Seriously? Read that sentence again. "...pretty sure the Macintosh OS is actually most popular in the states..." as in versus other countries. Which he then clearly points out by mentioning other countries. To mean what you read he would have needed to say, "...pretty sure the Macintosh OS is the most popular OS in…

I still see no way to read it as it was written that implies anything but what he meant, though. In fact, I'd argue that adding in the word "the" would have led to the same reading comprehension fail on the part of the person who replied.

Acknowledging the likelihood that it's sitting there, collecting dust, doesn't seem like a cliche, especially when it's in a list of options. Mine, for instance, IS collecting dust. I haven't turned it on in easily six months. It's valid.

Whatever it is, I'll likely be uninstalling it immediately after some client of mine buys it. Half the setup of an HP computer is removing all the HP software.

This is exactly how things used to go down at a certain soon-to-go-private electronic big box store, and presumably still do, and presumably do at most similar retail stores. Corporate pressures regional, regional pressures, district, district pressures the store managers, the store managers pressure the department…

Which would be the very point of reinterpreting the entire system to make this simpler than a full new version, while more robust and visible than a service pack.

Thank you. I wanted to say all of this, but decided not to clutter the comment system with more of what was already well-stated. This isn't about stealing, it's about invalidating the patent that's the entire basis. The patent should never have been granted.

Your first assumption is incorrect. I've done both spending the first 7 years of my career in retail computer support, as well as the last 5 or 6 years as a domain administrator for a large number of small to medium-sized businesses. I've seen the entire gamut of customer type, from glass-eyed consumer type to "tech…

"one of which may be obsolete soon" and one of which already is. No portable electronics with rechargable batteries use miniUSB anymore.

The article appears to confuse "Surface RT" with "Windows RT." The entire article as a whole is a mess that gets its source info wrong. This is just one example.

No, the ARM versus x86 architectures change the physical size of the tablet.

The dimensions of the Surface tablets were explicitly stated in the initial announcement, actually. This, instead, appears to be a list of ranges of Windows RT tablets from all manufacturers.

The original announcement was EXCEPTIONALLY clear about that, actually. Divided half of the conference into each model, and went into extreme detail about the differences.

I work as an IT professional. You MASSIVELY overestimate the knowledge of "casual users." The number of times I find SP1 waiting in someone's updates, or ask them about their service pack version and get a blank stare contradicts your opinion strongly. It's far, FAR easier for a casual user to ignore or turn off that…

Yes, but how much easier is it to tell a user they need iOS 6 to support this app than to say they need iOS 5.0 with service pack 3? It's all about forward-facing visibility. The service pack mentality is exactly what most users DON'T like about Windows and the way they're relied upon. If the focus is simplicity and…

I'm sure for many that is, indeed, a small part of it. But at that point I'd also be just as interested in an Android tablet (which I do own). But Windows ecosystem, to some of us, is preferable. The direction we're seeing from Windows 8, and the fact that any app designed for 8 specifically will run on these, is an…

I think you're missing a rather important element of the reason people want the new version: apps begin to rely on the newer version's features and no longer support the older ones. The companies want to keep pushing forward with innovation, the apps follow suit, and just because you COULD be happy with the old…

Which displays your fundamental misunderstanding of what we find interesting about the Surface.

Considering they're already ADVERTISING this as a "feature" in their radio commercials, I think they're going to honor it.

See, those are exactly the reasons I want it convenient. I can absent-mindedly flip it on or off as I'm pulling out of or putting it back into my holster without any awkward grip. It's quick and easy. And SINCE it's quick and easy, in the odd off-chance I somehow accidentally turn it off, it's just as easy to turn…