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Why would you say that? He likes it, and he's given good reasons for why he does. His wife likes it, I can understand the reasons why she does as well.

You disagree with him, but you've given no reasons for it... Mr. Anti Microsoft drone.

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As a developer, I still wouldn't buy the device. Partly because it's on the upper end of my budget, but for the most part because of the downsides: heat, lack of serviceability, and most of all I think the compromise that has to be made ie: not being able to use the keyboard while on the lap, is a deal killer. There are cheaper portable machines which are better for developers.

Gaming community has a lot less MS hate than other communities as well. Since you have to play Halo et. all if you want to have covered all the famous works, and they had the first good online community, etc..

Not using keyboard on lap is the biggest deal breaker for me, too. Waiting to see how some of these Asus clam-shell convertibles turn out, like that Asus Vivo Tab: http://www.asus.com/vivo/en/vivotab.htm

(But want something more spec'd like the Surface Pro)

If you were the least bit familiar with Penny Arcade, you'd know how ridiculous that sounds.

more like smart marketing on their behalf. For my use cases I think it would be terrible but sounds like a winner for him.

Don't be a dick.

/g/ please go