I can say now that they’re both beautiful to look at. These two covers, both of which provide some form of keyboard, are going to be a particular focus area for me going forward. On the hardware front, Surface doesn’t disappoint, at least not from a look-and-feel perspective, and one gets the idea that if Apple had a separate professional offshoot-kind of like Lexus is to Toyota-this is what those products would be like: Gorgeous, professional looking alternatives the bland sameness that Apple stamps out for its eager buyers.Ĭase in point: The Touch Cover and Type Cover, two fairly expensive Surface add-ons that look like they were snuck out of a secret Apple R&D lab somewhere. And sure enough, that was the consensus of the first round of reviews: Great hardware, OK software.

And while today’s post focuses on first impressions of the new Surface and provides the obligatory photo gallery, this is only the beginning of a lengthy series of tips and other articles aimed at helping you make the transition from a Windows PC to a Surface with Windows RT.Īs I noted on the What the Tech podcast this week before any Surface reviews appeared, you don’t even need to have one of these devices to understand that the hardware is amazing and Apple-like while the software is lacking, with a half-finished Metro environment in Windows RT and a lackluster collection of Metro-style apps in the Windows Store. While others will review Microsoft’s new Surface with Windows RT tablet and then move on to the next gadget of the week, I do things a bit differently.

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