

Next, the salesman asked me to close it and notice that it was very sleek, without a single visible screw. It felt slightly heavier than my MacBook Air. "Why is this better than my MacBook Air?" I asked. 2: 'We thought about Macs when we designed it'Ī week later, I wandered into another, slightly larger Microsoft store in San Francisco.
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There's no way I could balance a Surface Pro 4 on my lap. In a very short time, she explained that I didn't really want the Surface Laptop at all. What was odd was that this saleswoman didn't seem sold on the laptop herself. "Oh, that can be quite complicated," the saleswoman replied. "How easy is it to transfer photos and files from my MacBook?" I asked. It turned out either that it didn't or that the saleswoman couldn't find it. Still, I was in a positive frame of mind. The next sales avenue was the touchscreen, which was certainly an improvement, but did it really matter that much? She began by telling me that it came in a lot of different colors. Very quickly, a saleswoman came up to me.
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1: A slippery SurfaceĪt the first Microsoft store in Marin County, California, I sat down and began to play with a burgundy-colored laptop. Has Microsoft caught up? Microsoft store no. After all, Apple's always been the one who was supposed to be a good at selling. Please tell me, I begged, please sell me on why this Surface Laptop is better. I went to two local Microsoft stores, clutching my usual naivete like a glass of fine sauvignon blanc and told them my story. And for that, I needed a real live human being. I wanted someone to take me gently by the hand and lead me to a land of new promises, even if I had to experience them through Windows. So when I heard that Microsoft had released its Surface Laptop, I wanted to be sold. It works just fine, but there are those times when you want to believe there's something better out there. I look at my MacBook Air and think it a little dowdy.

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