That's arithmetic for you mate.
And I am probably much better at math than you will ever be, Mr “Apple makes products available either immediately or within a week or two” (the iPhone announcement says “Hello!)
“June minus Jan is 5 months, not 7.”
Steve Jobs iPhone announcement, Jan. 9, 2007, IPhone actually released: June 29, 2007. That's just under SIX months for you mate, not five. But hey, you are the maths whiz here.
“So Ballmer announces now in June, and several months later is September.”
“Several months” later is only equal to September(and not say October or November)?
Since when?
Are you stupid, or merely blinded by your rabid Microsoft hate to act stupid?
” I'll hold you to that”
Same way you held Steve Job's feet to the fire, when he announced the iPhone beginning of January, and didn't release it till the end of June? Oh wait....
“Good luck getting a Surface device then, because it won't be there at all”
Haha!
Getting desperate with your FUD are we?
Techcrunch:
“Microsoft has made it clear that it has contracted the manufacturing of the device as a whole,..
http://techcrunch.com/2012/06/18/hands-on-with-the-microsoft-surface-inside-and-out/
HEXUS:
“Sources in Taiwan have revealed that Taipei based Pegatron Technology has been hired to manufacture the new Surface tablet computers for Microsof..”
http://hexus.net/mobile/news/tablets/41409-microsoft-surface-tablet-prices-emerge/
Sorry old fellow. The surface tablets have already been contracted out to manufacturing. :)
“And doubtful it will be under $1000.”
HEXUS:
“According to DigiTimes the 10.6 inch tablets would be priced at a figure over $599 and $799 for the RT and Windows 8 Pro versions respectively”
What more FUD ya got to throw?
I majored in mathematics and minored in computer science. Got top awards in math at my schools, and represented them in contests. So don't try your bs on me. You have serious issues with truth. Proof is in the pudding; let's see if MS comes through, time will tell. I might be on my 4th gen iPad by then.