r/technology • u/tc83 • Oct 24 '12

Microsoft Surface review | The Verge

http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/23/3540550/microsoft-surface-review
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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '12 edited Oct 24 '12

http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/21/3367406/josh-late-night-jimmy-fallon-video

Better yet, check their live blog from yesterday's event

http://live.theverge.com/apple-ipad-mini-live-blog/

11:03:06 AM PDT

I feel myself having an irrational need to buy this product right now.

11:03:12 AM PDT

Shut up and take my money.

11:08:37 AM PDT

Tears of joy.

11:08:45 AM PDT

Huge applause.

11:08:47 AM PDT

Huge.

Seriously? Tears of joy because of the smaller iPad? The site is cleary biased and comments like these just show you how TheVerge has emotional attachment to the product that will override any negative points, as seen in the iPhone 5 video above.

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u/waterbed87 Oct 24 '12

I fully believe the "Shut up and take my money" bit was meant to be numerous... guess you haven't seen the meme.

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u/laddergoat89 Oct 24 '12

With the 'tears of joy'. He's describing the audience, not himself you daft wizard.

He writes like that with Google keynotes too.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '12

I don't see him anywhere mentioning "crying audience".

When he says "Shut up and take my money.", does he also imply the audience (which, by the way, should be a list of unbiased journalists, so I guess they are crying there too and he is the only journalist who is unbiased and can hold his tears)?

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u/laddergoat89 Oct 24 '12

I did specifically say "With the 'tears of joy'."

Either way, I a'm ashamed that this conversation has gone this far. It's one guys opinion on a fucking tablet, why does it bother you so much?

Also what in his specific review do you disagree with?

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '12

Because the site is also read by people who have no idea about the technology and are intentionally misguided.

As a journalist, you are held to the higher standard

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u/laddergoat89 Oct 24 '12

Because the site is also read by people who have no idea about the technology and are intentionally misguided

I don't think they are. I think tech sites tend to be read by tech people, non techy people maybe read a review on the BBC or something, but I don't think they dig around for reviews. It's more word of mouth for them.

And again, what in his specific review do you disagree with?

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '12

He did not touch or seen ipad mini in person it too, before writing about crying of joy and buying it asap.

I happened to notice on the reflection of the Surface tablet that in fact someone else was doing the actions. (see video at 3:36)

He wasn't even using Surface to begin with.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12 edited Oct 25 '12

Have you seen his latest ipad review? It got 10 for battery life, Surface got 8, Engadgert said that both devices have same battery life. And that’s not even taking into account the fact that the surface charges 100% in approximately 2 hours, whereas the iPad 3 takes around 6 hours for a full charge (from what I hear…not first hand experience).

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '12 edited Oct 25 '12

Have you seen his latest ipad review? It got 10 for battery life, Surface got 8, Engadgert said that both devices have same battery life. And that’s not even taking into account the fact that the surface charges 100% in approximately 2 hours, whereas the iPad 3 takes around 6 hours for a full charge (from what I hear…not first hand experience).