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I'm not sure why you need the world's thinnest LCD for a desktop, it's not like you'll be mounting it on a wall or something.

By the way, that presenter is a pretty good actor, but he was trying way too hard in a way that was distracting. The way he called out someone in the audience at one point made it seem like he has standup comedy experience and was trying to connect with the audience but it made no sense.




I've seen lots of presentations from Android, HTC, Samsung, Apple and Microsoft and the cringe factor in these kind of presentations is always off the charts. It's like there's some weird corporate/cultish vibe they can't help but exude. Look at Terry Myers in the beginning of the presentation for example.

In contrast I've been very impressed with Panos, It's not Jobs level of being a natural but he's getting there. To me he comes off as authentic, passionate and knowledgable... though I agree the part of the presentation you mentioned felt a bit like pandering :) maybe he should dial it back just a tad


> presenter is a pretty good actor

That's not an actor by the way. It's Panos Panay, who leads Microsoft's devices team.


I'm sure he speaks exactly like he did in this press conference when he's at home with his family!

Acting != make believe. The dude was hamming it up to the point that he seemed like a caricature of a product announcement.


Maybe you don't need the #1 thinnest, but it's meant to be folded down as a drafting table.


It might matter if you touch, lift, hold, move it a lot. This is not ordinary desktop screen


When he started introducing the Studio, he said a lot of words and by the end my first thought was he was just spouting buzz words and it didn't feel at all coherent or have anything to do with the product. It felt like he was just repeating words over and over again as a stall tactic to increase suspense.

The presentation was a ton of fluff.


Aka every Apple presentation ever. Those are filled to the brim with hyperbole ('magical', 'courageous', etc.) yet everyone somehow considers them the golden standard.


They're the least cringey maybe, I don't think anyone considers them to be high art or anything though (certainly not in the last 5 years). Large PR events for the mass media are always going to be at least a little cringey, no matter who's giving them. 'Courageous' is going to be used sarcastically for the next decade, no matter what computers people prefer.




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