Microsoft Surface holiday ad disses iPad by saying “big dreams need a real computer”
This is a straight diss to Apple and Microsoft fans are going to have a field day with the line suggesting that Surface Go, not iPad, is the real computer.
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Here’s everything Microsoft announced at yesterday’s Surface event
Microsoft yesterday refreshed its Surface family of hybrid notebooks, tablets and all-in-ones while announcing the company’s first AirPods rival. Here’s everything you need to know about the new Surface products and accessories.
Microsoft working on foldable, dual-screen Surface device
Microsoft is working on a foldable, ‘pocketable,’ dual-screen Surface device, reports The Verge. The company has long been rumored to be working on such a tablet, codenamed Andromeda, but internal documents recently obtained by the outlet offer new details on the secret project.
Microsoft wants to challenge iPad with a low-cost Surface line starting at $400
Microsoft is reportedly planning to release a low-cost Surface line to better compete with Apple’s $329 iPad that was recently updated with iPhone 7’s A10 Fusion chip, Apple Pencil support and other improvements.
Microsoft debuts Surface Book 2: two sizes, twice as powerful as the new MacBook Pro
The new Surface Book laptops now come in two sizes and feature eighth-generation quad-core Intel processors, Nvidia graphics cards and improved battery life.
DigiTimes: Microsoft Surface device orders much lower than original expectations
Pegatron is seeing much lower orders for Microsoft’s Surface Laptop, Surface Pro 5 and other Surface devices and accessories than it originally anticipated.
iFixit gives Surface Laptop repairability score 0/10: “It’s a glue-filled monstrosity”
Teardown analysis of Surface Laptop has found a totally unrepairable and non-upgradable device due to the copious amount of glue used to hold the internals together.
Microsoft unveils fifth-generation Surface Pro
Now better than ever, the new Surface Pro features 13.5 hours of battery life, new pen and keyboard colors and other perks.
Surface Pro 5 images leak ahead of Microsoft’s May 23 event in Shanghai
Microsoft should announce a fifth-generation Surface Pro at an event next Tuesday in Shanghai. Here’s what it looks like.
Microsoft’s new mouse has bendable tail
You can snap Microsoft’s new wireless mouse into a curved position to power it up or flatten it when it needs powering down. How cool is that?
Microsoft unveils touchscreen Surface Laptop, its $999 MacBook rival
Make no bones about it, Microsoft is aiming squarely at both Apple’s MacBook and Google’s Chromebook Pixel with its just-announced Surface Laptop, available for preorder at $999.
Microsoft’s new Mac to Surface Assistant does exactly what the name says
Microsoft is simplifying the process of moving your Mac stuff over to the Surface laptop/tablet hybrid devices. As noted on Twitter three days ago, the Windows maker recently released a brand new app, Mac to Surface Assistant, provided as a free download from the Microsoft website. The migration tool requires an external USB drive and lets Apple users move all their photos, videos, music, mails, contacts, calendars and other files from a Mac to a Surface with a few clicks.