No pricing announced, as far as I know. If they succeed, it'll be at the expense of Android, not iOS, I suspect. So far, the market isn't a tablet market, it's an iPad market. Lots of room to grow, tho, but MSFT doesn't have a good record with hardware _except_ the xbox. Which is a pity - the Zune was, by all accounts, rather good....
I was walking thru the train on the way back from the beach yesterday - I saw 2 devices which were not Apple-branded. 1 mac. All the rest iPads (2 kindles were the other 2 non-apple devices). Suddenly, "investing" in C#/.NET as a mobile platform is looking rather good. Pity they mangled the framework so badly in WinRT On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 3:09 AM, Wally McClure <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll be interested to see how the marketplace accepts the new MS hardware > just announced. Pricing, which I did not hear about, will be critical. > > Wally > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [MonoTouch] New Macbook 2012 range and development > Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:41:31 +0000 > > > Yeah – I think my HP had both, with the option to turn off the touchpad so > that it wasn’t triggered by errant thumbs/palms of your hand resting on it > as you typed. I’d have been happier to pay less and not have the touchpad, > but I can understand their trying to appeal to a wider market. > > > > Apple’s arrogance is a little frustrating, but they are the leader of the > pack at the moment. > > > > From: Wally McClure [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 16:37 > To: Dean Cleaver > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [MonoTouch] New Macbook 2012 range and development > > > > Nic and I completely agree that options are important. I've always hated the > the big tech company viewpoint of "we'll never license anyone else's cool > idea." If Apple did, then we'd have the option of a pointing stick on macs. > I find many of their viewpoints very short sighted and arrogant. > Admittedly, its hard to argue with their viewpoints when they are the big > dog for the moment. > > > > Wally > > > > PS. If you hate the pointing stick, I completely understand. > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [MonoTouch] New Macbook 2012 range and development > Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:57:03 +0000 > > I’m with you there. I hate touchpads with a passion. I also grew up with the > pointing stick and was one of my main reasons for getting a certain HP a few > years ago. > > > > Dino > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wally McClure > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 15:38 > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MonoTouch] New Macbook 2012 range and development > > > > Not silly at all. I use Bootcamp on my MBP for Windows development. I'm > just a pointing stick snob. For me, that's a major issue. I don't like > laptops that don't have the pointing stick. I use the MBP for iOS > development, but am not the biggest fan. I realize for others, its not a > big deal, but I grew up in the IBM world, and think that the pointing stick > is a big deal. cough...chough........I'd go for hackintosh, but I don't > think its fully supported....cough cough..... > > > > Wally > >> Subject: Re: [MonoTouch] New Macbook 2012 range and development >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:32:16 -0400 >> CC: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> >> On Jun 17, 2012, at 7:35 PM, Wally McClure wrote: >> > I wish I had a need for new MBP, but my 2011 MBP is running just fine. I >> > think my next buy is a Thinkpad running Win8 for my main windows >> > development. It will be a while until I can justify a new Mac dev system. >> >> Silly question, but why the Thinkpad and not BootCamp on your MBP for >> Windows development? Or do you have both running concurrently? >> >> - Jon >> > > > _______________________________________________ > MonoTouch mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch > -- Nic Wise t. +44 7788 592 806 | @fastchicken | http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicwise b. http://www.fastchicken.co.nz/ Earnest: Self-employed? Track your business expenses and income. http://earnestapp.com Nearest Bus: find when the next bus is coming to your stop. http://goo.gl/Vcz1p mobileAgent (for FreeAgent): get your accounts in your pocket. http://goo.gl/IuBU Trip Wallet: Keep track of your budget on the go: http://goo.gl/ePhKa London Bike App: Find the nearest Boris Bike, and get riding! http://goo.gl/Icp2 _______________________________________________ MonoTouch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch
