Microsoft Surface 2 review, It's not good

What Microsoft Gets Fundamentally Wrong About Making Tablets -- Read the full review at the link below (excerpt follows):

Surface 2 review: It needs apps, better software.: " . . . The Surface isn't good for gaming. It isn't good for entertainment. Maybe it's good for doing work, but personally, I don't need to do work on a tablet, and I'm not convinced the majority of people need to do work on a tablet. The Surface doesn't even have Candy Crush, which is the most popular game on the planet right now. It doesn't have Scrabble. Those are the two games I play most on an iPad. They're also the games my Mom and wife play. They're popular with a lot of people. . . ."

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