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Reasonable on 21 June 2012

Gotta feel sorry for the guy presenting. That's horrible.



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Porcupine_I on 21 June 2012

ahhh, Murphys law still going strong



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ironmanDX on 21 June 2012
wiifan75 said:
nen-suer said:
That's unfortunate indeed.
If it was me i would have dropped it to the floor "accidentally" before reaching for the backup lol.


That would make it more comical for sure instead of just laughing at the product itself.  Poor MS.  They should already know by now that copies are never as good as the original.


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ithis on 21 June 2012
Ssenkahdavic said:

If the tablet would have burst into flames, sure let it bother you.  Its the same with other gaffs, like 360 Conference last year, or the (rather funny) Wonderbook not working at Sony's E3 this year, or how about Zelda from the MS conference not working basically at all?  These things are minor and should not bother people, nor keep them from buying into these products. 

Now, if the MS tablet/PC/Surface/Thinggie was in production right now and did this?  Sure, but my Smartphone locks up from time to time and I do not see any reason to get another one.


Rather worryingly, the Home/Windows button was not doing anything either, nor was the right side slidy bar so he coud gtfo of iexporer that way. The slate/tablet is rather nice, and I like the Metro interface on it, works really well. I think it will do fine, and that means only good news for the rest of us.



yo_john117 on 21 June 2012
ithis said:
Ssenkahdavic said:
I wonder how many backups they had strategically hidden behind stage.

If this actually bothers anyone who wants one of these (after the conference I do!) that is pretty weak.

Isn't such a thing not bothering you setting he bar pretty low? I mean, at lest in live presentations they should have Explorer load a page that would not crash it.

I hear that windows 8 beta has the nasty habit of freezeing often. Makes those who devleop apps for these things refere to MS products like in the "good ol days".

I've had the beta since it came out (both versions) and I haven't had a single problem with it.



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outlawauron on 21 June 2012

Honestly, he dealt it super well and transitioned pretty smoothly...



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superchunk on 21 June 2012

Gotta love demoing with unfinished products.

Anyone in software development knows that pain. It just happens at some point and time.



sergiodaly on 21 June 2012
kitler53 said:
cyberninja45 said:

 

If you listen very closely you can actually hear engineers getting fired.


lololol

that was so funny...

this is a MS trademark. don't try to do this as well, has they will sue your sorry ASS.

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Nem on 21 June 2012

Traditionally sh** see. :D

 

That was hilarious.



wfz on 21 June 2012
Ssenkahdavic said:
ithis said:
Ssenkahdavic said:
I wonder how many backups they had strategically hidden behind stage.

If this actually bothers anyone who wants one of these (after the conference I do!) that is pretty weak.

Isn't such a thing not bothering you setting he bar pretty low? I mean, at lest in live presentations they should have Explorer load a page that would not crash it.

I hear that windows 8 beta has the nasty habit of freezeing often. Makes those who devleop apps for these things refere to MS products like in the "good ol days".

If the tablet would have burst into flames, sure let it bother you.  Its the same with other gaffs, like 360 Conference last year, or the (rather funny) Wonderbook not working at Sony's E3 this year, or how about Zelda from the MS conference not working basically at all?  These things are minor and should not bother people, nor keep them from buying into these products. 

Now, if the MS tablet/PC/Surface/Thinggie was in production right now and did this?  Sure, but my Smartphone locks up from time to time and I do not see any reason to get another one.

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