The bullshit story of the week

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There’s a a lot of shit stories out there, but a site called “Trusted Reviews” outdid everyone. They actually did a comparison between the Microsoft Surface and the iPad to see which one was better.

How in the sweet hell do you compare a product that isn’t on the market, nobody has touched and we don’t know the full specs or even price.

Bullshit.



  • http://twitter.com/jtoeman Jeremy Toeman

    love it! they should’ve just compared against the iPad 4 while they were at it, since it hasn’t shipped either…

    i think the best part is “it offers a kickstand” as part of the “features” of the Surface…

    • http://www.loopinsight.com Jim Dalrymple

      Everyone needs a kickstand.

      • http://twitter.com/jtoeman Jeremy Toeman

        especially my kids, who will snap it off within 30 minutes of purchase.

    • http://geekfun.com/ Erik S.

      People will love the kickstand when they inevitably try to use the surface as laptop, in their lap.

      • http://www.johncblandii.com John C. Bland II

        They’ll just use touch typing when in that scenario, I assume.

  • http://www.yourmaclifeshow.com/ Shawn King

    Bullshit is right. They should have reviewed the Surface against the iPad 4. That would be a fair review.

  • http://www.thegraphicmac.com/ JimD

    Sounds like one of those super-duper “HANDS-ON REVIEW” articles at Cnet, where they start the article by stating they haven’t actually touched the product.

  • http://www.johncblandii.com John C. Bland II

    Pageviews Jim. That’s what it is all about.

    • http://www.thegraphicmac.com/ JimD

      Don’t you have to have a website that more than 100 people have heard of before you start worrying about Pageviews?

      • http://www.johncblandii.com John C. Bland II

        That’s why you worry about them…need more ad sales. :)

  • http://www.BarnesFamily.com/ davebarnes

    Why is everyone hopped up on pageviews? What do they signify? I never see any ads so it cannot be about that.

    • http://www.johncblandii.com John C. Bland II

      You don’t see that big ol’ ad in the top right of the linked page and the 5 down the right side column?

      The more ad impressions [pageviews, in a simple sense] the more money you make. If you have high traffic [a lot of pageviews], you can get better deals on ads and possibly join better ad networks [like The Deck, etc].