Microsoft Surface Pro, do you have one? Opinions?
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A USB hub like or would be useful with the Surface Pro 3.
Back on topic, how is the battery life of the Pro 3 for a typical business user? We're piloting it at my company and, although I'm not part of the pilot, I am wondering how long it lasts. I'm assuming power ports would be a must for most TATL/TPAC, but would it hold up for TCON or MIDCON? Typical use would be wifi, VPN, MS Office, Chrome (or other browser).
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I have a small 3-port USB hub I carry in my gadget pack for use with the T100TAM but haven't used it once since replacing my MS Arc mouse with a $10 HP Bluetooth mouse which works great (only complaint is it does run through AAs, especially if you forget to turn it off).
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I have a small 3-port USB hub I carry in my gadget pack for use with the T100TAM but haven't used it once since replacing my MS Arc mouse with a $10 HP Bluetooth mouse which works great (only complaint is it does run through AAs, especially if you forget to turn it off).
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surface 3 is windows 8.1/10 but not windows 8.1/10 "pro" ? difference ?
surface pro 4 in october ? presumably worth waiting for ?
surface a lot better than other tablets with windows 8.1/10 ?
(besides the tablets with extremely large screens)
im probably going to get surface, and am looking forward to tablet i can actually use
will be my first windows computer in ~10+ years (i refuse to buy apple gadgets)
surface pro 4 in october ? presumably worth waiting for ?
surface a lot better than other tablets with windows 8.1/10 ?
(besides the tablets with extremely large screens)
im probably going to get surface, and am looking forward to tablet i can actually use
will be my first windows computer in ~10+ years (i refuse to buy apple gadgets)
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surface 3 is windows 8.1/10 but not windows 8.1/10 "pro" ? difference ?
surface pro 4 in october ? presumably worth waiting for ?
surface a lot better than other tablets with windows 8.1/10 ?
(besides the tablets with extremely large screens)
im probably going to get surface, and am looking forward to tablet i can actually use
will be my first windows computer in ~10+ years (i refuse to buy apple gadgets)
surface pro 4 in october ? presumably worth waiting for ?
surface a lot better than other tablets with windows 8.1/10 ?
(besides the tablets with extremely large screens)
im probably going to get surface, and am looking forward to tablet i can actually use
will be my first windows computer in ~10+ years (i refuse to buy apple gadgets)
By the time I get back it will be Thanksgiving, so it's worth the wait.
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I have a Pro 3, and I like it, but:
1. A laptop it is not, literally. It is awkward at best if you just want to sit with it in your lap and try to do anything useful. You pretty much have to have a flat surface for it.
2. It really isn't that great of a tablet, in my opinion. I much prefer going back to an iPad for that type of consumption.
In my book, it just tries to be all things to all people, and it doesn't quite live up. It is a perfectly potent machine though, especially in Core i7 trim, and for those times I need an ultraportable capable of running a real windows app, I will reach for it every time.
Until then, I will just stick with my 15" Macbook Pro and an iPad Air 2. I don't mind the trade-offs associated with carrying two devices.
1. A laptop it is not, literally. It is awkward at best if you just want to sit with it in your lap and try to do anything useful. You pretty much have to have a flat surface for it.
2. It really isn't that great of a tablet, in my opinion. I much prefer going back to an iPad for that type of consumption.
In my book, it just tries to be all things to all people, and it doesn't quite live up. It is a perfectly potent machine though, especially in Core i7 trim, and for those times I need an ultraportable capable of running a real windows app, I will reach for it every time.
Until then, I will just stick with my 15" Macbook Pro and an iPad Air 2. I don't mind the trade-offs associated with carrying two devices.
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i use/like OSX. apple drives me crazy by refusing to put OSX on tablet. microsoft beat apple to market twice with tablets with full operating system. (first time was many years ago with toughbooks etc.) heck, apple could have tablets that run both OSX and windows using apple bootcamp.
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I've actually found it works just fine as a "laptop", but you need to tilt the kickstand further back so that the screen is more horizontal.
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Again, the Surface is a very capable unit, and I rather like mine, but I just have to remember its limitations.
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Your experience is vastly different from mine. The lack of hinge mechanism and the relatively thin keyboard do not make for a true laptop experience. I never could get comfortable with it in such a position.
Again, the Surface is a very capable unit, and I rather like mine, but I just have to remember its limitations.
Again, the Surface is a very capable unit, and I rather like mine, but I just have to remember its limitations.
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Just picked up a Surface Pro 4 and flew with it. It was extremely awkward to use that and the Arc mouse on the economy tray table on my BOS-LAX flight. It also ran down on power pretty quickly playing video games. No power outlet in economy (or 1st) on AA.
Has anybody found something to strap the thing to the back of a seat above the tray table? I think it would work a lot better if I wasn't hogging up the tray table with it (I use it with the keyboard).
Nothing to be done about sucking up power when playing video games unfortunately.
Has anybody found something to strap the thing to the back of a seat above the tray table? I think it would work a lot better if I wasn't hogging up the tray table with it (I use it with the keyboard).
Nothing to be done about sucking up power when playing video games unfortunately.