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| Authored by: Ian Al on Sunday, January 27 2013 @ 10:16 AM EST |
Other than the poor, unreliable and expensive keyboard-a-like offering, the
Surface hardware is expensive, but interesting.
I would not buy one, but I wondered about Microsoft's justification for
restricted boot on the Surface RT. I thought it might be justified because the
hardware was a loss-leader to get people to buy Windows 8 and the associated
apps. This would be akin to the XBox.
I've just seen the teardown of the 32GB version. Total BOM + Manufacturing:
$284. US Retail: $599. Apparently this is a bigger margin than the equivalent,
well established, Apple iPad.
Although there is much less of a reason to put an alternative OS on the iPad,
the margins on the hardware for both give no justification for preventing
alternative OSs being installed.
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Regards
Ian Al
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- Or iPad - Authored by: TiddlyPom on Sunday, January 27 2013 @ 10:55 AM EST
- Surface - Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, January 27 2013 @ 11:05 AM EST
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| Authored by: Anonomous on Sunday, January 27 2013 @ 08:53 PM EST |
Today the competition is essentially Linux, but over the years Microsoft has
used anticompetitive methods to crush many viable alternatives, such as DR-DOS,
Quarterdeck, Banyan, Novell Netware, WordPerfect, OS/2, Lotus 1-2-3, and BeOS.
The survival of Linux may be attributed to the fact that it is not vended by an
attackable entity. Microsoft finds no single party to sue over patents, harass
to bankruptcy, or have declared illegal.
-Wang-Lo.
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