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Not to mention Alcantara is a pretty horrible product that will wear away quickly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aebUNgMhQV4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

by jp555 9y ago

Not to mention Alcantara is a pretty horrible product that will wear away quickly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aebUNgMhQV4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aebUNgMhQV4

Roritharr 9y ago
I don't know why you are being downvoted, this is a valid concern. Microsoft should have at least come up with a solution to exchange/replace these with something more sturdy.
- strictnein 9y ago
  Do you think they just randomly chose a material and did no stress/durability testing on it? A random video from some random guy about car applications of the material is about as unrelated as possible. You're not sitting on the material for 2-3 hours a day.
  - npunt 9y ago
    I thought it was relevant. Alcantara is a new material in computers, and we don't yet know how the wear will be. The video describes the wear on a steering wheel, which seems comparable given its also something the user puts their hands on to interact with. As we know, hands are dirty & oily, and thats one of the biggest challenges in choosing what materials to build a computer out of. See ABS vs PBT vs other plastics in the mechanical keyboard world - people care about this. The video at least gives us something we can look out for. There may be a wide variety of Alcantara types out there that wear differently, we don't know though.
  - nxc18 9y ago
    Microsoft has a long history of not making durable products. I've been a bit of a fan boy, and all but one piece of Microsoft hardware I've owned has needed factory service. Xbox 360, Zune 80, Surface RT, Surface 3, Surface Pen, Nokia 920. Its embarrassing. Only my Xbox One has been spared, but I've used it less than 100 hours, so who knows how it would fare if I actually used it. I've never met a surface owner who didn't have a serious hardware or software failure within the warranty period. Its embarrassing. Questioning the validity of their product design is 100% valid.
  - Roritharr 9y ago
    I own a Surface Pro 2 since it was launched and am on my third keyboard. They all look disgusting because of their fabric-like material. I bet that Alcantara is no different.
  - jp555 9y ago
    In the video he says it holds up well to sitting on it, but anywhere your hands are (steering wheel, shifter), it wears away in just weeks. I can imagine a similar problem with the hand rest area on the laptop.
likeclockwork 9y ago
They should bring back shark dick. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/why-every-gadget-feels-like-shark-dick https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/why-every-gadget-...

by jp555 9y ago

Not to mention Alcantara is a pretty horrible product that will wear away quickly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aebUNgMhQV4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aebUNgMhQV4

Roritharr 9y ago

I don't know why you are being downvoted, this is a valid concern. Microsoft should have at least come up with a solution to exchange/replace these with something more sturdy.

strictnein 9y ago
Do you think they just randomly chose a material and did no stress/durability testing on it? A random video from some random guy about car applications of the material is about as unrelated as possible. You're not sitting on the material for 2-3 hours a day.
- npunt 9y ago
  I thought it was relevant. Alcantara is a new material in computers, and we don't yet know how the wear will be. The video describes the wear on a steering wheel, which seems comparable given its also something the user puts their hands on to interact with. As we know, hands are dirty & oily, and thats one of the biggest challenges in choosing what materials to build a computer out of. See ABS vs PBT vs other plastics in the mechanical keyboard world - people care about this. The video at least gives us something we can look out for. There may be a wide variety of Alcantara types out there that wear differently, we don't know though.
- nxc18 9y ago
  Microsoft has a long history of not making durable products. I've been a bit of a fan boy, and all but one piece of Microsoft hardware I've owned has needed factory service. Xbox 360, Zune 80, Surface RT, Surface 3, Surface Pen, Nokia 920. Its embarrassing. Only my Xbox One has been spared, but I've used it less than 100 hours, so who knows how it would fare if I actually used it. I've never met a surface owner who didn't have a serious hardware or software failure within the warranty period. Its embarrassing. Questioning the validity of their product design is 100% valid.
- Roritharr 9y ago
  I own a Surface Pro 2 since it was launched and am on my third keyboard. They all look disgusting because of their fabric-like material. I bet that Alcantara is no different.
- jp555 9y ago
  In the video he says it holds up well to sitting on it, but anywhere your hands are (steering wheel, shifter), it wears away in just weeks. I can imagine a similar problem with the hand rest area on the laptop.

likeclockwork 9y ago

They should bring back shark dick. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/why-every-gadget-feels-like-shark-dick https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/why-every-gadget-...