Microsoft: Did They Just Destroy the PC Biz for HP, Dell, etc?

[ky331]

“The whole segment of laptops from $500 up to $1,500 now belongs to Microsoft and Apple,’ said Rich Doherty of Envisioneering...

Doherty was responding to the unveiling of “Surface Book,” a machine starting at $1,499 that turns from laptop into a tablet.

“There’s a lot of engineering behind it and a lot of money,” observed Doherty. Combined with the updated “Surface Pro 4″ tablet, Microsoft, and Apple‘s MacBook line, will dominate the “high-end laptop,” and, indeed, much of what is in that mainstream of laptops from $500 to $1,000...

There my be little left for Hewlett-Packard and others, he said â€" just the scraps.

Now, “What’s going to be left for HP and others? Selling $300 models, maybe.”

http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2015/10/06/microsoft-did-they-just-destroy-the-pc-biz-for-hp-dell-etc/

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Microsoft Surface Pro 4 announced with new Surface Pen, starts at $899

http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/6/9460651/microsoft-surface-pro-4-tablet-announced-specs-price-release-date

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Microsoft announces Surface Book laptop with 13.5-inch display starting at $1,499

Finally, a Surface sold with a keyboard

http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/6/9454051/microsoft-surface-laptop-announced-specs-price-release-date

[Corrine]

I think we need to give the OEMs a chance to show us what they're introducing.  Here's the schedule from Mark Your Calendars â€" Exciting #Windows10devices news starts on Tuesday


    October 7, we’ll take the stage with HP in Barcelona
    October 8, we’ll be in New York City with Dell
    October 9, we’ll be in San Francisco, with ASUS
    October 12, we’ll be in Taipei with Acer
    October 13, we’ll be in Tokyo with Toshiba
    October 19 we’ll be back in San Francisco with Lenovo