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Apple resists MacBook, iPad Pro convergence as Microsoft struggles with Surface Windows 10 hybrids

Microsoft's latest efforts to shove Windows PCs back into relevance in the Post PC era have found willing volunteers among some PC bloggers ready to exchange their credibility for enthusiastic reviews of Surface Book and Pro 4, apparently under the premise that Windows can be reanimated back into a viable monopoly via hybrid Tablet PC-style convergence. But that's delusionally wrong, here's why.

Daniel Eran Dilger | 9 years ago

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Microsoft represents only serious competition for Apple hardware, Steve Ballmer says

Microsoft is the only company poised to give Apple serious competition in terms of hardware, former Chief Executive Steve Ballmer commented on a Bloomberg TV show Friday morning.

Roger Fingas | 9 years ago

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Microsoft sells out of Surface Book launch stock, updates iOS Health app for Band 2

Microsoft on Thursday sold out of its initial launch stock for the Surface Book, and updated its Health app for iOS to support the Band 2 fitness tracker.

Roger Fingas | 9 years ago

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Microsoft unveils Surface Book laptop & Surface Pro 4 tablet with new Surface Pen

Microsoft took direct aim at Apple's MacBook Pro and iPad Pro at a press event Tuesday, revealing the Surface Book — its first-ever laptop — and the Surface Pro 4, an updated tablet matched by a redesigned stylus.

Roger Fingas | 9 years ago

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Microsoft exec jabs at Apple, tweets drawing of 'converged' toaster and refrigerator

Just before his company's Surface Pro 4 event, the head of Microsoft's Windows division took a shot at Apple, recalling disparaging comments its CEO Tim Cook made about "converged" devices like the Surface tablet a few years ago.

Neil Hughes | 9 years ago

Microsoft ditches ARM for Intel with new $499 Surface 3, its latest iPad competitor

After two generations of ARM-based tablets that ran a limited version of Windows, Microsoft has finally abandoned the low-power processors for Intel's latest Atom chips, allowing the third-generation Surface to run full-fledged Windows 8.1.

Neil Hughes | 9 years ago

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Despite lawsuit, Apple's iOS 8 storage is actually far more efficient than Google's Android, Samsung's Galaxy, Microsoft Windows

There's something about Apple that makes people lose their minds, particularly people who are journalists. The most likely explanation is that putting "Apple" in a headline is currently the most irresistible clickbait known to mankind. That, and there's no time for fact checking or any sort of basic research in today's BuzzFeed world of made up garbage.

Daniel Eran Dilger | 9 years ago

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New Microsoft site targets users looking to switch from MacBook to Surface Pro

While it was Apple who for years targeted Windows switchers to the Mac platform, the tables have turned as now Microsoft is now the underdog, focusing its efforts on trying to win over MacBook users with its Surface Pro hybrid computers.

Katie Marsal | 9 years ago

Microsoft's Surface Pro stunt fails as CNN election commentators stick to iPads

News commentators covering U.S. elections for CNN were given Surface Pro tablets by Microsoft, but continued using iPads on air, covering up the supplied Surface with papers or even the iPad itself.

Daniel Eran Dilger | 10 years ago

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Though Steve Ballmer is no longer CEO of Microsoft or even on its board of directors, he's still fiercely loyal to the company he led, which is why he will have his basketball team, Los Angeles Clippers, ditch their use of Apple's iPad.

Neil Hughes | 10 years ago

Microsoft says Surface Pro 3 more powerful, flexible than MacBook Air in latest ads

Continuing its campaign against Apple hardware, Microsoft on Monday unleashed three new ad shorts for its new Surface Pro 3 tablet with disparaging comparisons to the MacBook Air.

AppleInsider Staff | 10 years ago

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Lenovo axes small Windows tablets in the US after struggling to compete with Apple's iPad mini [u]

Major Microsoft hardware partner Lenovo will pull its 8-inch Windows tablets from the U.S. market, the Chinese company said Wednesday, citing lack of demand for smaller touchscreen devices running Microsoft's controversial Windows 8 operating system.

Sam Oliver | 10 years ago

Microsoft offers MacBook Air owners up to $650 in store credit to 'trade up' to Surface Pro 3

In a trade-in program launched on Monday, Microsoft is again luring Apple device owners to make the switch to Windows by offering Surface Pro 3 buyers up to $650 in store credit for certain MacBook Air models.

AppleInsider Staff | 10 years ago

Microsoft scrapped iPad mini competitor late in development process, documents suggest

References to a "Surface Mini" discovered in the user manual for Microsoft's latest tablet foray suggest that the software giant scrapped or delayed the long-rumored 8-inch variant — which would have gone up against Apple's iPad mini — at the last minute, opting to put all of their eggs in the larger basket.

Sam Oliver | 10 years ago

Microsoft unveils $799 Surface Pro 3, calls it 'the tablet that can replace your laptop'

In a presentation that frequently mentioned the iPad and MacBook Air, Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled the Surface Pro 3, a device it hopes will contend with both Apple's popular tablets and thin-and-light notebooks with one converged device that will start at $799.

Neil Hughes | 10 years ago

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Apple's iPhone 5c 'failure flop' outsold Blackberry, Windows Phone and every Android flagship in Q4

From the constant harping about the supposed "failure" of Apple's iPhone 5c, you'd think the phone is selling poorly. The reality is that middle tier model, while dramatically less popular than Apple's top of the line iPhone 5s, still managed to outsell every Blackberry, every Windows Phone and every Android flagship in the winter quarter, including Samsung's Galaxy S4.

Daniel Eran Dilger | 10 years ago

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Bizarre Microsoft Windows 8.1 ad pleads: "Honestly, it works for work"

Rather than correcting its Surface billboards with Excel math errors, Microsoft appears to be pleading with the public to take Windows 8.1 seriously in a new ad headlined: "Honestly, it works for work."

Daniel Eran Dilger | 10 years ago

Former Microsoft CTO creates beautiful culinary app exclusively for iPad

Microsoft's former chief technology officer Nathan Myhrvold loves both science and food, a combination that resulted in Modernist Cuisine, a six volume foodie encyclopedia that's now available in a digital form exclusively as an iPad app.

Daniel Eran Dilger | 11 years ago

Microsoft Surface ad fails to Excel at math, according to Apple's Numbers

Less than a month after a Microsoft PR executive dismissed Apple's Pages, Numbers and Keynote productivity software as "watered down imitation apps," the company has erected giant billboards depicting its own Excel failing to add seven numbers correctly on a Surface tablet.

Daniel Eran Dilger | 11 years ago

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Microsoft exec takes swing at Apple, calls iWork 'watered down,' iPad 'entertainment device'

A senior Microsoft executive on Wednesday fired out a post on the company's official blog deriding Apple's recent special event, saying the iPad with iWork is no equal to Surface 2 and Office.

Mikey Campbell | 11 years ago

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Surface

Apple resists MacBook, iPad Pro convergence as Microsoft struggles with Surface Windows 10 hybrids

Microsoft represents only serious competition for Apple hardware, Steve Ballmer says

Microsoft sells out of Surface Book launch stock, updates iOS Health app for Band 2

Microsoft unveils Surface Book laptop & Surface Pro 4 tablet with new Surface Pen

Microsoft exec jabs at Apple, tweets drawing of 'converged' toaster and refrigerator

Microsoft ditches ARM for Intel with new $499 Surface 3, its latest iPad competitor

Despite lawsuit, Apple's iOS 8 storage is actually far more efficient than Google's Android, Samsung's Galaxy, Microsoft Windows

New Microsoft site targets users looking to switch from MacBook to Surface Pro

Microsoft's Surface Pro stunt fails as CNN election commentators stick to iPads

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Microsoft says Surface Pro 3 more powerful, flexible than MacBook Air in latest ads

Lenovo axes small Windows tablets in the US after struggling to compete with Apple's iPad mini [u]

Microsoft offers MacBook Air owners up to $650 in store credit to 'trade up' to Surface Pro 3

Microsoft scrapped iPad mini competitor late in development process, documents suggest

Microsoft unveils $799 Surface Pro 3, calls it 'the tablet that can replace your laptop'

Apple's iPhone 5c 'failure flop' outsold Blackberry, Windows Phone and every Android flagship in Q4

Bizarre Microsoft Windows 8.1 ad pleads: "Honestly, it works for work"

Former Microsoft CTO creates beautiful culinary app exclusively for iPad

Microsoft Surface ad fails to Excel at math, according to Apple's Numbers

Microsoft exec takes swing at Apple, calls iWork 'watered down,' iPad 'entertainment device'

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