Re:Inside the Creation of the Microsoft Surface Book
by rayiner on Thursday October 08, 2015 @01:43PM
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> But that's what I mean, fair enough if the screen was too small and kickstand fiddley on the SP2, but the SP3 fixed that completely. But then the goalposts shifted...
I see it the other way. The SP2 was too small to use as a laptop so the lack of a proper hinge and keyboard was secondary. SP3 was big enough to use as a proper laptop, so the lack of a proper hinge and keyboard became more glaring.
In any case, the whole narrative is a bit revisionist. Here's me complaining about the Surface 1's lack of "lapability" almost three years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4869442. It was a common complaint at the time.
I see it the other way. The SP2 was too small to use as a laptop so the lack of a proper hinge and keyboard was secondary. SP3 was big enough to use as a proper laptop, so the lack of a proper hinge and keyboard became more glaring.
In any case, the whole narrative is a bit revisionist. Here's me complaining about the Surface 1's lack of "lapability" almost three years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4869442. It was a common complaint at the time.