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Re: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

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Post by agumonkey »

pcunite wrote: post #363
MatthiasP wrote: post #276

That's what the OEMs get for not being able to put out a laptop that could compete with Apple in all those years, they always managed to introduce some fatal flaw in their premium laptops, from weird keyboard layouts to bad fan management software. Let's hope the Surface Book will be succesful and Apple finally gets serious competition in the premium laptop market.

Exactly this ... outside of ThinkPad, many Windows hardware options have been pretty embarrassing.

VAIO had an edge a while back. Toshiba still throw some stuff from time to time. Panasonic too but in the survivor category.

Re: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

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Post by lsniddy »

ypcx wrote: post #468
MatthiasP wrote: post #276

That's what the OEMs get for not being able to put out a laptop that could compete with Apple in all those years, they always managed to introduce some fatal flaw in their premium laptops, from weird keyboard layouts to bad fan management software. Let's hope the Surface Book will be succesful and Apple finally gets serious competition in the premium laptop market.

Weird keyboard layouts. Shifting the keyboard off-center to include numeric keypad which no one uses anymore. (Gamers? Please stop.) This alone makes one question what exactly they are "smoking". There wasn't a single big Windows laptop on the market that wouldn't fall into this hole of a flaw.

I think the num pad is a huge addition. I use it both in Excel and Photoshop. that being said i love this device more than anything ive seen since the XPS 13

Re: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

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Post by dade_ »

MatthiasP wrote: post #276

That's what the OEMs get for not being able to put out a laptop that could compete with Apple in all those years, they always managed to introduce some fatal flaw in their premium laptops, from weird keyboard layouts to bad fan management software. Let's hope the Surface Book will be succesful and Apple finally gets serious competition in the premium laptop market.

And for those of us early adopters with the Surface Pro 3, I can upgrade my pen and use the new charging doc. Well done. Feels thoughtful, not something I can say about my Asus Windows tablet experience.

Re: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

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Post by fumar »

swah wrote: post #424
fumar wrote: post #80

As a Surface Pro 3 user, who saves a Macbook Pro for heavy lifting (like video) at home, I can safely say the MB is getting replaced with the Surface Book. Depending on in-person use, it might also replace the Surface Pro 3. I typically watch Apple's and Google's product launches, have to to say this event was concise and unveiled products in a great forward moving momentum. Solid work Msoft marketing team!

I thought video people used OSX due to the apps available?

The Adobe suite works on both platforms, OSX and Windows. The files can be shared. I have not seen performance or workflow improvements on either. If anything, Photoshop on the Surface hardware is great for sketching and painting.

Re: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

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Post by devit »

ksherlock wrote: post #369
rbnacharya wrote: post #76

Anybody have any idea about memory? How much gigs of RAM it compromises ?

* 128GB / Core Intel i5 - 8GB ($1499) * 256GB / Core Intel i5 - 8GB ($1699) * 256GB / Core Intel i5 - 8GB / dGPU ($1899) * 256GB / Core Intel i7 - 8GB / dGPU ($2099) * 512GB / Core Intel i7 - 16GB / dGPU ($2699)

This pricing is absurd, you are better off buying the cheaper models and adding a $350 1TB SSD and 8GB RAM for less than $100...

Assuming they haven't somehow locked the hardware.

Re: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

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Post by sbilstein »

aresant wrote: post #366

Wow, this page is a mess - here's an element based breakdown of the switching elements in their presentation: MSFT: - nav 1 - nav 2 - header with what sounds like a call to action, but no button to buy? - hero image with text overlaid that has terrible contrast nobody will read - inter-page menus with some insane zooming function that scared my browser - another hero image - 3 columns - maybe buttons? no not clickabl…

ugh yes finding it almost impossible to scroll through this page

Re: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

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Post by korva »

eric_cc wrote: post #186
mholt wrote: post #148

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would just install Linux on it.

Good luck getting the touch screen to work flawlessly with your Linux install

Yup, I'm running Ubuntu in a Lenovo Yoga - for the most part it's great, but the touchscreen stuff and tablet mode do not work at all.

Re: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

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Post by melling »

WorldWideWayne wrote: post #380
melling wrote: post #364

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Next year is 3 months away. Who wants to drop $1500 and buy a new device in 12 months?

Because no devices require USB-C yet? Regular USB stuff isn't going to just disappear, so it's really not that big a deal. It's like not having a bluray drive or a 3d-tv screen - nobody cares.

Here, maybe if you hear it from Microsoft?

http://www.techinsider.io/microsoft-usb-c-2015-10

Re: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

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Post by flamedoge »

DuskStar wrote: post #418
liquidise wrote: post #397

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Page on a full sized browser on a 13" screen with ublock: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gmyi3jjwq25w0d1/surface_book.png?d...

Similarly, on a 13" 1080p chromebook, I get this: http://i.imgur.com/pGhjAwQ.png Turning uBlock off didn't seem to help at all. Edit: after letting it load for 3+ minutes, the page does load successfully, giving this: http://i.imgur.com/qnNlvYj.png So maybe it does work! Eventually.

Should've used IE6

Re: New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft

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Post by WorldWideWayne »

melling wrote: post #498
WorldWideWayne wrote: post #380

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because no devices require USB-C yet? Regular USB stuff isn't going to just disappear, so it's really not that big a deal. It's like not having a bluray drive or a 3d-tv screen - nobody cares.

Here, maybe if you hear it from Microsoft? http://www.techinsider.io/microsoft-usb-c-2015-10

If I hear them talking about USB-C is it going to magically cause 99% of regular USB devices to disappear in three months? No.

I'm sure Surface 5 devices will have USB-C in 12-16 months when people actually start caring about USB-C.

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