+1. On pricing, everything I heard leads me to believe that the WinRT devices will be priced about the same as the various iPads. I think that they can do that when Motorola proved that they could not. My guess would be that the x86 devices would be priced about the same as the Macbook Airs. Unfortunately, MS tends to want to price at the same price as the Apple devices and I am not sure that the marketplace will accept that. Having said that, I am not convinced that the marketplace which has accepted an "Apple Tax" will accept a "MS Tax." By this, I mean that the marketplace may not accept a MS device priced exactly the same as an Apple device. However, I will leave that to the marketplace to decide. In the meantime, I am going to save up my shillings to buy one of these Surface/WinRT devices.
Wally > Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:53:43 +0100 > Subject: Re: [MonoTouch] New Macbook 2012 range and development > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > 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? 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