priced right in line with the rest of the similarly speced computers. It's expensive but it suits my needs.

[Tikker]

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[Lyion]

Surface Pro -- windows tablet? I'll have to check that out

It'll go the way of the Zune and MS Phones, I reckon.

http://bgr.com/2013/07/31/microsoft-surface-sales-2013/

Microsoft positioned its Surface as a competitor to Apple’s iPad and if that is indeed the case, Microsoft has failed miserably. In documents filed with the Securities and Exchange commission on Tuesday, Microsoft stated that it earned $853 million in revenue from Surface sales during the fiscal year ended on June 30th, 2013. That figure doesn’t include the $900 million write-down it took or the huge amount of cash it spent on marketing and advertising, so Microsoft has clearly lost a substantial amount of money on its Surface bet so far — yes, the Surface is officially a flop.

In an effort to put a number on Surface sales to date, GeekWire estimated that Microsoft sold about 1.7 million Surface tablets since the Surface RT debuted last fall. Apple, on the other hand, sold 3 million iPad tablets in just three days this past November when the new iPad and iPad mini launched.

http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-wi ... gle-223776

http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/30/45727 ... sing-costs

Yep, just like the Zune and the MS Phones. Those sales numbers are actually very high. Less than one million were sold worldwide. That includes all the insider ones sold.

[Drem]

My wife got an iPad. Love it. Would be better w/ usb but i've got no complaints, really. Not something i'd go out n buy, but it's nice to use

[Tossica]

Love my Surface Pro!