> Both Surface and One are thus stuck in the middle, appealing to no one.
What? Not everyone needs, wants or can afford (hi EU!) Apple devices, which are loosing more and more ground to competitors every quarter.
What? Not everyone needs, wants or can afford (hi EU!) Apple devices, which are loosing more and more ground to competitors every quarter.
> The problem, though, is that Surface’s sales numbers show that device quality is not the primary sales driver for Microsoft customers.
Here's the thing: I really want a surface pro. It looks like an amazing piece of hardware, and the keyboard is so essential to what I want to do with it. The only problem, is I don't/can't/won't use windows! I simply require a terminal and a *NIX environment. If there was a really nicely executed linux distro that integrated perfectly with Surface, I'd be all over it for sure. But of course (and understandably), MS is simply not interested in catering to this solution.
I can see the Surface being a really awesome device for business managers outside of the technology industry, where Windows and MS Office are still extremely widespread. As a programmer though whose workflow is deeply Unix-y, it just wouldn't work.
If you can even get that far though, I could see the touch cover not working without some sort of driver that only exists for Windows..?
I have done it (with Ubuntu) but keep in mind touch & wacom support on most linux OSes are still finicky especially for high DPI devices.