macmee
Active Member
I've had my sp2 since mid January and it has been just shy of flawless. a minor issue with battery charging and pen operation but I resolved those issues within an hour of noticing them thanks to some timely help from the members of this forum.
I do have tremendous sympathy for those experiencing constant sp2 problems as the price tag for these wonderful tools is too steep to make its owner feel like a beta tester. but I have to question just how pervasive these flaws are. owners of sp2's that work well are not likely to write a msg to complain about it. if they are like me, they will occasionally skim through forums like this and move on with their routines. So while we can observe and count how many are having issues with the sp2, we really can't say, proportionally speaking, as to how pervasive these issues actually are.
Yeah it's possible that I've got a lemon here, but for me to get a broken Surface, broken keyboard and then an advanced exchanged broken Surface for a second time? Seems rather unlikely to me.
As a typically OS X user I thought what I'd hate about the Surface most was Windows. On a touch screen though, Windows blows every other platform I've used out of the water. It's fantastic and coupled with OneNote I'd say it's the best experience I've ever had for note taking. From my perspective Microsoft completely nailed all the big challenges and adding in all the big features to the Surface, but they've overlooked the little things, resulting in many minor and annoying bugs. I am certainly happy to use the Surface and try to navigate through the bugs I'm facing although I can't say I would recommend the device to anyone else because a lot of my friends/family wouldn't want to invest substantial time getting the device to work. I will continue to use Windows tablets until Apple smartens the hell up and transforms the 11" MacBook air into a convertible, although next time I think I'll go for a Lenovo. I respect that Microsoft is new to selling their own hardware, but next time I'd prefer to be an end user, not a $1500 buy-in beta tester .