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Re: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

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Post by engi_nerd »

Osmium wrote: post #52
pkkp wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My thoughts exactly. To me, OS/X's quality has been slipping, but I haven't found any non-Apple hardware that's comparable. If they get the trackpad and keyboard right on it, this will open a lot of interesting doors.

> To me, OS/X's quality has been slipping, I'm amused to see the 'OS/X' typo still lives on, more than a decade since OS/2's been relevant :) On topic, I've just upgraded to the latest version of OS X and it really seems rock solid. Fastest, most stable, and most secure version yet. Still a bit of an evolutionary dead end though, in that there have been no moves to add touch support beyond multitouch trackpads. I adm…

The whole discoveryd fiasco was the final straw for me with regards to having a Mac. Having such serious networking issues in your primary OS and not fixing them for almost a year after release tells me something is rotten in the Kingdom of Apple.

Yes, the issue was eventually fixed, but I'm done with Apple. They have lost my trust.

Re: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

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Post by Someone1234 »

aleem wrote: post #54

I have been skeptical after a lot of Microsoft misses but the Surface Book Pro might just put Microsoft on the high road. Splitting up the hardware breaks new ground. If I understood it correctly, the GPU is in the keyboard which you can attach to get more power. In detached mode the screen itself has an i7 processor that's plenty powerful. So they managed to let you hot-plug the GPU while the OS is running?

> I have been skeptical after a lot of Microsoft misses

The Surface 3 and Surface Pro 3 weren't misses. They were extremely well received and fairly successful products.

Re: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

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Post by richardboegli »

sz4kerto wrote: post #8

I think they've pulled the rug from under other HW vendors, and that is well-deserved (for the vendors). MS essentially made the ultimate Windows PC (tablet, pen, long battery life, powerful GPU if needed), after waiting for the partners for years.

Its like Microsoft's Google Nexus series....

Re: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

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Post by gbraad »

Silverlight or Flash needs to be installed? ... Eh no, thank you.

Googling for Surface Book reveals enough; a beefy (but Ultra-thin) Ultrabook with Skylake CPU + Nvidia GPU and detachable as tablet. Surface Pro is similarly specced with a Skylake CPU based tablet as successor to the previous version.

Dutch Tweakers.net: http://tweakers.net/nieuws/105651/microsoft-brengt-zijn-eers... http://tweakers.net/nieuws/105648/microsoft-onthult-surface-...

Re: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

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Post by RobotCaleb »

rplnt wrote: post #70
JustSomeNobody wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Neoprene sleeves are pretty inexpensive and would afford a little more protection.

It's an inconvenience though.

How would you rather treat your $1500+ piece of technology? I don't throw that sort of money around lightly.

Re: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

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Post by IanDrake »

Osmium wrote: post #36
nullrouted wrote: post #3

I think the Surface Book is finally something that can give the MacBook Pro line a run for its money, this should be interesting.

Absolutely. Lovely to see some innovation from Microsoft that's made it out of labs (the hinge alone looks fantastic). I'd be concerned about duplication of components between the screen and the keyboard though? I can't quite figure out from their website, but it looks like the keyboard part has the dedicated graphics and battery, and the rest (and more battery) is in the screen? I completely understand why Apple doe…

>the hinge alone looks fantastic

The hinge is the only thing that bothers me. Close the book and it seems like you'll have a thin area of metal on metal grinding on itself and end up with a rather thick profile for putting it in a laptop bag.

Also, at one point they showed the internal structure of the hinge and it looked like the Yoga's hinge that's covered with some sort of articulating plastic (god I hope not).

I'm impressed with everything else though.

Re: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

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Post by brewdad »

josu wrote: post #53
bhauer wrote: post #28

Surface Book promo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVfOe5mFbAE Worth watching.

1:30 [1] Why? Everything was so elegant until that. [1] https://youtu.be/XVfOe5mFbAE?t=90

It is a bit jarring, but I think that is the point. The show off this beautiful machine. Surely, only Apple could have designed it. Then at the end - BAM - Microsoft.

Re: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

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Post by tdicola »

josu wrote: post #39
nullrouted wrote: post #3

I think the Surface Book is finally something that can give the MacBook Pro line a run for its money, this should be interesting.

If they are able to optimize the Oculus for this hardware, it could be a winning combination.

Why? Are you really going to drag an Oculus out to a coffee shop etc. and flail around in a VR world to everyone else's amusement? Not to mention you'll have a heck of a time getting positional tracking setup in a public environment.

Re: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

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Post by josu »

Artistry121 wrote: post #66
josu wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1:30 [1] Why? Everything was so elegant until that. [1] https://youtu.be/XVfOe5mFbAE?t=90

My thought exactly. I'm not sure if it's the color or the text or both.

I may understand their need to differentiate from Apple with the blue background. But why the sliding laptop that made it look like a cheap BestBuy commercial?
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