{"id":1232,"date":"2012-06-25T07:14:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T07:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2012-06-25T07:14:50","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T07:14:50","slug":"microsoft-surface-has-changed-the-windows-8-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/1232-microsoft-surface-has-changed-the-windows-8-conversation.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Surface has changed the Windows 8 conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Register ran two online discussions on Windows 8, in which I participated along with Mary Jo Foley and Gavin Clarke.<\/p>\n<p>The first was on 25th April and is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2012\/04\/25\/ms_win8_future_success_live_chat\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. A typical comment:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I personally think Windows 8 can&#8217;t bag Microsoft the kind of runaway success they had with Windows 95 or XP. It&#8217;s going to turn off many PC users and the success of Windows tablets is uncertain. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2012\/06\/20\/live_chat_surface_windows_8\/\" target=\"_blank\">second<\/a> was on 20th June, following the announcement of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/surface\/en\/us\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Surface<\/a>, a Windows 8 tablet to be sold by Microsoft itself. Typical comment:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I definitely want one. iPad for kids, Surface for grown ups. First bit of kit I&#8217;ve wanted in years. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/image15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"image\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/image_thumb15.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"192\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Register ran two online discussions on Windows 8, in which I participated along with Mary Jo Foley and Gavin Clarke. The first was on 25th April and is here. A typical comment: I personally think Windows 8 can&#8217;t bag Microsoft the kind of runaway success they had with Windows 95 or XP. It&#8217;s going &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/1232-microsoft-surface-has-changed-the-windows-8-conversation.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Microsoft Surface has changed the Windows 8 conversation<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1142,1147,56],"tags":[583,999],"class_list":["post-1232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gadgets","category-laptops","category-mobile","tag-microoft","tag-windows-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}