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Kaboom! The Surface Pro 3 that might actually replace your Ultrabook and tablet
Before the iPhone, there were good MP3 players, good phones and good PDAs that could browse the Internet. But efforts to combine all that functionality into one device failed, because software and...
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Protip for Microsoft: physical keyboards don’t need autocorrect
Windows 8 is smart enough to know when a user is typing from a physical keyboard or an on-screen one, so why oh why can’t the OS turn off auto-correct for physical keyboards while keeping auto-correct...
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Sacrifice the egg to keep the golden goose
Mary Jo Foley just posted a big rumour about Windows 9, aka “Threshold.” We prefer to avoid reacting to rumors, but Foley is usually reliable and the thought experiment is irresistable. The rumor is...
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The competition for Chromebooks isn’t Windows PCs, it’s tablets
A story made the rounds a few days ago about Microsoft battling Chromebooks with two cheap Windows PCs. It’s good that Microsoft is taking Chromebooks seriously. It should. It’s a device people with...
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The only meaningful advantage Chromebooks have over Windows laptops is price
The narrative is that Chromebooks are disrupting Windows PCs. Forbes: “Here’s why Microsoft is worried about Google Chromebooks.” The Verge: “The Chromebook is just a better device.” WSJ: “Google’s...
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Macs are amazing but not for the reasons you’re thinking about
Mac computers have been steadily eating away at Microsoft’s share of the PC market the past few years; enough so that Panos Panay appointed the MacBook Air as the Surface Pro 3’s competition. As PCs...
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Battle lines in the ecosystem war will be drawn according to screen size
In yesterday’s post, we referenced the interview with Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly: The tablets boomed and now are crashing. The volume has really gone down in the last several months. But I think the...
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Face-off: which laptop would you buy?
There’s a $350 laptop you can buy that was described in the following way: Design: Cheap, net-book like design. Entire thing is made of plastic. Palm rest that flexes when you grip it. [2.8 pounds so]...
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Cheap Windows PCs are already beating Chromebooks
The Cornerplay has made some crazy predictions we know, some of them involving Chromebooks. We’ve long argued that in comparison to Windows PCs, Chromebooks sell only because of price and that...
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Surface Pro 3! First impressions
I’ve made it plain on this blog that I’m a fan of the Surface concept, despite its flawed unveiling. Yes, the same Surface that lost Microsoft over a billion dollars. This must mean the concept sucks...
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Feeling burned by my Surface Pro 3
I’ve had the Surface Pro 3 for less than a week, but unless things change by the next, I will be returning the device. As you can tell from my first impressions post, I loved it, so what brought the...
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Apple and Google tablets moving to Microsoft territory
Some time ago, we wrote the following about the upcoming ecosystem war, which will be delineated by display size: At this screen size, productivity is possible and most consumers will want to do some...
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Macs are clobbering PCs right? Yes and no
I previously wrote how Microsoft and PC makers should be concerned about Mac computers, which saw record growth the previous quarter and will likely see continued growth. However, there’s chatter on...
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Yoga Pro 3 beats MacBook Air in a dance off…or does it
So how does the Yoga Pro 3 stack up to a MacBook Air? Look and feel: The hinge on the Yoga looks awesome. It’s thinner and lighter too; but the Air still gets the edge. Form factor: Yoga. Think about...
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You can get a lot of computing for just $200
The $200 HP Stream 11 is an intriguing laptop — it comes with full Windows, has 32 GB of eMMC memory and houses an attractive design (though that’s subjective) — all for $200. You also get Office 365...
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Chromebooks getting serious about the mass market
Chromebooks are finally getting serious about penetrating the mass market. No, it’s not better offline capabilities, though that would help greatly. And no, Minecraft is not making an appearance any...
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Laptops and tablets will finally, successfully converge in 2015
2015 will be an exciting year for fans of 2-in-1 devices — i.e., hybrid convertibles that double as both laptop and tablet. Driving it are Intel’s new line of chips, which broadly offer a significantly...
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