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Nov 20, 2012 ∞

MG Siegler finally gets a Surface, despite Microsoft's best efforts

MG Siegler finally gets a Surface, despite Microsoft’s best efforts

In hindsight, I now see why Microsoft did not want me to review the Surface. That was probably the right call from a PR perspective. It’s simply not a good product.

Mr. Siegler found the Surface very wanting, but this bit from his intro is the most damning part of his review.

Nov 5, 2012 ∞

When 32GB is really 16GB...

When 32GB is really 16GB…

Microsoft is taking heat for claiming more user-available disk space on its new ARM-based Windows 8-powered Surface tablet than is really there.

But I’ve been thinking about this for a long time. Most companies are lying in their commercials, product pages, and press releases when it comes to how much disk space their gadgets offer users. This isn’t as big a deal for the kind of person who reads Alex Wilhelm at The Next Web. But for my parents, looking to buy a tablet, it is a non-trivial deception.

The deception actually works against the companies that use it: I suggest that many people may consider the larger model if the true size of the smaller model were more apparent.

Oct 27, 2012 ∞

Marco Arment goes to a Microsoft store

The link above and what it describes are far more damning than any of Microsoft’s shitty advertising and messaging.

Oct 18, 2012 ∞

New $249 Samsung Chromebook

This is certainly interesting. And at half the price of an entry-level Microsoft Surface, it even comes with a keyboard!