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To: zax who wrote (143664)	10/26/2012 3:26:40 PM
From: Trader J	Respond to of 213177

You know what I hate? AAPL down 15 and trying to pick up a slog of options knowing, at least in my mind that it would be rising toward the close. And missing them by $0.05, too stubborn not to raise my bid up by a lousy nickle or so beyond the mid point to ensure that I get them. Sigh

To: zax who wrote (143664)	10/26/2012 4:07:45 PM
From: Cogito	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

I do not believe that giving away a small number of free subscriptions to early buyers cost MS very much. I was very happy to get it, though. I can stream unlimited music to all my devices for a year now. Sweet. Of course it didn't cost them much. The point is that Apple doesn't have to resort to those kinds of gimmicks to generate lines.

To: zax who wrote (143664)	10/26/2012 4:48:47 PM
From: pyslent	1 Recommendation Respond to of 213177

"psylent, the promotion for the first few buyers - a year of the XBOX music subscription service for free, is sold out where he is at, and probably went out everywhere rather quickly this morning" This being the Apple thread, I will post my Surface gripes here, and any positive thoughts on your thread :). Personally, I found it a bit thick. It feels substantially bigger than an iPad. Also, Microsoft has made a few design decisions that do not mesh with how I use my tablet. The kickstand holds the device at near vertical, but I very rarely need my iPad at that angle (usually at 45 deg or even closer to the horizontal). The kickstand is only useful in laptop mode. I had no problem with the screen aspect ratio-- even in portrait mode, it was fine where supported (like a legal sheet of paper). However, I hated the jerky screen rotation in Windows RT-- the screen blacks out and reappears switched. It needs to be much smoother (like it is in Windows Phone 7). All that said, I love the interface, it's fairly responsive and has a lot of good ideas. The split keyboard (which Apple has since aped for the iPad9, is genius. but regarding Surface as a product, personally, I was much more impressed with the Asus RT tablet at $600, which was way more iPad-like (thinner and sleeker than the Surface). But to be fair, if I got a Surface, I wouldn't get a touch cover anyway, so I am probably not the user Microsoft had in mind.