Web traffic research reveals the Microsoft Surface isn't selling very well

9. MeoCao (unregistered)

Or it may already be selling well.

I guess Surface owners prefer to play with the snappy kickstand to sufing the web. The "click" sound that the kickstand makes just feel too great LOL.

16. Andman314 (Posts: 61; Member since: 27 Apr 2011)

Lmfao!!!!!! That's very true. All Microsoft advertise in the commercial is the click sound.

39. Nadr1212 (Posts: 741; Member since: 22 Sep 2012)

I know I'd buy it if the price went down!

29. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)

And put WINDOWS 7 ON it to replace the crappy WINDOWS 8

33. PhenomFaz (Posts: 1236; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)

even the first nexus didnt sell like hot cakes...give ti time!
Microsoft should trust and persevere with this awesome idea and in time this tablet will become a top notch brand

35. jroc74 (Posts: 6019; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)

I agree. The lower priced Android tablets are the ones selling. MS might have to take this apporach. Some Android tablet manufactures arent really making a profit, but they are getting their product in folks hands and making the money back elsewhere.

5. eisenbricher (Posts: 973; Member since: 09 Aug 2012)

Seriously, why are you getting all tingly because of someone's failure? I'm not taking side of MS or anything but whole basis of your comments is Hate. Don't you care how silly you look to the people while posting such comments?
Are you a kid?

10. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)

I must hide it, lost in it's mind, and try not to offend those, whom are so much more smarter, and so very deep™®©

21. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)

That brought a tear to my eye, troll.

36. papss (unregistered)

Strange that troll comes to a m$ topic just to post.. I think verge has a place for you on their worthless forum

4. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)

It will make no diffrent™®©

6. eisenbricher (Posts: 973; Member since: 09 Aug 2012)

Care to explain why?

13. pongkie (Posts: 654; Member since: 20 Aug 2011)

its 900+ bucks plus 5 hour battery life, the acer iconia w700 has 8hrs battery

14. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)

LINUX VS UNIX
lockdown vs freedom

8. TylerGrunter (Posts: 1543; Member since: 16 Feb 2012)

Surface Pro price is already known even if not official. And at $900 the cheaper option (64 GB) I doubt it has any real chance of success. Not to mention that the battery lasts less than 4 hours, which (IMO) it's a "no deal" for a tablet.

17. OHaZZaR (Posts: 131; Member since: 19 Aug 2011)

That's very true. However, it is not meant to be a tablet exactly. Microsoft is selling it at a very competitive price for ultrabooks, especially since it's backed up by 4GB of RAM and Intel's 3rd Gen i5 processor. It is significantly more powerful than the most powerful tablet on the market. It is confusing however because of it's tablet form-factor. Microsoft's marketing isn't helping either. People will automatically see that the iPad or the Nexus 10 are significantly cheaper. They'll see that the Surface RT is cheaper also, so why don't they opt for that. Well if the Pro is priced at a premium, why would they want to settle for second best. They will quickly assume that microsoft prices it's products higher. For the average consumer, this is extremely confusing. Btw, 4 hours is great battery life, considering it's basically a laptop with a touchscreen and no keyboard.

19. TylerGrunter (Posts: 1543; Member since: 16 Feb 2012)

Not to discuss most of what you said, but there are some holes there. Ultrabooks have quite limited sucess (21 millions in a year last time I checked) so if it competes on a market that has already low volumen, the doom is pretty much garanteed. The other issue that I see with the "tablet" is the form factor:
a) Too heavy and bad battery for a tablet
b) Not comfortable for an ultrabook (you can't use it in you lap while traveling as I'm doing with my laptop right now)
So it may be just me, but I find it overpriced and with no real use case to sell in volume.

24. OHaZZaR (Posts: 131; Member since: 19 Aug 2011)

Finally, someone that makes sense! Some users from phonearena and many users from cnet think it'll be a commercial hit because they think that it brings the best of the tablet and the best of the ultrabook and combine them. They fail to understand that this is more of an ultrabook with a touch-screen rather than a tablet with the power of an ultrabook. A tablet is a tablet because of it's portability, weight, and battery life. If you sacrifice in any one of these components, then you either have a bad tablet or the device ultimately fits in another category. The thing is with the surface, you can't really use it as an ultra book, especially with it's lack of a sturdy and inflexible keyboard (who thought their keyboard was a good idea?) and it has mediocre battery life for a tablet, so it brings the worst of both kinds. Since it's more ultrabook than tablet, this won't appeal to the mass-market. I expect it to be DOA

28. TylerGrunter (Posts: 1543; Member since: 16 Feb 2012)

Your comment made me smile. I actually was going to say "it brings the worst of both worlds instead of the best" in my previous comment.

20. phonegeek2 (Posts: 12; Member since: 22 Oct 2012)

You make a good point about the Surface tablet running windows RT vs the Pro running Windows 8. However, i thought the Pro would just be running 2 gigs of RAM. I am happy about this though, and do plan on buying a 128 gig Surface pro when they come out. I like the idea of the removable keyboard plus the ultrabook and portability of it.

22. squallz506 (banned) (Posts: 1075; Member since: 19 Oct 2011)

There will be better more affordable windows 8 tablet/transformer tabs made by other companies. Why do you prefer microsofts?

25. OHaZZaR (Posts: 131; Member since: 19 Aug 2011)

It would be a shame if it ran anything less than 4GB, especially since most laptops at that price have 4GB and even more at times. I do suggest that you wait to see some other options, especially when lenovo already introduced a better laptop, the lenovo thinkpad twist (check it out). Unless you really do prefer the keyboard to be removable. then you should opt for the Surface but I do believe that if I were a fan of windows 8, the Lenovo thinkpad twist is the laptop to get for now. Looks like Asus is going to release something better than both of those tablets so you probably should hold off and wait a couple of months or so.

30. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)

it's because Microsoft have a dumb marketing manager

34. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)

Sure you don't mean dumb CEO?