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Re: New Surface Pro

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Post by iaskwhy »

sambe wrote: post #127
iaskwhy wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"If you buy an Apple laptop, and need a repair, they'll fix it if it's in warranty, regardless of where you are." This can be misleading. I bought my Macbook Air in Portugal, had 2y warranty there. Then moved to the UK and the brick stopped working. Went to an Apple Store and since it was after the 1y warranty offered when you buy it in the UK, they rejected replacing it for me. Eventually went to Portugal to visit m…

There is (currently) a two-year EU-mandated warranty, Apple was even taken to court for not emphasizing this enough when selling AppleCare.

Relevant: https://www.apple.com/uk/legal/statutory-warranty/ http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/guar...

I still don't understand how these make sense together...

Re: New Surface Pro

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Post by shahbaby »

trendia wrote: post #80

Any Linux support? I'll buy Microsoft hardware if I can keep my full development environment (Qt creator included)

Linux support will be limited.

I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 and Win10 on a Surface Book - no pen input, can't use dedicated GPU, wifi signal occasionally dies, can't wake up from sleep

Other then that, Linux actually runs pretty well and is very usable.

Re: New Surface Pro

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Post by lmm »

maxxxxx wrote: post #189
drej wrote: post #58

I've been waiting for this for a while (despite being a Mac user for years and years). And it doesn't quite compute (ba dum tss). Two reasons really. 1. No USB-C. 2. If I want 16 gigs of RAM, I need to opt for an i7 and half a terabyte of SSD. I wish I could just go for an i5 with 256 gigs of storage and 16 gigs of RAM. That would be sweet (and not as expensive). Too bad, let's see what others come up with.

I don't understand why they create these bundles. Why not let me choose CPU, RAM and disk separately?

They do it because customers find it simpler, and because it makes it easier to keep all the models in stock.

Re: New Surface Pro

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Post by wooter »

jonknee wrote: post #136
intoverflow2 wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> No USB-C What would you even plug into it? It's not like USB-C accessories are readily stocked everywhere, I'm still carrying around dongles all day for my TouchBar MBP. If the laptop shipped with USB-C people would be whinging they need dongles, literally can't win.

> If the laptop shipped with USB-C people would be whinging they need dongles, literally can't win. How about multiple USB ports, say 1 USB-A and 1 USB-C?

i think we're pretty much done with USB-A given any form factor besides desktop(-replacement?) these days. I'd rather not sacrifice the space for the next 3+ years when its basically relegated to phone charging duties - and barely that given this generation of battery life.

Re: New Surface Pro

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Post by exodust »

pwaivers wrote: post #161

> Surface Pro boasts 50% longer battery life than Surface Pro 4, 2.5x more performance than Surface Pro 3 Why do they compare it to the Surface Pro 3, and not the 4??

The new surface pro is not a huge update from SP4 in terms of processing power. SP4 is still in the game, just without the extra pen sensitivity and battery life. That's my guess.

Re: New Surface Pro

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Post by DamnYuppie »

pc86 wrote: post #170
blowski wrote: post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They fixed the logic board of my 3 year old Macbook Pro. They quibbled at first, but agreed to do it free of charge after I quoted the EU legislation.

I'm confused, you quoted the 2-year support requirement and they then fixed your 3-year old laptop?

It is possible that it could be three years old but they had purchased it new and owned it less than 2 years. Just means that particular one sat in inventory for awhile.

Re: New Surface Pro

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Post by novaleaf »

back to naming hell I see.

Surface Pro > Surface Pro 4 > Surface Pro 3 etc...

Is it bad to have higher numbers in product titles? I don't see a problem with "Surface Pro 5" but maybe "normal" people do?

Re: New Surface Pro

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Post by tomtheelder »

zghst wrote: post #118

Microsoft is completely unashamed and masterfully brilliant at copying and improving on Apple's strategy. The only concern is that they're making a bunch of machines not many people will buy, however, in the long run it's better that they have the production expertise and well minted engineers. Apple should and probably isn't resting on its heels, I bet we're going to see a preemptive strike on HoloLens (and probably…

What about this are you describing as copying Apple's strategy?

Re: New Surface Pro

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Post by gambiting »

la_oveja wrote: post #187
dijit wrote: post #165

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which AAA game company do you work for?

Learn-Not-To-Waste-Resources Studios.

I think people are missing a point here. The game itself runs perfectly fine on a 7 year old CPU and 8GB of ram(it might run on 4GB but I haven't tested this personally). - I'd say the actual game client is optimized extremely well.

Is it really shocking that dev machines have a lot of ram?

If someone works in full frame photography or edits 4K video, do you tell them to try working on machines with 4GB of ram to see what they come up with, and how it's going to be "beneficial"?

Why would it be any different for games? When a level designer loads the entire map into editor, it's the same as loading a 4K video into Adobe Premiere - it's going to eat up your ram, and you need to have loads of it.

>>Who in hell does run a game server on a laptop, and outside office?

At E3, the answer is - literally everyone. We send one guy with a fully encrypted beefy laptop that runs all servers during the show, and he has to keep an eye on it 100% of the time. You're not going to fly a desktop over the Atlantic just for a games conference.

Re: New Surface Pro

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Post by weavie »

leecb wrote: post #126
sacheendra wrote: post #101

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> - If you buy an Apple laptop, and need a repair, they'll fix it if it's in warranty, regardless of where you are. Not true. That is only for the iPhone. The Macbook has only national warranty.

My US-bought MacBook has been fixed under warranty in the US, Canada, Thailand, and Singapore. There are some country-specific restrictions- here in Mexico, they are unable to fix Apple products from other countries sometimes due to government restrictions; e.g., they were unable to replace my girlfriend's iPad screen at any price at the Apple Store since it was bought in the US.

Wow, how often do you break your laptop? What do you do to it?
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