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The Apple vs. Microsoft hardware double-standard pops up yet again

”Across the last couple years, Apple’s new Macs have been roundly criticized for raising their prices using flashy — rather than purely utilitarian—new features like the Touch Bar, while delivering only incremental improvements in performance due to a reliance on Intel’s processors,” Daniel Eran Dilger writes for AppleInsider. “Yet when Microsoft follows the same playbook, suddenly high prices…

South Carolina Gamecocks inundated with Apple iPads

“Usually, coaches don’t want players glued to their technology. While that’s true for the majority of the time in meetings and during instructional times, when the players are away from the facility coaches want them glued to their devices,” Collyn Taylor reports for GamecockCentral. “That applies specifically to the Gamecocks’ iPads, which players are expected to use on a daily basis.”

“Microsoft Surface Pro 4 owners are up in arms over what they claim is an ongoing epidemic of screen failures blighting their expensive fondleslabs.,” Shaun Nichols reports for The Register.

“Disgruntled punters on the Redmond support forums and the dedicated independent website FlickerGate.com say their tablets are prone to a hardware glitch that causes the display to become blurry or…

“Microsoft struck a five-year deal with the NFL to make Surface the official tablet of the league more than four years ago. While the deal was supposed to run for five years, Microsoft is now renewing it for a sixth year,” Tom Warren reports for TechCrunch. “Surface will now continue to be used for video reviews in NFL games until the end of the 2018 / 2019 season.”

“Microsoft’s…

Lenovo CEO: Microsoft will pull the plug on its beleaguered Surface hardware in 2019 at the latest

“Microsoft will quit its loss-making Surface hardware business by 2019, according to execs from PC manufacturers and a channel watcher,” Paul Kunert reports for The Register.

“Talking at the tenth Canalys Channels Forum in Venice, Canalys CEO Steve Brazier said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella would exit the product line because he is a ‘software guy, a cloud guy’ and pointed to the demise…

Survey: Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. Windows users intend to switch to a Mac within next 6 months

“Verto Analytics conducted a Smart Poll of current Windows owners (among U.S. adults, ages 18 and above) and asked them if they planned to buy an Apple as their next computer (either laptop or desktop) in the next 6-24 months,” Connie Hwong reports for Verto Analytics. “We also asked current Mac owners about their intentions to switch to a Windows machine within the next 6-24 months.”

Cracking the Surface of Microsoft’s fish story

“Earlier in the week, Microsoft managed to deliver a pretty big fish story. The software giant made some rather large claims about Surface sales versus Apple’s newly launched MacBook Pro,” Mark Reschke writes for TGAAP. “Unsurprisingly, most of Microsoft’s boasting appears to be pure marketing bluster and slight of hand.”

“Microsoft is desperate to push the Surface against MacBook…

New England Patriots coach Belichick on Microsoft Surface tablets: ‘They’re just too undependable for me’

“Bill Belichick is throwing in the towel in his ongoing fight with the use of tablets on the sideline,” The Associated Press reports.

“Responding to a question in a conference call Tuesday about headset issues the Patriots had during last week’s win over the Bengals, Belichick said he ‘can’t take it anymore’ with the tablets, adding there isn’t enough consistency in the performance of…