My First Day With Surface, In Tweets

Yes, I stood in line for Surface yesterday. Eventually, I'll write my impressions of it. But the short story is that it's been a mostly frustrating experience, maybe one that will get better as more apps arrive.

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I'm 10th in line at the South Coast Plaza Microsoft Store. Opening at 10am. pic.twitter.com/i2UaRs2Yom/i2UaRs2Y
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Fri, Oct 26 2012 14:43:22
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Fri, Oct 26 2012 14:43:22
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"Sir no chairs allowed" oh so I'm definitely not in an Apple line. Maybe it's a South Coast thing. But Fashion Island is fine with chairs.
Fri, Oct 26 2012 14:51:06
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Fri, Oct 26 2012 14:51:06
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I really should have brought my Lumia 900. But it probably would have caused a critical mass of Lumia 900 meltdown in this line
Fri, Oct 26 2012 16:26:15
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Fri, Oct 26 2012 16:26:15
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We're going to be allowed in early. Like now. We're being pumped up to cheer. Woot. I mean woot!
Fri, Oct 26 2012 16:37:00
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Fri, Oct 26 2012 16:37:00
Thus wristband worth one year of Xbox Music. I'd trade it to get into the line for special people with reserved cards pic.twitter.com/ExBsgiwuom/ExBsgiwu
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Fri, Oct 26 2012 16:40:20
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Fri, Oct 26 2012 16:40:20
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Turns out I was the second person in the store. I missed all the cheering the first guy got :)
Fri, Oct 26 2012 16:44:58
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Fri, Oct 26 2012 16:44:58
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I'm about to have an out of box experience with my Surface apparently
Fri, Oct 26 2012 17:08:02
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Fri, Oct 26 2012 17:08:02
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Those touch keypads suck exactly as I expected and feel heavier than the type
Fri, Oct 26 2012 17:09:40
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Fri, Oct 26 2012 17:09:40
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So how do I tweet? “You would touch yourself” my Microsoft helper tells me. Heh. No Twitter app, but Twitter is native in People app.
Fri, Oct 26 2012 17:18:40
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Fri, Oct 26 2012 17:18:40
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Where’s Chrome for Surface? Heh. No, but seriously.
Fri, Oct 26 2012 17:22:57
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Fri, Oct 26 2012 17:22:57
OK all set with Microsoft Surface :) pic.twitter.com/1jyWUZyhom/1jyWUZyh
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Fri, Oct 26 2012 17:24:33
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Fri, Oct 26 2012 17:24:33
Would take better picture of Microsoft line but grumpy guy? Head South Coast security didn't like me standing on bench pic.twitter.com/oVRnq6wPom/oVRnq6wP
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Fri, Oct 26 2012 17:29:49
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Fri, Oct 26 2012 17:29:49
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About 75-100 in Microsoft Surface line at South Coast. Oddly I got in & done faster than many with reservation cards
Fri, Oct 26 2012 17:34:58
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Fri, Oct 26 2012 17:34:58
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Finally got the search charms to work. But you know what? Put a friggin search box in the Store itself. Don't make search depend on your OS
Fri, Oct 26 2012 18:18:47
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Fri, Oct 26 2012 18:18:47
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More and more, I grow convinced that trying to run Windows 8 on a Mac without Windows-dedicated keys is a freaking nightmare
Fri, Oct 26 2012 18:21:57
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Fri, Oct 26 2012 18:21:57
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Sorry, Microsoft Surface Users: No Google Search App For You by @dannysullivan http://selnd.com/SdTpPN pPN
Fri, Oct 26 2012 18:39:24
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And now I discover Microsoft Surface doesn't use USB charger but own weird proprietary one. I know, just like Apple.
Fri, Oct 26 2012 21:19:24
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Fri, Oct 26 2012 21:19:24
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I keep wanting to write Windows RT as Windows NT.
Fri, Oct 26 2012 22:13:46
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Fri, Oct 26 2012 22:13:46
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Says Microsoft, there's no Google Search app for Surface & Windows RT because Google hasn't written one. Wow http://selnd.com/P9vDE8 DE8
Fri, Oct 26 2012 23:52:12
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Fri, Oct 26 2012 23:52:12
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@yuusharo no worries. so far, i'm hating it on a mac. looking forward to using it more on a windows laptop and surface
Sat, Oct 27 2012 00:11:19
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Sat, Oct 27 2012 00:11:19
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Love that Surface allows multiple users. Wanted this on other tablets as covered here http://cnet.co/VtXJrI I
Sat, Oct 27 2012 00:15:44
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Sat, Oct 27 2012 00:15:44
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Don't love Surface pushes email linked accounts for multiuser. Settings > PC Settings > Users > Add User then look for "w/out MSFT acct"
Sat, Oct 27 2012 00:17:10
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Sat, Oct 27 2012 00:17:10
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Tossed Surface to the family. Keyboard is liked; kickstand a waste. Just waiting to see if my son finds games.
Sat, Oct 27 2012 00:29:41
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Sat, Oct 27 2012 00:29:41
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Son is confused about IE address bar being at bottom. Yeah, me too. And going to store and not seeing a search box is still wrong
Sat, Oct 27 2012 00:32:54
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Sat, Oct 27 2012 00:32:54
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Minecraft app for Windows RT. Denied! Play in browser? Nope. Download Java & play from desktop? Nope. Surface is heading downhill with son
Sat, Oct 27 2012 00:36:46
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— Danny Sullivan (@dannysullivan)Sat, Oct 27 2012 00:36:46

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