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by NeutronBoy 5104 days ago
I think they did rush the demo, but they needed to.

They'd revealed Windows 8 and had mixed reactions about teh touch interface, and both users and developers were skeptical about it. They needed to show off this hardware for everything to make sense. When I saw the presentation, I had this 'Ohhhhh....' moment where it all made sense - the interface, the hardware, their strategy.

They pushed this launch forward to show they actually had a plan.