Surface 4 and why it won't happen

  1. If the Surface Book wasn't released, there would be parity between the Pro and non-Pro models with an upcoming S4 release. You're saying a single new data point describes a significant trend that indicates a shift towards only flagship devices. I find this ridiculous, but I'll entertain it. What exactly does Microsoft gain by employing this strategy?

  2. I drew a parallel to another well-known product line to show how the line of thinking you presented is unconvincing. Your point about "S" versions is confusing, but I think I understand you're referring to consumer demand for product refreshes. You're implying it doesn't exist because Microsoft accepted regressions in the form of non-Pro devices. The point I'm trying to make is that it doesn't make sense to directly compare the two product lines this way. Both are independently improving and satisfying demand for refreshed devices.

  3. Sure, a few hardware companies don't offer budget models. But Microsoft currently does (at an already strained price point), and it's safe to assume that they'll continue to do so unless sales are terrible. Microsoft runs out of devices on launch nowadays because they learned from their huge mistake with the RT. Talking about release timelines is useless; Microsoft refreshed the initial Pro models extremely quickly because they were frankly not good enough.

All in all, I remain thoroughly unconvinced by your arguments. You can pick out trends from anything, and you still haven't described why Microsoft would choose to revise their product line aside from "these two things out of three things are most similar, so why not?" and some pre-rebuttal about history that doesn't support your point.

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