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Watch Microsoft’s Surface Tablet Freeze in the Middle of a Presentation
- maxko87 14y agoThe presenter handled it well, and considering this is a demo of an unreleased product, the audience must have expected that it's not going be perfect quite yet.
- danudey 14y agoDefinitely true. Aside from his stumbling over his words when the demo suddenly stopped working, the show went on and he dealt with it pretty well.
- hermanhermitage 14y agoSeems like a rushed presentation perhaps to get enterprise markets to hold off on iPad acquisitions. Balmer and Sinofsky underwhelmed - the other presenter was excellent I thought. Design needs some work, looks more like a 3 month project rushed through ASUS or another manufacturer. Smells like the XBox1 of tablets. They will build a big market because they will pour money into this whatever it takes. But buyer beware on the first version - this is a rush job.
- laconian 14y agoIt looked responsive at the end of the presentation. More abuse of the word "bricked".
- cheeze 14y agoThis happens to everybody. If Microsoft had announced the surface and planned on selling it right away, it would be a big deal, but beta software having bugs? Would have never guessed.
- recoiledsnake 14y agoSomeone linked this the other day. An old Apple keynote bloopers video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVprvnYaQYo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVprvnYaQYo
- kenrikm 14y agoAt least there was no BSOD. :P I can give them a little bit of leeway since it's prerelease. However I have the feeling that Windows 8 is not going to be just rushed out the door, but pushed kicking and screaming. This is not a good sign!
- calciphus 14y agoJust keep desperately trying to find something to complain about!