[C19fan]

'undependable' Microsoft

Welcome to the party, pal! So will Goodell call Belichick and order him to use the Microsoft Surface. Microsoft pays big money to the official tablet of the NFL.

[Vermont Lt]

We will carry it and use it as a clip board.

Bill doesn’t alway show emotion. His tossing that tablet was hilarious.

[Psalm 73]

I think he only used it because they were all told to by the NFL. But hell, if you can’t slam it like a clip board, what the hell good is it?

[Wolfie]

He might have to carry it and wave it around, but not necessarily have to use it. I’m sure he’ll get a talking to about saying things like this publicly.

[MMaschin]

What Belichick is actually saying.

In the past, the Patriots have had trouble with the WIFI in their stadium. As coincidence would have it, it almost always occurred at inopportune times for the opposing teams, but sometimes it also effected the Patriots. Belichick is going to go old school, so that only the opposing teams will be effected by their 'unreliable' WIFI.

[DanielRedfoot]

Microsoft is great...

As long as you don’t need it for any actual work, or need to be in control of what it decides to do on its own, or require consistency or reliability, or anything like that.

But for games and such,its fine for my kids.

[budj]

Microsoft does not understand the needs of businesses that need really reliable technology that will last.

I’m trying to imagine “Da Bears Coach”, Mike Ditka, with this junk.

[montag813]

Ok...let’s be fair. He did not bash the Surface, but tablets in general. He is old school and wants the physical photos he used for decades. And iPad wouldn’t be any better to him

[NotQuiteCricket]

Is it the surface or the network?

[Snickering Hound]

[MichaelRDanger]

(Disclosure: I am a Director of IT)

I have had little to no problems with my Microsoft products and particularly with my Surface Pro’s. They are very powerful and (with the exception of a few) very reliable. When compared to similar Apple products they are far more powerful, but like a powerful performance car, need somewhat more maintenance. All man-made products are flawed to some extent and all products have the occasional lemon but much if not most of technical issues experienced by people is the result of operator error or poor choices and decisions.

If Gillette Stadium has poor Wi-Fi perhaps Belichick should correctly identify the problem rather than blaming his device.

[CodeToad]

As other posters have said, it isn’t the Surface but all tablets. Why? Dollar to donuts the software was written by Indians and they suck at it.

[vpintheak]

It must block him from cheating somehow. Poor fella.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

ping.