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Microsoft Surface. Hit and Miss.

Posted on July 22, 2013 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Microsoft Surface. Hit and Miss.

Microsoft entered the tablet hardware business with the launch of the Surface line starting with the RT back in October. The timing on it for me was pretty good because my office was getting ready for a technology refresh, and I got to test it. Now, months later, what I call the new shiny syndrome…

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Windows Surface RT: Potential but not quite there

Posted on November 1, 2012 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Windows Surface RT: Potential but not quite there

This summer, when Microsoft announced it was going to make its own tablet, I was pretty excited. I had a chance to play with Windows 8 at TechEd the week before the announcement, and felt it would do well as a tablet OS. When pre-orders opened, I got my boss to get me one so…

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Microsoft finally “Surface”s a tablet

Posted on June 19, 2012 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Microsoft finally “Surface”s a tablet

The Big announcement was yesterday. Microsoft is jumping into the tablet game. Everyone has a take on this move, but there are too many unanswered questions to really be concise on an opinion. Microsoft decided to pull an Apple or Google and do a special, red carpet, invite only reveal yesterday. The item, which was…

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