Why I'm returning my Microsoft Surface RT
"The diagonally-oriented camera is strange. In the one orientation it’s optimized for, it’s slightly annoying. In any other orientation, it’s almost intolerable. "<p>"The built-in front-facing camera for Skype is angled so that it’ll work great when the kickstand is open, but again, only for Danny DeVito, or maybe for people who want to show off their chests in Skype."<p>------<p>"The Touch Cover is one of the Surface’s biggest innovations. I thought I would hate it, but I didn’t. It’s not like typing on a completely flat surface: each “key” is raised slightly, so while there isn’t any mechanical feedback, it does feel a bit like a keyboard."<p>"The Type Cover (the one with real keys) just works.  I’ve got big hands that often struggle on undersized keyboards, but I can type very quickly on the Type Cover."<p>------<p>"He showed me Office, which was almost unusable: it was extremely sluggish, and touch targets were tiny and difficult to hit."<p>"So quickly, in fact, that I can outrun Microsoft Word on the Surface.  I get the feeling that the Surface RT’s CPU or Word code just can’t keep up with my typing.  Here’s an example video:"<p>-------<p>"The standard gestures don’t help, requiring many in-from-the-edge swipes that not only aren’t discoverable"<p>"After waiting over a minute for the machine to boot and launch the mail app, I got a blank gradient screen. User interface 101: if the app needs to be set up on the first launch, offer to do that, please.  Folks from Twitter suggested that I swipe out from the right side and click Accounts"<p>--<p>So, can we conclude that these observations might be real (V. 1) problems without resorting to ad-homs regarding the author?