Windows 8 is still very schizophrenic. Pick one, either the tablet optimized one, or the desktop. You're going to do a lot of back and forth stuff if you have both on the same device, like devices like Surface Pro are trying to do.
Also, on a non-tablet device, Windows 8 actually feels like a downgrade because of the many annoying UI quirks it's throwing at you. You're better off sticking with Windows 7.
> Full disclosure MS did give me this Surface Pro 2 since I was so vocal about my love of the first one.
So the lesson here is that if you like/pretend to like Microsoft's products in your reviews, they will give you free stuff?
That's not an attack on the author here, but on Microsoft. They find out which reviewers praised their devices most, and then send them free stuff, so they're more likely to review positively their future products, too, knowing that they will probably be "rewarded" afterwards, again.
I agree with you regarding Windows 7, but having a go at Microsoft for handing out devices for review is non-sensical.
Microsoft would send out free devices to all kinds of reviewers - including tech news sites that may or may not review it favourably. Just like Apple does, just like Samsung does, just like Google does.
> so they're more likely to review positively their future products, too, knowing that they will probably be "rewarded" afterwards, again.
That's a fairly big assumption you're making there - bribing future reviews. As if no one who has written a poor review has been gifted the next generation with the hopes of redeeming themselves.
Yea, so does everyone. John Gruber, to name one, wrote his 5C/5S review on 'reviewer models' of both phones - it's pretty standard, and good reviewers will call it out. You sound a little unfamiliar with the entire system.
To be fair, Apple expects the devices sent to reviewers to be returned. I'm pretty sure Gruber has mentioned this more than once on his site or podcast.
I hadn't heard that, but I probably haven't read everything he writes so would have missed it easily. I know that larger organisations like the NYT require reviewers to return/pay for items they review, but from the way they call it out had assumed that it was not the default practice.
> They find out which reviewers praised their devices most, and then send them free stuff, so they're more likely to review positively their future products, too, knowing that they will probably be "rewarded" afterwards, again.
This is like finding out someone still thinks Santa is real.
Also, on a non-tablet device, Windows 8 actually feels like a downgrade because of the many annoying UI quirks it's throwing at you. You're better off sticking with Windows 7.
> Full disclosure MS did give me this Surface Pro 2 since I was so vocal about my love of the first one.
So the lesson here is that if you like/pretend to like Microsoft's products in your reviews, they will give you free stuff?
That's not an attack on the author here, but on Microsoft. They find out which reviewers praised their devices most, and then send them free stuff, so they're more likely to review positively their future products, too, knowing that they will probably be "rewarded" afterwards, again.