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I really should be turning to Linux by now. And, of course, a company that has had a decades-long and increasingly undeserved stranglehold on the Only Free Platform. Let's start with whether I feel like I've sold out or not - the answer to that is 'a bit, I guess.' It's a product from the company that abandoned PC gaming, that has recently tried to turn Windows into a discordant nightmare of self-contradiction, and that is headed up by a guy who could have had an alternate career as Embarrassing And Slightly Sinister Step-Dad in a dreary 90s sitcom. I don't know quite where I'm going to sit in fact, as there's wrinkly grey skin and dangerously protruding tusks everywhere I look. There are several elephants in the room when it comes to discussing the Surface on this of all sites. Which also means I'm in a situation to tell you whether this attempt to crossbreed faithful old Mr PC with flighty young Ms Tablet has been successful, from the point of view of someone who primarily uses their computer for the pursuit of entertainment. I am pleased, if slightly guilt-wracked, to report that I am now sticking with my purchasing decision. From a different shop, of course - I couldn't have faced the look on the salesperson's face otherwise. That happened when I realised how much I missed the Surface, so two days later I went out and bought another one. That wasn't the exceptionally silly thing, though. Upon realising how silly this was, because it's hardly got much gameability and I can't ever upgrade it, I returned it. I bought one of Microsoft's terribly expensive laptop/tablet hybrids, the Surface Pro 2.
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