Surface RT is a Hit With Best Buy Customers

[Marcus52]

[citation][nom]JamesSneed[/nom]Being a tad nieve. Best Buy owns the reviews hence if there were 500 bad ones they can leave only one bad one on the site if they wish. This metric means absolutely nothing. Actual retail sales would be useful but this is total BS pre-holiday hype.[/citation]

They could heavily edit reviews - but no retailer who allows reviews to be posted even bothers to read them, much less edit them, as anyone who actually does read them can attest.

 

[gm0n3y]

If I was going to buy a tablet, I guess it would probably be the Surface (Pro). I still don't see why a talbet is useful though. And while I think it is actually a pretty slick product (if a bit pricey), these comments make me think that the M$ shills are out in force today.

 

[kinggraves]

A lot of positivity coming from the same group of consumers that keep Monster Cable in business.

 

[Guest]

"A lot of positivity coming from the same group of consumers that keep Monster Cable in business."

Which is exactly who the Surface RT version, the Ipad, and the various Android devices are aimed at. If these type of people love the Surface then Microsoft has done its job even if "power" users hate it.

 

[velosteraptor]

[citation][nom]kinggraves[/nom]A lot of positivity coming from the same group of consumers that keep Monster Cable in business.[/citation]

whats not to like about a $250 hdmi cable with gold plating inside?

its gold man. gold.

 

[JamesSneed]

They could heavily edit reviews - but no retailer who allows reviews to be posted even bothers to read them, much less edit them, as anyone who actually does read them can attest.

Not edit. Haven't heard of any reputable companies doing that. I have heard of many stacking the deck by removing 80+% of bad reviews for products they want to sell. They even know how many bad ones to leave as a percentage to lend to the credibility. I do think they got 25+ good reviews I just suspect only one bad review is BS.

Its just advertising at this point...

 

[DRosencraft]

[citation][nom]therogerwilco[/nom]I bought mine off the Microshaft store (ya, I love em and hate em, but I hate em less than that apple overpriced crap and droid lol) and posted a review there.. so I'm sure others might have done the same /shrug[/citation]

That is part of my point. There is no reason anyone who didn't buy from Best Buy should go there to comment. You come to a open website like Tom's or you should comment on Microsoft's website where you bought it. I just don't see the point in a consumer running around the internet commenting on various retail sites about stuff they either didn't buy or bought someplace else. It is part of what skews reviews on these store's sites because the obvious assumption is going to be that each review represents someone who came there and bought the item. It's not the most terrible thing in the world, but it can be misleading.

[citation][nom]JamesSneed[/nom]Being a tad nieve. Best Buy owns the reviews hence if there were 500 bad ones they can leave only one bad one on the site if they wish. This metric means absolutely nothing. Actual retail sales would be useful but this is total BS pre-holiday hype.[/citation]

I'm in no way naive. But seeing as how you have no proof to back up your claim of rigging the reviews, for now we'll have to go on the reviews and take them for what they are: a group of people who apparently own this product and liked it. That's all that data tells us; 27 people purchased and were at least relatively pleased with the purchase.

 

[beayn]

[citation]This Miami, Florida-based customer also accused the other twenty-seven reviews to be written by Microsoft employees, or Microsoft enthusiasts. Whatever.[/citation]

I'm accusing her of being an Apple enthusiast. What does that matter? If someone is an enthusiast, it means they can't like a product or don't count as liking the product?

If Microsoft employees were to write positive reviews on a best buy review list, I think they'd do more than 28 or whatever the number was.

 

[killerb255]

For those of you saying anything synonymous to "The Microsoft shills are out in full force" or "They paid Microsoft to write these reviews," why would all of the reviews have anything under "What's not so great about it" then? Wouldn't most of those reviews have "None" in that part, or at least leave that box blank?

 

[snowzsan]

[citation][nom]InvalidError[/nom]Lets see what happens after the launch and hype dust settle.[/citation]

What "hype"? Windows 8 has been nothing but bad reviews from sub-par techs and self appointed power users who, obviously, aren't power users at all! This crap about how "it's useless on a desktop" is unfounded and just plain stupid. The rationale some people use to down on the new OS is borderline mentally challenged.

I don't even know why you bother commenting on the articles anymore if you don't use the OS. Your opinion doesn't matter, you're just spectating the OS without actually using it short of the release candidate or beta. That's like eating cake batter and saying the cake will taste like crap based on your opinion of that! You're, essentially, an idiot. Nothing more, nothing less.

Anyone who's actually USED the finished product (without pirating it) that I've talked to has had no issues using the OS and actually prefer it's ease of use and boost in computer responsiveness.

 

[killerb255]

Just remember: there is a difference between actual failure and wanting it to fail. Don't get me wrong: I have my legitimate beefs with Microsoft's execution with Windows 8 as a whole. Let's stick with the facts, though.

 

[Duckhunt]

They always put up fake reviews. So what. You got a brain. Use it. Go down and try the product before you buy.