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Comment by fusiongyro | Hacker News Reader

All of the original Surface reviews were negative. The Surface Pro reviews seem to be mostly positive.

"All of the original Surface reviews were negative"

No they're not? Then you haven't read ALL of them, mine weren't negative and most of the ones I read weren't negative either.

I don't think you want to remember the positive ones, but there are a lot of them.

I'm referring to the ones I saw on the HN front page, not some kind of logical for-all statement. And it's true, I didn't go digging around for other points of view, but I read three or four and they all seemed to say the same thing: an interesting idea with inadequate execution. They were negative in the "promising idea but don't buy this until they get these issues worked out" sense, not in the "what a stupid idea, burn them at the stake" sense. Now, if you want to interpret that as a positive review, be my guest. The reviews I've seen (one or two that made it to the front page) about the Surface Pro seem to be saying "hey, they got the issues worked out" or rather "the issues with Surface and RT don't exist with the Surface Pro" which turns a negative review into a positive one.

Well the good ones that made it to the front page were down voted off with in hours so maybe you should use other sources. I don't have any idea how the surface is but unfortunately hacker news might not be the best place for balanced information.

How much time do I have in a day, that I need to go hunting down unbiased information on an expensive toy I have no reason to buy? How many tablets or laptops do you think I need?

Way to completely change the point of the discussion.

Even if the reviews are positive, I've spoken to many people about the Surface (techies and not) and very few spoke well of Windows 8/Surface.

I have both iPad and Surface and I've had the iPad for years. I've asked my girlfriend if she wants an iPad and she told me that she didn't because she didn't really find a use case for it.

When I brought home the Surface she said: "Wow, this I can use . Get me one!".

I don't really know why but she likes it and everyone that I've show Surface to and that have tried it out do infact like it, a lot.

That's some pretty anecdotal evidence. Just as anecdotally, I have heard to the contrary.

How many had a Surface? I know lots of people who pan the Surface, but don't actually own one.

That's a good point. Almost none actually owned one. But public perception is often what decides if a product is successful.

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