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        <title><![CDATA[Actually not]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-13368-90629]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[I mentioned how I used a few at the Time Warner Center and talked away confused. Everyone is my family has an iPad (due to me), and so do I. Also mentioned is that I love my iPad. Would I try Surface again? Yes. Would I try some new Android tablets? Yes. A good consumer isn't blindly brand loyal.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Worthington]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 06:22:11 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Surface Pro should have arrived]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Like any IT pro, I was not going to take Windows RT seriously, knowing the Surface Pro, basically a completely desktop in your hands, was coming out.  As far as I'm concerned, the Surface hasn't been released yet.  The RT is for home users in my mind.  What sucks is that it is RARE that you see any review, any blog or post mention the Pro.  And these are usually writers who themselves are power users or IT pros.  Everything is about RT, as though it really matters.  Anyway, Microsoft's big mistake as we can clearly see now, is to hold off on releasing the Surface Pro.  Few would complain about the poor app ecosystem if the Pro were available because the counter argument would be that Pro users don't care about dinky little app-store apps when they can put full enterprise class Software on their units.  Anyway, what Microsoft should have done (maybe they have but i'M not aware&quot; is to provide a 1080p instructional intro to Windows 8, as part of the default Win8 installation.  I guess RT may not have the space, so a YouTube-like version of same for RT should have been available.  Not the help files, but a glaring, unmistakable How to Use Window 8 on a Surface video, maybe even make it interactive technology in some way so that even IN the video, you can still do hand gestures as a demo.  To me that's really the problem, people not knowing how to use Windows 8.  I'm one of them, haven't taken the time yet.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[viProCon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:25:05 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I see you're using a different handle/id, but making the same old tired]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.smartplanet.com/forum/discussions/1-13368-90578]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[and nonsensical comments.IPad might have most of the market, but that's because they were the only game in town for a while when it comes to the newer iteration of tablets.  But, they're not alone anymore, and their lead in the tablet market will soon be dwindling to somewhere around 10-15%, which is closer to the traditional share of any market which Apple competes in.  The Surface RT and Surface Pro, are both superior products to any of the iPads, and Apple, for sure, has been sent back into the R&amp;D division to try to come up with something that can compete with the Surface tablets.  That the Surface RT hasn't had iPad like sales numbers, is not an indication of iPad being better; it's just an indication that, MS doesn't worry if they dont sell 3-5 million in the first weekend, or 20 million in the first quarter.  It's a long term  strategy.  Apple doesn't work with long-term strategies, and it just goes for the huge spurts in sales, with cyclical refreshes of their product lines.  That's getting to be a tired strategy, and one that is no longer wowing people, and Apple's stock is taking huge hits, and their sales are beginning to decline.   In about 2 years time, Apple will come down to iPhone and iPad sales which will be more in line with their traditional market numbers, which is between 5 and 10%.  BTW, why do you need to be changing your ID so often?  I think I've seen something like 2 different ids from you.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[adornoe]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:03:09 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I Wanted a Surface Pro]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I was thinking about a MacBook Air until I heard about the Surface Pro.   Thought it was the best of both worlds, since it could be a tablet or a laptop (with the more expensive keyboard with real keys).In anticipation I upgraded my laptop from Windows 7 to Windows 8 Pro to get a hands on feel.  Big mistake.  Things keep hanging for no reason with the heading &quot;application not responding.&quot;  Microsoft's customer bulletin boards are full of complaints about this with no apparent answers.  It also seems to use up battery a whole lot faster than Windows 7 ever did.Now I'm back to thinking about a MacBook Air again.  If it weren't so good why would all these people be trying to copy it....you know, Ultrabooks.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Willie11]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 12:58:16 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Apples and oranges]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The reason so many don't like it is because they are using it like every prior OS Microsoft has made.  You can't.  Now that I figured that out - I like Windows 8, but not more than Windows 7.Apple is doing it a different way.  iOS is from the ground up touch oriented.  They are starting to integrate it into the OSX, but they are doing it a little at a time.  MS decided to scrap the old paradigm and go straight to touch - but our desktops and laptops and the way most people work is simply not ready for it yet.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[trent1]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:45:40 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Wait and see]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Clearly this author is sold on the Surface.  Now I'd like to know what good this device is when Windows 8 OS is clearly hated by over 44% of all the people who've used it.  What good is the Surface when the additional computers you've got in your life are utilizing an OS (Windows 8) that's nearly impossible to use and most certainly a miserable experience.  Then there's the price issue.  Sorry but there's a reason IPad has over 70% of the market.  Their stuff works and the quality standards are hard to beat hence they can command the high prices we're willing to pay.  Having the latest and best is always fun, but I'd stick with a company that has a solid track record before plunking down piles of money Microsoft for unknown reliability be it the Surface or the soon to be released Surface Pro ($999).  As a fan of Windows 7 and the house full of notebooks running on this solid OS, I'm sure the Surface is a nice but it still appears &quot;If you can't beat them - copy them.&quot;  Come on, this is just an Apple design in all the wrong ways.  It's not prejudice speaking here just experience since I own all the above.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bobinmo1]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:59:17 -0800</pubDate>
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