https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--unnNrpz...
I think it paints a clearer picture as to why the Surface was singled out among the equipment.
[1] http://deadspin.com/bill-belichick-is-sick-of-those-stupid-m...
[1] For example: http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Fuck....
> As you probably noticed, I’m done with the tablets. I’ve given them as much time as I can give them. They’re just too undependable for me. I’m going to stick with pictures as several of our other coaches do as well because there just isn’t enough consistency in the performance of the tablets, so I just can’t take it anymore.
Edit: this comment is at -2 at the moment. If I'm wrong, please make the connection. I earlier pointed out that coaches are often emotional^1, and we have no idea if him throwing the tablet is related to him being angry at it, or even if it's a recent image.
[1] http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Fuck....
Brady's suspension is over.
> “As you have probably noticed, I’m done with the tablets,” he said.
...so I would just attribute this to people naturally referring to the frontend of the system they're using as the system itself. When he said "I'm done with the tablets" perhaps he means "I'm done with the system that I am using from my tablet".
It seems almost as if NFL confesses that it's not [necessarily] MS here, "... multiple factors that can cause issues within our sideline communications system either related to or outside of Microsoft’s technology."
It's not a good tablet, and it's not a good laptop. It attempts to sit in the middle which is not what I want.
I was expecting the tablet interface to be a lot more finished, but there are a lot of rough edges and missing features.
I'll be going back to iPad on the next cycle.
As a long time OSX user as well, I was surprised to see how unpolished Windows 10 Desktop is as well.
> The other communication systems involve the press box to the coaches on the field, and then the coach on the field, the signal caller, or the coach-to-quarterback, coach-to-signal caller system. Those fail on a regular basis.
> And again, there's a lot of equipment involved, too. There are headsets in the helmets, there's the belt pack, that communication, there's a hookup or connection to internet service or that process and so forth with the coaches and the press box. So, there are a number of pieces of equipment, there is a number of connections that are on different frequencies.
> And then during the game sometimes something happens and it has to be fixed, and first of all, you have to figure out what the problem is. Is it a battery? Is it the helmet? Is it the coaches' pack? Is it the battery on the coaches' pack? I mean you know, again, it could be one of 15 different things.
[1] http://www.patriots.com/news/2016/10/18/bill-belichick-confe...