* They'll sell dozens, iterate a few times, and I'll have a nice device.
* They'll sell dozens, someone else will iterate, and I'll have a nice device.
I think you're right that it will be the first (Microsoft doesn't have much stick-to-it-ness), but I'm really hoping for the second or third. I really want a device like this.
I'm definitely not buying a V1 Microsoft device to become a beta tester for $1400, though. Microsoft devices don't tend to work well until V2 or V3.
Anywhere where one might use two windows on a computer:
* Seeing two pages of a book
* Looking up something on the internet while videoconferencing
* Looking up something in a textbook in a web browser while reading a book
* Same as above, but with two web pages (e.g. API docs and protocol docs, or comparing two products, or whatever)
The ability to have multiple applications open and visible at the same time is really quite general. It's the reason we made the move from DOS/dumb terminals to Windows/X/MacOS. It's just often helpful to have a few things up at once.
I'd use this all the time.
I don't mind carry something big and ugly around. I'm a nerd, and not too concerned with fashion, so much as with practicality.
Heck, with the right software, I might consider investing in a compact bluetooth keyboard and mouse to go along with it. That would give a nice intermediate between lugging around my (big) laptop and not.
My phone is on the blink and I'm probably going to buy the Pixel 4a, largely because I want a smaller phone, preferably a stock android and I don't really see much additional value in high end features.
Still, if I could occasionally go from comfortable in one hand to, I crack it open and I have a double screen side for reading a book or looking at docs on the go and that'd be nice.
Whether it can be implemented and whether it's worth an extra $1000 is a discussion point.
TL;DR got small hands. Interested, but probably not for the price point.
* They'll sell dozens, and everyone will give up.
* They'll sell dozens, iterate a few times, and I'll have a nice device.
* They'll sell dozens, someone else will iterate, and I'll have a nice device.
I think you're right that it will be the first (Microsoft doesn't have much stick-to-it-ness), but I'm really hoping for the second or third. I really want a device like this.
I'm definitely not buying a V1 Microsoft device to become a beta tester for $1400, though. Microsoft devices don't tend to work well until V2 or V3.