I really don’t like being negative. I firmly believe there’s a silver lining, a hidden use, or some beautiful detail to almost everything. But gee shucks, it’s sometimes hard to find. Take Chuwi’s SurBook, a Surface-like tablet pc made by an up-and-coming Chinese manufacturer. My expectations for it were sky-high, since the company had managed to surprise one of our most experienced reviewers earlier this year with a Macbook Air clone for way less than half the price. Reality, unfortunately, gets in the way of expectations. The device started out as a crowdfunding campaign in May of this year, and quickly…

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