Re: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices....

2012-10-17 Thread Preet Sangha
This I don't doubt. On 18 October 2012 16:48, David Kean wrote: > Don’t get me wrong. This will happen. We’re (in my completely biased > opinion) in an awesome position to take the workplace by storm – Surface > Pro runs the full Windows, so you get the best of both worlds. > > ** >

RE: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices....

2012-10-17 Thread David Kean
Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 7:56 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices Such a pity; I would have thought that a major differentiator might be the thought of seeing a proliferation of Microsoft Tablets in wor

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2012-10-17 Thread Tony Wright
ld if done right. T. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Kean Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2012 12:46 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices (My opinion, not Microsoft's) In past

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2012-10-17 Thread David Kean
No. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 7:48 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices Does consumers include business, in your opinion? On Thu, Oct 18

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2012-10-17 Thread mike smith
>> >> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: >> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Szkilnyk >> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 17, 2012 4:33 PM >> >> *To:* 'ozDotNet' >> *Subject:* RE: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface

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2012-10-17 Thread mike smith
.@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Szkilnyk > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 17, 2012 4:33 PM > > *To:* 'ozDotNet' > *Subject:* RE: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices > > ** ** > > The 3g is a mute s

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2012-10-17 Thread Craig van Nieuwkerk
gt; > Dave. > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [ > mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com ] *On > Behalf Of *Tony Wright > *Sent:* Thursday, 18 October 2012 9:22 AM > *To:* 'ozDotNet' > *Subject:* RE: Just seen the pr

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2012-10-17 Thread David Kean
us out (not that I won't happily use the one that they are giving us :)). From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Szkilnyk Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 4:33 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Just seen the prices of Window 8

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2012-10-17 Thread Stephen Price
piece of hardware a very good step up, but a RT what’s it for? > > ** ** > > Dave. > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Tony Wright > *Sent:* Thursday, 18 October 2012 9:22

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2012-10-17 Thread David Szkilnyk
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2012 9:22 AM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices Also, which would you prefer - a device that you can plu

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2012-10-17 Thread Chris Walsh
: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2012 10:00 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices Businesses are that free with money that they will issue 2x 3g accounts per employee

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2012-10-17 Thread mike smith
for use out at > sites. > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *mike smith > *Sent:* Thursday, 18 October 2012 9:39 AM > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices

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2012-10-17 Thread Tony Wright
sites. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2012 9:39 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Tony Wright wrote: Also, which

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2012-10-17 Thread Piers Williams
Yeah, I'd concur with that. It's not the only problem, and there's plenty of reasons why businesses will _like_ Win (and v.versa), but for the Surface lack of 3g is a limiter for field scenarios, arguably those most likely to be in the adoption vanguard (we're doing a project right now in this are

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2012-10-17 Thread mike smith
drop > dramatically afterwards. > > ** ** > > Tell me I’m wrong? > You're right, but that's the wrong reason, IMO. > > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Michael Ridla

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2012-10-17 Thread Tony Wright
and then watch sales drop dramatically afterwards. Tell me I'm wrong? From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Michael Ridland Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2012 4:32 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface device

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2012-10-17 Thread mike smith
.com [mailto: >>> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Ken Schaefer >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 16, 2012 11:21 PM >>> *To:* ozDotNet >>> *Subject:* RE: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices** >>> ** >>> >>> *

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2012-10-17 Thread Grant Molloy
in my >> state (Washington) there’s around 9% tax. >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: >> ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Ken Schaefer >> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 16, 2012 11:21 PM >> *To:* ozDotNet >>

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2012-10-17 Thread Stephen Price
ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Ken Schaefer > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 16, 2012 11:21 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices > > ** ** > > $60-90 seems reasonable given how small our market is. The US prices

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2012-10-16 Thread mike smith
.com] *On Behalf Of *Ken Schaefer > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 16, 2012 11:21 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices > > ** ** > > $60-90 seems reasonable given how small our market is. The US prices would > vary by t

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2012-10-16 Thread David Kean
aefer Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 11:21 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices $60-90 seems reasonable given how small our market is. The US prices would vary by the state that you buy it in, as different states levy different rates of sales tax (not su

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2012-10-16 Thread Ken Schaefer
-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Damon Pollard Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2012 5:16 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msaus/en_AU/pdp/productID.257917600 Lovely. $60-90 price bump for the aussie-tax. On Wed

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2012-10-16 Thread mike smith
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Damon Pollard < damon.poll...@birchmangroup.com> wrote: > http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msaus/en_AU/pdp/productID.257917600 > > Lovely. $60-90 price bump for the aussie-tax. > > I've given up paying it. :^) > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 2:13 PM, mike smith

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2012-10-16 Thread Damon Pollard
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msaus/en_AU/pdp/productID.257917600 Lovely. $60-90 price bump for the aussie-tax. On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 2:13 PM, mike smith wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Preet Sangha wrote: > >> the new stuff is all part of the Surface brand I suppose. >> >

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2012-10-16 Thread mike smith
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 4:50 PM, Preet Sangha wrote: > the new stuff is all part of the Surface brand I suppose. > > 599 for a coffee table that would get kids dropping plates on is not going > to happen in this house :-) > > 18 K for magic coffee table NOPE can't justify it ever I suspect. > ht

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2012-10-16 Thread Grant Castner
a > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Preet Sangha > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 17, 2012 1:23 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices.

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2012-10-16 Thread Ian Thomas
om] On Behalf Of Preet Sangha Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 1:23 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices Looks like I wont' be splashing out for a while http://surface.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/Content/pbpage.Surface?ESICa chin

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2012-10-16 Thread Preet Sangha
the new stuff is all part of the Surface brand I suppose. 599 for a coffee table that would get kids dropping plates on is not going to happen in this house :-) 18 K for magic coffee table NOPE can't justify it ever I suspect. On 17 October 2012 18:37, mike smith wrote: > I thought Surface was

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2012-10-16 Thread mike smith
I thought Surface was the big coffee-table sized thing. Colour me disappointed. On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Preet Sangha wrote: > Looks like I wont' be splashing out for a while > > > http://surface.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/Content/pbpage.Surface?ESICaching=off&WT.mc_id=FY13Win

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2012-10-16 Thread Michael Ridland
Yes, i was keen to buy one but price was an issue when it came to crunch. I bet many feel the same. On Wednesday, October 17, 2012, Preet Sangha wrote: > Looks like I wont' be splashing out for a while > > > http://surface.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/Content/pbpage.Surface?ESICaching=o

Just seen the prices of Window 8 RT Surface devices....

2012-10-16 Thread Preet Sangha
Looks like I wont' be splashing out for a while http://surface.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/Content/pbpage.Surface?ESICaching=off&WT.mc_id=FY13WinHH Don't know how competitive these prices are but they seem a little high but then maybe they are fighting Apple and not Android. US 500 wit