{"id":151,"date":"2012-06-29T21:06:41","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T01:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/?p=151"},"modified":"2013-06-18T14:24:04","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T18:24:04","slug":"microsoft-launches-new-tablet-to-compete-with-apples-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/microsoft-launches-new-tablet-to-compete-with-apples-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft launches new tablet to compete with Apple&#8217;s iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft recently unv<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2012\/06\/Surface.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-160\" title=\"Surface\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2012\/06\/Surface-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a>eiled plans for their new tablet computer, called &#8220;<a title=\"Surface\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/surface\/en\/us\/default.aspx\">Surface<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Surface will be similar in size and price to the latest iPad, and will be released in conjunction with Microsoft&#8217;s new operating system, Windows 8, in the fall.\u00a0 It will be Windows-compliant, include a USB port and a kickstand to hold it upright, and incorporate a magnetic cover that can be used as a touch keyboard.<\/p>\n<p>There are no details yet available about its pricing or availability in Canada.\u00a0 Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>A reminder that you can borrow Windows or Mac laptops for 48 hours at the loans desk of almost all of <a href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.mcgill.ca\/F\/?func=find-a&amp;find_code=WTI&amp;request=library+laptops\">McGill&#8217;s branch libraries<\/a>.\u00a0 A number of <a href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.mcgill.ca\/F\/?func=find-a&amp;find_code=WTI&amp;request=ipads\">iPads<\/a> are available to borrow for a one-week period.<\/p>\n<p>Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spicagames\/7398212234\/\">SpicaGames<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft recently unveiled plans for their new tablet computer, called &#8220;Surface.&#8221; Surface will be similar in size and price to the latest iPad, and will be released in conjunction with Microsoft&#8217;s new operating system, Windows 8, in the fall.\u00a0 It &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/microsoft-launches-new-tablet-to-compete-with-apples-ipad\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-gadgets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3071,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions\/3071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}