probably because he actually has experience with it, unlike some magazines that write reviews based on false information they have read from other sources.
That is the best review anyone could ever hope for. Leave it to the actual Linux community to be level-headed and knowledgable to the point of not screaming at it saying:
"WHY DUNT THE TOUCH SCREEN WORK, I PUT IN TWO ALKILINEZ AND IT ONLY WORKS FOR 32 MINUTRES?!"