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In closed state, the surface book has a giant gap between screen and keyboard ( https://goo.gl/n5B7Te ). I think, it can easily happen that things in your backpack slip between screen and keyboard and damage the screen. That is why the old Thinkpads used to have a "click" mechanism.
How about the Band 2? Unaware of this event, yesterday morning I ordered the first MS Band for a little more than 1/2 the list price of the Band 2. I'd been shopping for fitness trackers for a long time, and settled on the Band as the only tracker meeting my needs that can also act as an Android trusted bluetooth device & keep my phone unlocked. From what I can tell, the Band 2 adds: - softer, more flexible strap (so…
I've had a Band for most of the year and highly recommend it. Unlike watty, I think it's pretty comfortable. Admittedly it took a couple of days to get used to, but I rarely notice that it's on my wrist. The only exception being that the non-curved display does get in the way when I type on a laptop — which is very rare for me, your mileage may vary. I'd recommend that you get a screen protector for your band, though…
BTW, I read how easy the thing scratches, and purchased some screen protectors along with it.
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Credit to Panos and everyone who put that together, I didn't see the removable screen coming. That was the kind of "one more thing" moment that rivals Apple at their best showmanship.
Panos was an obnoxious douche, the products and "One more thing" reveal deserved a much better presenter.
Anybody have any idea about memory? How much gigs of RAM it compromises ?
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Typically the tradeoff is balance. I'm curious to see how well it balances on a lap.
True, yeah. It seems theres a lot of batteries under the keyboard so it might be ok.
There has to be some trade offs? If they pull this off thou.. I'll line up for one.
I think the Surface Book is finally something that can give the MacBook Pro line a run for its money, this should be interesting.
I spent about 1 hour in the Microsoft Store playing with the SP3. I loved toying with it, but I knew that if I wanted to use it for serious software development I would probably dock it with a real keyboard. The Surface Book seems to be the answer. Truly amazing.
Most tablets are content consumption devices only. The SP3 allowed you to be a "little" productive on the go with a type keyboard, and a "lot" productive in the office with a dock and a real keyboard.
If you want to be fully productive on the go, then I'd agree that buying a full laptop (e.g. Thinkpad, MBP) makes a lot of sense, and even then I'd still plug in a real mouse.
The Surface's niche is that it can be a content consumption device, semi-productive device, and a fully productive device when you need it to be (with no cover, type cover, and full keyboard/mouse respectively).
I will say the SP3's four biggest issues in my view:
- Touchpad on the cover is just terrible. Totally unusable.
- The Surface itself is too slippery without the cover.
- Some overheating issues when the GPU is utilised.
- The magnetic power cord fails too often/easily. Replaced it twice already. Look on Amazon for reviews/pictures to see what I mean.
Anybody have any idea about memory? How much gigs of RAM it compromises ?
