Jean-Louis Gassée, writing for Monday Note, takes us along for the ride as he ambles to his local Microsoft Store to purchase a Surface Pro 4, then compares it to his iPad Pro and MacBook.
Won’t spoil the entertaining read, but my favorite part:
Stepping up to pay, I recognize an Ingenico Point-of-Sale terminal that accepts Apple Pay. Instead of swiping my credit card, I present my Apple Watch and, cling, the transaction goes through. The salesperson didn’t realize the store took Apple Pay – and her face says so. On that fun note, off to the office I go.
Apple Pay, via Apple Watch, paying for a Surface Pro 4 at the Microsoft Store. Fascinating.
I’m enjoying all the hand wringing that people are going through over iPad Pro and Surfaces. I think a transition in personal computing is happening – and when that happens tons of people complain that the new thing isn’t as good as the old thing.
It happens every time. Desktops, commodity servers, web, cloud, smart phones, etc. This time it’s an iPad Pro isn’t nearly as good as my laptop. And I’d agree that it isn’t right now, but it’s also why my spidey sense tells me that it’s an important transition.
The other problem is that people want the “new thing” (i.e. touch) on ever old thing … like even the new Mac Book – WTF.