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Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer is overwhelmed with anticipation regarding his company's

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RE: shortsighted shareholders maybe...
By bupkus on 11/29/2012 6:27:08 PM , Rating: 1
How can a stock holders be discontent with the current course?
Not sure but here goes.

This will obviously change over the coming years
Do you believe Ballmer has several years more with MS? I'm not so sure, but that wasn't really your point. MS is still in catch-up mode no matter how good its new products prove to be. Sooner would have been so much better than later. Apple is so rock solid with its followers (customer loyalty) and you yourself are really solid with Android as am I with Android/Nexus-- I just got Android 4.2.1 on my Nexus 7.

2. Your position that people will be migrating from Windows 8 OS to WinPhone 8 is a failing gateway. How? So many people bypassed Apple's laptops right to their iPhone although some went from their iPod to iPad or iPhone. Yes, desktops are taking a real hit from smartphones and tablets as desktop ram prices will attest.

3. So what bone do I have to pick with Haswell? Insufficient fabrication for probably first 2 years. Why? Recent reports of Intel cutting back.* Can't find my source so I may be wrong on the cutbacks. I hope I'm wrong about Haswell. It sounds like a really great cpu and I hope I can get something new with
Haswell Inside
Ok, now I have got to take credit for this one before it happens.
Prediction: Haswell will be so sought after that Intel will and should place a sticky on each laptop that says just that.
Woo hoo, you heard it here first! Gonna google that...


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RE: shortsighted shareholders maybe...
By Roffles on 11/29/2012 8:06:22 PM , Rating: 2
It seems like your opinion may be slanted more towards a consumerism perspective and mine slanted towards a professional/prosumer perspective so we would have to agree to disagree.

But one thing for sure is that I picture a not-so-distant future where I may have a Surface Pro propped up on my living room table, networked to my Xbox 720 and perhaps a Winphone device would/could offer some extra capabilities beyond SmartGlass that would interface with my Surface and Xbox in a way that compels me to switch over. So I don't see a failed gateway here but more of a potential gateway. Only the future would tell -- but it seems like this is MS's end goal.

And while we have a magnifying glass on Microsoft, let us not forget about the Nexus4 with it's unacceptably low storage space, non-removable battery, non-expandable storage and lack of LTE. And the new $249 Chromebook which is essentially useless and doesn't interface intelligently in any good way with other devices in the Android ecosystem. What about the Google TV or that Nexus Q they introduced? It seems to me that it's companies like Samsung, Motorola and HTC who make great devices that keep Android's superior operating system relevant. If these companies decided to drop Android, Google couldn't stay afloat with their choice of compromised hardware.

And Apple? They've done nothing innovative as of late. I almost laughed when they introduced the new iMac all-in-ones....what with the Win8 touchscreen all-in-ones on the horizon (specially the DELL XPS one 27 that I'm currently interested in) , Apple products look outdated by comparison....proving that the Apple loyalists have more money than brains to pay for alluring boutique hardware with outdated functionality.

By bupkus on 11/29/2012 9:03:27 PM , Rating: 2
Don't be surprised but I agree with you on each and every point. I think you may have been a little harsh with Google but you were accurate.

My whole statement wasn't to praise Google or dis MS, although I wish I hadn't bought this latest Action Pack Subscription, but I digress.
Instead, I was just focusing on how timing has not served MS well. If Steve Ballmer made that call he's a little late to the party. It's like last call and he's leaving with the ugly girl.
Microsoft is facing a deeply committed customer base in both Apple and yes, even Android. If only this tablet had been released along with Ivy Bridge back in ... whenever. MS has a steep slope to climb. I don't think they'll really catch on until Haswell which will give the Surface a respectable battery life.

RE: shortsighted shareholders maybe...
By Nortel on 11/29/2012 9:40:11 PM , Rating: 3
Ok first off I completely agree that the Chromebook is a piece of garbage.

As for the Dell XPS one 27... well, it's a 27 inch iMac with touchscreen running Windows 8. That's the facts, no opinion there. What I can't see is an audience clamoring for a huge tablet anchored to a desk with typical desktop accessibility. Tablets are really good for light usage and desktops for heavy lifting. I absolutely cannot see apps coming out to take advantage of the huge resolution and people willing to retrograde from a portable tablet to a desktop.

If the desktop is meant to be taken as a literal desktop with touchscreen as an added bonus, then it's just a gimmick. HP tried a touchscren iMac like computer with Windows 7 and it bombed. Windows 8 may be very touchscreen oriented but I can't see it taking any market-share, especially with PC sales plummeting.

By nedsand on 12/4/2012 2:39:10 PM , Rating: 2
Desktops are still relevant, although less than they were before, they are still relevant. How can you call touchscreen technology a gimmick today? All good technologies were once gimmicky, take the mouse for example. TS technology has moved past gimmick stage and is or already has rushed past early adopter stage. This is going to be main stream or a standard in the not to distant future. I can imagine that within 10 years or less touchscreens will be installed in just about everything.

