Microsoft Surface: First Impressions and Shattered Misconceptions

Yesterday I had a singular mission: Peer beyond the marketing hype and repress the impulse to buy a Surface, Microsoft’s first direct foray into the PC hardware market (excluding their lineup of PC accessories). My plan? Stroll into the company’s pop-up Surface store at the Fashion Show Mall in Las Vegas, rest my hands on the “Touch Cover” and have any trace of desire for Microsoft’s hybrid hardware squashed after inevitably producing gibberish on the screen.