[pfroo40]

I understand that MS was trying to avoid stepping on its partners toes by not releasing the hardware to competing retailers, but I think they're making a mistake by relying so much on their limited retail presence and on their 3rd parties to promote their products in major retailers. They are putting a lot of money into advertising, which is good, but you still can't walk into most stores and be able to get a reasonably knowledgeable salesperson to talk to or get hands on experience with the Surface specifically.

Regarding BF I don't understand how they consider getting a 50% discount on a second keyboard to be a legitimate deal. I wouldn't pay $10 for a second keyboard, let alone 50% off retail. Give me 50% off keyboards period and that's a deal. Or at least let me buy the 64GB version with keyboard color of my choosing instead of being stuck with the black one.