--- Tim Cook could not have said it better when he summarized Microsoft’s confusion. “..they’re trying to make PCs into tablets and tablets into PCs.”
What was the first criticism of smartphones that I heard? They're trying to take PDAs into Cell Phones, and trying to turn Phones into PDAs.
Its like these bloggers can't even imagine a new model of computing. Converged computing is the future. A single device that does more than previous devices is easier to carry, centralizes management and simplifies your life. I frankly prefer the Surface Pro over any of the tablets that exist today.
When you have a keyboard / mouse, then TYPE on the start screen. You know, the auto-search feature? The Start Screen is one of the best keyboard-interfaces I've ever used.
> When you have a keyboard / mouse, then TYPE on the start screen. You know, the auto-search feature? The Start Screen is one of the best keyboard-interfaces I've ever used.
For me, the problem is that, on the desktop or laptop, the Start Screen uses 100% of my screen real estate for a task (typing a search query, hitting enter) that would be better performed with, at most, 10% of my screen real estate. Having a full-screen dialogue pop up for a trivial task is horrible for maintaining flow.
You know, leaving your current program and starting up a new program is horrible for maintaining flow as well. But lets be frank here: you're entering the start screen because you're starting up a new program.
Its not like your programs disappear when the start screen pops up ya know. Its all there...
> You know, leaving your current program and starting up a new program is horrible for maintaining flow
I don't "leave" my current program to open a new one. I can have more than one program open at the same time. Many (most?) programs do not open in full screen.
What was the first criticism of smartphones that I heard? They're trying to take PDAs into Cell Phones, and trying to turn Phones into PDAs.
Its like these bloggers can't even imagine a new model of computing. Converged computing is the future. A single device that does more than previous devices is easier to carry, centralizes management and simplifies your life. I frankly prefer the Surface Pro over any of the tablets that exist today.
When you have a keyboard / mouse, then TYPE on the start screen. You know, the auto-search feature? The Start Screen is one of the best keyboard-interfaces I've ever used.