For months, I’ve been trying to figure out why Microsoft was so gung-ho about Windows 8. I remember someone telling me previously that they thought Windows 8 was like a beauty pageant contestant who was pretty on the outside, but not easy to talk with. Then at the product launch for Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface, Steven Sinofsky, president of Windows and Windows Live at Microsoft Corp., called Surface the perfect stage for Windows 8. It clicked when the two are used together, they shine.
Surface is lightweight and durable. How durable? At the launch, Panos Panay, the general manager of the Surface team, dropped the device from a standing position onto the stage. Panay said his team had dropped it 72 different ways and that it always stayed intact. While I’m not keen on trying this myself, it’s still good to know that it was built to withstand the inevitable drop.
