Microsoft's Surface chief wants a consistent design across devices

Microsoft’s Panos Panay had a big week. Ever the entertainer, Panay appeared at Microsoft’s devices event earlier this week to introduce two new Lumia handsets, a Surface Pro 4, and the Surface Book. It was a massive event that even included a demo of Microsoft's HoloLens headset and a new wearable Microsoft Band in the space of nearly two hours of stage time.

A two-hour Microsoft event usually involves either a lot of enterprise features or code, but the software maker avoiding boring the audience to put on an impressive show.

Most of the focus was on Microsoft’s Surface Book, and rightly so. Microsoft somehow managed to keep the look of it secret, even if a few of us knew a laptop was in the works. Engineering aside, it wasn’t an...

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