Microsoft hits back after Surface products slammed by consumer group
Consumer report refuses to endorse any of Microsoft's laptops due to 'two-year breakage rates of 25 per cent'

Microsoft has responded to criticism of its Surface products after US-based consumer group Consumer Reports criticised their reliability. Consumer Reports (CR) said in an article that it was removing...
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