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At 13:36 in the keynote video, he opens up Internet Explorer and surface freezes. By 14:22 he has to run back and get a new surface.

prezjordan 14y ago
"My computer has never frozen!"
barista 14y ago
Beta product running beta software froze!!!!
- ccozan 14y ago
  That is no excuse. Been a Apple hater myself, but, their presentations are impeccable. I am sure that Jobs did not had any doubt of what he had in hand to present was actually working. So is no excuse. Better wait a month or more but smash eveyone with what the device is doing software wise and not what periferals it has.
  - barista 14y ago
    I'm sure people at Microsoft didn't plan for that to freeze and they were pissed that it did but note that when apple product sees the light of the day, it's already the final product not a beta product as this was. And as far as I am reading, people seem to be impressed by it a lot. Now you can always argue why Microsoft chose it to demo it now in its beta form but that is anybody's guess.
    - r00fus 14y ago
      > note that when apple product sees the light of the day, it's already the final product not a beta product as this was And that's the problem - Microsoft pushing a product that isn't really there yet. All sorts of really important details (battery life, touch responsiveness, price, etc) are unknown and unverifiable. Right now, this is nothing more than a paper launch, bordering on vaporware.
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  - rkwz 14y ago
    >but, their presentations are impeccable. It happens all the time, even during apple keynotes.
padraigm 14y ago
It's a Microsoft tradition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjZQGRATlwA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjZQGRATlwA
- shriphani 14y ago
  I'll just leave this here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsKKQNZG3rE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsKKQNZG3rE I know this thread is not about apple but I don't know of any tech demo that is guaranteed to have a 100% success rate.

prezjordan 14y ago

"My computer has never frozen!"

barista 14y ago

Beta product running beta software froze!!!!

ccozan 14y ago
That is no excuse. Been a Apple hater myself, but, their presentations are impeccable. I am sure that Jobs did not had any doubt of what he had in hand to present was actually working. So is no excuse. Better wait a month or more but smash eveyone with what the device is doing software wise and not what periferals it has.
- barista 14y ago
  I'm sure people at Microsoft didn't plan for that to freeze and they were pissed that it did but note that when apple product sees the light of the day, it's already the final product not a beta product as this was. And as far as I am reading, people seem to be impressed by it a lot. Now you can always argue why Microsoft chose it to demo it now in its beta form but that is anybody's guess.
  - r00fus 14y ago
    > note that when apple product sees the light of the day, it's already the final product not a beta product as this was And that's the problem - Microsoft pushing a product that isn't really there yet. All sorts of really important details (battery life, touch responsiveness, price, etc) are unknown and unverifiable. Right now, this is nothing more than a paper launch, bordering on vaporware.
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- rkwz 14y ago
  >but, their presentations are impeccable. It happens all the time, even during apple keynotes.

padraigm 14y ago

It's a Microsoft tradition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjZQGRATlwA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjZQGRATlwA

shriphani 14y ago
I'll just leave this here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsKKQNZG3rE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsKKQNZG3rE I know this thread is not about apple but I don't know of any tech demo that is guaranteed to have a 100% success rate.