Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "Microsoft Surface laptop: unrepairable junk" video.

  1. I have no clue where Microsoft keeps getting those ideas, they must have some division for the "gifted" or something. Not only it makes no sense to get the Surface Laptop when compared to laptops from other brands (you can get either a stylish ultrabook with similar specs or a basic to medium gaming laptop for less than 1000 bucks nowadays), it makes no sense to get one when compared to their own products of the same line. Get a Surface Pro or Book if you are so inclined... It's a 1000-2100 bucks overpriced tablet jerry rigged to a laptop formfactor (as evidenced on how it was put together, all soldered on board, and with the same port limitation as tablets - a single USB 3.0 port and a mini display port. What a f*cking joke), that comes with a fancy stylus despite having no good way of using it (the tablet is not convertible, it doesn't even lay flat on a table), that will force you to upgrade right out of the box (because they keep insisting on the RT - now aptly named Windows 10 S as in shitty idea that never catches up) with subpar specs - base model comes with 4Gb of RAM WTF, it's a netbook! My smartphone has more ram than that and it cost less than half the price. I bet it works better as a productivity machine than f*cking Windows 10S too. And the tech press was guzzling on this piece of garbage as if it was the second coming of Christ. Go figure that shit out. I'm a full Windows user here though I've been considering an at least partial shift to Linux with all the anti-consumer crap Microsoft has been introducing in Windows 10. But this laptop... man... I like other products from the Surface line, but this one was downright moronic. And Microsoft missed the opportunity yet again to bury that horrible Windows Store. It always has been shit on Windows Phones, it was shit on Surface RT, and no one uses it on Windows 8,8.1,10... yet they keep wasting time, money and costumer patience on this shit. You know since when Microsoft is saying that more developers will come, that the Windows Store is more secure, that it'll be great once it gets more apps, that it's the way of the future, blah blah? Since fucking Windows Mobile 7. 7 freaking years ago. It's bullshit, and any sane business would have let go of the idea already. Google won't put any of their apps there (no Chrome, no Gmail, no YouTube, no Google Maps), Facebook has an extremely outdated version of the app that has been in "beta" ever since it first appeared half a decade ago (on Windows Phones). The vast majority of developers for big services either outright refuse to waste time on an app for Windows Store, or they do it and then completely abandon development. A whole ton of apps on the Windows Store are buggy, outdated, lacking features, several versions behind Android and iOS versions, and/or simply useless. This has been the narrative since the beginning. You don't have to trust me on this, try using the Windows Store on your Windows 10 laptops just for a single day. The reason why most people don't know about this is because they never even tried using it. I had a Nokia Lumia 1020 and a Dell Venue 11 Pro Windows 8 tablet (which is now running Ubuntu). And the funniest part: you are forced to use Edge and Bing. They are the standard, you can't change them. ROFL. Even if Google decided to put Chrome on the store (which they won't), they'd be forced to use Edge engine for that because nothing else is allowed. So yeah... personally, for 1000 bucks? I think I'd go with a Dell Inspiron 15 7000 gaming laptop. It has double the ram (upgradable), double the internal storage (also of course upgradable), and an nVidia GTX 1050 TI to boot, with all the ports you might need. But almost any brand has a better option for less than 1000 bucks. Lenovo, Acer, Asus, HP, Samsung, Razer, MSI. It's the same for ultraportable, ultra light weight ultrabooks. I'm partial for Samsung Laptop 9, but there are also Asus ZenBook series, Razer Spectre, Lenovo Yoga and some in the Dell XPS line.
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