I’d like to see Microsoft do well, but it’s difficult to enter the market for them, based on multiple factors. I hear supplies are quite low for the tablet, but also, originally you had to buy them through Microsoft’s own website. Huh?!? If they aren’t lined up in stores, how will many “average Joes” find out about them, or test them, and so on, in stores, and then buy them?
Microsoft have already stated that they didn’t intend this to be THE Windows 8 tablet, more like a benchmark for it, however. There are also many people holding off until the Pro release, because they want to use full Windows 8 on x86, and not be limited to the RT. I have to admit I’m a little baffled as to why Microsoft chose to create an RT version, at least at this stage. If they were already a competitor in the tablet space, maybe … but because they aren’t, I have always assumed Windows RT would not really gain a lot of traction.
The tablet I want to get will not be Microsoft’s, though I think the Surface Pro has a lot going for it. It will likely be Asus or Samsung, or waiting for a better variant (assuming one comes along). I’ve seen a lot of people online taking Microsoft’s Surface success or not as telling for the whole Windows 8 tablet market, which I think is pretty poor form. However, poor form is also that many Windows 8 tablets have not yet come to market, either. Indeed, if Surface is not meant to be the only Windows 8 tablet, then where are all its competitors?
I have no answer, and it is pretty disappointing, at least for me. I think some of the release execution for this could have been handled better.
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