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Always On - Torture testing the Microsoft Surface tablet

2012-11-27
just unbox my brand-new Microsoft Surface that Molly sent me of course she sent me the hot pink version and kept the cool black version but that's that's alright I'm cool with that I'm actually really diggin this device a lot I don't want to torture it I like it I really really like it I think it's slick and cool and the OS is really fun to play around with but unfortunately my job is not to enjoy but to destroy we're back in The Bachelor Test Kitchen in my apartment we're gonna throw the surface into the freezer do the cold test first I'm keeping the case on hot pink might keep it a little warmer we'll see but I want to check out how the coolness effects maybe the input of the keyboard who knows throw it in the freezer all right surface stay frosty we're at two and a half hours in the freezer so it's time to check on the surface and it is chill e / still pink let's see if it turns on when we open the lid hey look at that no delay whatsoever putting in my password nobody look there we go and we're at all systems go it is you can see the ice on the on the screen it's freezing cold but man this thing didn't care didn't care about the cold so cold test pass with flying pink colors time for the heat test which means baking in the Test Kitchen I'm going to take off the sensitive keyboard and since the surface looks a lot like a baking sheet why not just use it as one hey ready for this it's going to be a mess I predict oh it's it's touch sensitive alright going in the oven preheated to 250 degrees all right success here we go I'll check on that in a little while okay it has been over an hour in the 250 degree heat of the oven so it's time to check on our baking to see how the surface is faring delicious very hot to the touch turns out the surface is a nonstick surface mmm who is hungry it's a little overdone but the good news is the keyboard accessory makes them a wonderful knife all right I had a little time to cool down and see if it turns on even with egg all over its face I'm not turning on Tripp plugging it in if that changes anything up there we go just needed a little juice it's working but look you can see there's weird screen discolorations from the heat and that the top here is weird so you can really see it Wow I'm ecstatic about the results of the test I I consider myself an expert in torturing and this is exactly what I expected the surface is clearly a high-class device so we're doing a high-class liquid test exited a consider if you will a dinner party where you're sitting around with your friends sipping some wine enjoying good times and you think yourself I've got to share with my friends something I found on Bing powered by Microsoft Oh Bing has all the best stories friends friends gather round I've got something to show you where's my Microsoft Surface oh I'm looking for what I'm looking for oh no oh no oh no I spilled my wine all over my Microsoft Surface well look at it freaking out it does not like that doesn't see it doesn't recognise my fingers anymore huh let's dry it off and see if it passes home mom nothing guys that's a fail maybe it's just drunk so the surface did not survive the water test functionally but we want to test the durability Microsoft Steven Sinofsky tweeted out pictures of them using it like a skateboard to prove just how durable this thing was so guess what I'm going to do I'm going to use it like a skateboard Molly I see your hot pink keyboard and I raise you hot pink skateboard wheels let's do this you that seems pretty solid Molly you thought you could embarrass me with the hot pink but no no I embrace it service is on as you can see still no touch recognition so that's unfortunate but it is on and we're going to see if I get its cake on it Hopa don't die hasn't broken there's definitely a bend pretty impressive pretty impressive let's see if it turns on it is not turning on and it oh wow is that it that's a crack see that it's a crack it's it's it's it's for transportation you know not for freestyling I would say I'll see you guys later the surface is not functional it is not functional the wine took out the touch sensitivity skateboarding it won't even turn on now the screen is is messed up but I will say this the glass on the front is not cracked I stood on it you saw I jumped on it you saw the glass is not cracked that's pretty amazing the the case cracked but the glass did not crack so the last thing we're going to throw at this thing is the ground o surface I hardly knew you but landed flat so that's usually not a bad sign ya see that was no problem that was no problem I mean if you were sitting you stood up sees no little scuffing on the corner of course but that glass isn't a problem so let's up the ante a little bit oh that did it going down in the corner always is a problem light it on the power button too so that doesn't help so don't drop it from a height larger than yourself well the surface is dead but you know I love this little kickstand in the back that it's got to prop itself up and I kind of want to check the durability of that so perhaps the surface can be used as a footrest or maybe not
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