Microsoft Surface, Will it kill the i-pad? Options

[Licentia Per Ori...]

So unless you have been hiding under a rock for the last couple of months you will know that Microsoft are planning to jump into the tablet space.

This is currently dominated by Apple.
Will Microsoft take apples crown?

many people are of the opinion that it's going to give apple a serious kicking, and will migrate more people to the microsoft eco-system, resulting in lower future sales of i-phones and i-pods to boot.

Personally i think it will do more, It has the capabilities to dominate the tablet market.

my reasoning is that.
1. It works at work.
I pad is great and that, but if you work in an office chances are you use windows there. You will use MS office,
The i-pad does not work well with Windows, The surface will be designed to work with it seamlessly.

2. It out specs the i-pad.
Microsoft are releasing two versions with the pro version packing an Ivy bridge i5!
It's a serious but of kit.

3. the keyboard.
Yea it's a tablet, but putting the keyboard on it.
(and crucially giving it away for free)
make the windows tablet a true contender for laptop replacement.
Even the biggest apple fan-boi out there will admit that the i-pad is good for consuming content (watching and reading things)
but is completely crap when it comes to creating content (like forum posts)

So what are your thoughts?
are Microsoft going to dominate in the hand-held market?
the i-phone 5 is launching, and no one is excited about it.
But the new Nokia phones are far more exciting,
and will having your PC, Tablet, Phone and Games console all operate on a single integrated eco system attract customers to Microsoft?

[X-M-O]

I'm with you on the MSFT products, as I know them better and prefer them. I don't like the company as a corporation better than APPL, but I like my PCs better than my Macs (which is why I have 3 times more PC computers than Mac computers, lol).

MSFT has the market with businesses, but businesses don't buy things that are flashy or expensive whilst the public does buy flashy/expensive products.
On that note, I own an Android and an iPhone and an iPad, and yes because I must have every piece of technology I can get my hands on, I will also own the Microsoft Surface, lol.
But that's just me, and I have lovely parents that will buy me anything. Otherwise, I'd only own my Android and about half of my computers. XD
Yeah, I show off my technology to all the guys I know because... well... it gets their attention off of my breasts. Yes, I said it, and that makes me a bad person, but you know... they need to get their eyes elsewhere anyway. XD
A little off-topic there, but still, I can be a savvy/techy geek and be a girl all at the same time and no guy can change that!