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I just had a bizarre on-line chat with Microsoft. I was looking at the Australian web page for the Surface Pro 3 and noticed an interesting set of dimensions. Clickety[^] In case they fix them up before you get there, the dimensions were listed as:

7.93 x 11.5 x 9.14mm

Someone forget to convert all three measurements to millimetres, which is fine I suppose. I tried to do the right thing and tell them so they could get it fixed. It took me about 15 minutes to convince the on-line chat guy that something was wrong. A short excerpt...

Me: The dimensions listed for the Surface are truly tiny. I think someone has messed up inches and mm.
John: Dimensions: 7.93 x 11.5 x 9.14mm Weight: 079kg
Me: They're the ones.
John: Those are the accurate dimensions.
Me: Wow! That makes the Surface about the size of a pea. Don't you think that the 7.93 and 11.5 are supposed to be inches?
John: That is just the exterior of the device.
Me: Are you sure?
John: Yes, I have the figures here.
Me: Can I suggest that you get a ruler and draw a 7.93 mm line, an 11.5 mm line and a 9.14 mm line. Imagine the box that they would make. It's going to be pretty small.
John: I don't have a ruler.
Me: Look. You just need to forward this on to the web developers. These figures are obviously wrong.

We kept going for a while yet. Eventually I think that he got the message but who knows. I just couldn't believe it took so long. Serves me right for trying to help.
Paul Hooper

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