Cook didnt stop there.

No, he did not.

You could design a car that flies and floats, but I dont think it would do all those things very well, he said.

Well, yeah, OK, but what if not doing things really welljust kind of trying to cover all your bases and then shoving something out the doorwas kind of your thing? What then, smart guy?

The Macalopes terrible at predictions (OK, he totally nailed the BlackBerry PlayBook hitting the ground like a dead duck, but that was pretty easy), so hes not going to venture a guess at how well the Surface is going to do. But with launch lines ranging from modest to non-existent and initial reaction being (again, tip o the antlers to ), its not a great start for the device thats supposedly what customers really wanted & even while they were buying enough iPads to make a fort out of them.