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Re:Surface Dogged by Low Sales, High Returns by yajoe on Thursday January 31, 2013 @02:31PM (#5146843)
I appreciate your reasoned post about the Surface: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5146663 A couple clarifications to highlight how the jury is still out on this device and its long-term impact on the market.

> 2.) The Surface RT is slightly heaving than the latest generate iPad... The Surface Pro is supposed to be 2 lbs.,

I had the Surface RT (with touch keyboard) in one hand and my MacBook Air in the other hand. The MacBook Air felt lighter. I did the same thing with a Surface Pro I wasn't supposed to see on a different occasion; the MacBook Air still felt lighter. It could be the Surface Pro I saw was a hardware prototype.

Weight doesn't seem like the Surface's major advantage.

> 3) There is no start button in Windows 8 or Windows RT

You're right that there isn't a start menu in desktop mode (unless someone installs the popular apps that put it back). However, there is a hardware start button on the surface RT I saw... and I did hit it quite often when holding it in landscape. Somehow my hand just wanted to hold the device in the middle from below (perhaps because it's easier to balance? Torsion is heavy?) and got tired much quicker when holding on one side.

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Re:Surface Dogged by Low Sales, High Returns by lotso on Thursday January 31, 2013 @02:48PM (#5146959)
The weight of the Surface RT and Surface are lighter than the Macbook Air 11 inch by .88 pounds and .38 pounds respectively. The Surface was engineered to equally distribute the weight so that it even feels lighter than it actually is.
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Re:Surface Dogged by Low Sales, High Returns by cma on Thursday January 31, 2013 @03:15PM (#5147135)
How heavy is the pro keyboard attachment? More than .38 lbs?
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Re:Surface Dogged by Low Sales, High Returns by dangrossman on Thursday January 31, 2013 @04:00PM (#5147434)
About that. A Surface Pro with the Type Cover should be both thinner and lighter than the smallest MacBook Air. Exactly how many hundredths of a pound lighter isn't yet known since no review units were sent out and the Surface Pro website says "under 2 pounds" for the device.
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