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Microsoft shipped 900,000 Surface tablets last quarter

article published on 2 May, 2013

According to new IDC figures, Microsoft shipped just 900,000 Surface tablets in the Q1. Most of the tablets sold were Surface Pro, which are more powerful (and more expensive) as it appears Microsoft has left its crippled Surface RT to die. Despite the lackluster quarter, Microsoft managed to take 1.8 percent tablet market share. Apple dominated, with 40 percent share, with Samsung ... [ read the full article ]

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Bozobub
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3. May 2013 @ 01:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
...And it's confirmed: No one wants a gimped version of Windows; it completely defeats the entire purpose of having the OS in the 1st place.
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3. May 2013 @ 23:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
One of my nephews claims the Surface is quite good. Weren't the keyboard tops hard to come by at first?

Its a lot easier being righteous than right.

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Bozobub
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4. May 2013 @ 13:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The Surface PRO is a decent system, if expensive, but the Surface RT is a piece of crap. Why buy a "Windows" system that can't run any Windows software..?
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7. May 2013 @ 03:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm still trying to understand what MS is doing! Why the big change? The reason their operating systems have dominated the world is because of myriad of applications that can be used on it's platform. Talk about shooting one's self in the foot!
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Where did they ship them to? Oh, maybe to a tiny atoll in the pacific.
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