Security was heavy backstage at the Microsoft Surface launch event Monday. In what was probably one of the most controlled tech demos I’ve ever seen — even Apple lets you handle the product more than this — the media was ushered through a hushed white room in groups of seven. We clustered at each of four demo tables for a few minutes each.

“It’s like Disneyland,” joked a security guard. He meant the near-physical way you are led from ride to ride. Linger too long, and things could get ugly. Ditto if you dared to take video too close to a moving, functioning Surface.

The demonstrators gave us their spiel — here’s the Touch Cover, here’s how it was made. Feel the quality. Admire…
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