linkman

Notable Microsoft mobile product goofs:

Kin
Zune
Windows Phone
Surfaces used as iPad stands in high profile promos (CNN, NFL)
Announcers/players calling Surfaces iPads or iPad knockoffs (NFL)
Celebrity endorsements of MS products being sent using Twitter for iPhone

StrangeDays said:

Removing a consumer memory card that only 2 out of 10 people use is...Disgusting?

It still baffles me why some manufacturers still have that "eraser" pointing device in the middle of their laptop keyboards. I think I've found one person during my lifetime that likes it or uses it.

I'll put forward this advice: if the method of input is important to you (and for many people including myself it is hugely important) then make a large part of your decision based on that aspect. If you currently find yourself resorting to some sort of hardware keyboard frequently (because you can't stand on-screen keyboards) instead of typing on a tablet's or phone's screen then pick the Mac. If you like finger or pen-based input then go for the iPad. The worst thing I see is when a tablet user resorts to carrying and typing on a crappy keyboard with a puny touch pad 99% of the time -- Surface users are definitely in this crowd. This is probably why I see MacBook Airs so much at colleges -- a lot of users like that keyboard.

Some disciplines or schools will require certain software that will only run on a full-fledged OS, and that's going to require either a desktop/laptop or possibly a remote desktop session with a tablet.

AppleInsider said:

Despite a positive start, Jobs and Sculley soon clashed over everything from the fate of the Macintosh division, to how much to focus on education, through Jobs' supposed insubordination. In 1985, Jobs attempted a coup against Sculley, which failed, leading to Jobs' banishment and resignation later that year.

Sculley and Jobs never reconciled prior to Jobs' death in 2011.

"He never forgave me for that," Sculley told Business Insider in a 2015 interview. "No. [The friendship was] never repaired. And it's really a shame because if I look back, I say what a big mistake on my part."

It takes a lot of guts to admit to something like that.

Let me get this straight: they are selling a device with probably a nine year old battery that has serious issues, runs a very old OS that has lots of security holes which will never be patched, is limited to 802.11b/g, doesn't have GPS, no front camera, and has extremely limited app compatibility?