I'd say this is a reasonable comment. I am actually reading this on a surface RT. Regarding marketing, I'd say MS missed the boat. They tried to make it look hip, but instead looked a little "me too-ish". One particularly good selling point is that my settings, features and apps now follow my login everywhere if I'd like it that way. What about the fact that there's almost zero malware for the RT platform? What about how much better security is handled for metro apps?
And yes price killed it too. All said and done, I paid over $700 for mine with a keyboard touch cover. That really is a lot of dough.

Also, with Surface Pro, it has a built-in digitizer. Why don't they tout how useful that would be for artists? Adobe stuff is available to that platform, and the resolution is great.

All that said though, I don't actually regret the decision. The platform continues to improve and I love being able to read my kindle books, and take notes on Onenote. Its probably the most well built device I've ever owned, and that's saying a lot since I also have an Apple MBP. /. MS hate is almost obligatory. It cracks me up because people think they're being witty when in reality it's actually easier to intuit negativity than to do the hard work of building something yourself. Your comments are pretty fair and well stated though.

I'd say this is a reasonable comment. I am actually reading this on a surface RT. Regarding marketing, I'd say MS missed the boat. They tried to make it look hip, but instead looked a little "me too-ish". One particularly good selling point is that my settings, features and apps now follow my login everywhere if I'd like that? What about the fact that there's almost zero malware for the RT platform? What about how much better security is handled for metro apps? And yes price killed it too. All said and done, I paid over $700 for mine with a keyboard touch cover. That really is a lot of dough. Also, with Surface Pro, it has a built-in digitizer. Why don't they tout how useful that would be for artists? Adobe stuff is available to that platform, and the resolution is great. All that said though, I don't actually regret the decision. The platform continues to improve. I love being able to read my kindle books, and take notes on Onenote. /. MS hate is almost obligatory. It cracks me up because people think they're being witty when in reality it's actually easier to intuit negativity than to do the hard work of building something yourself. Your comments are pretty fair and well stated though.

Good turn off the internet connection on your phone then. -S

Office 360 is an unmitigated success according to recent reports. Google that. What Xbox losses? Just more FUD from the uninformed.

No I didn't RTFA, sorry, but the premise described in the description is the dumbest line of thinking ever. It's been debunked time and time again. If it's only fair to include the infrastructure involved in charging the car, you also have to include the infrastructure involved in fueling petroleum based vehicles too. Once you do that, it's truly a fair comparison, and the original argument falls apart pretty quickly.

This is an atrocity! First they silence the CPU fans, then what? What about their civil rights? These people have a right to be excited about their CPUs dangit! I condemn these acts.