4GB of memory for the $999 i5 model is so 2005.
I cant think of a single client that could operate with those specs.
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#512If only it did not run Windows
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#513Earlier quoted context omitted.
> You're not going to fly a desktop over the Atlantic just for a games conference. Why not fly just an encrypted SSD with the game and buy desktop at the location?
I suppose that would work, but a one-time big laptop purchase that is then owned by the studio is easier to justify than buying a machine abroad(not to mention you can test that the laptop works several times before going, a brand new desktop might/might not work and people usually arrive a day or two before a conference so it's not like there's loads of time to debug problems before the big show).
With counter-terrorism, I would hope companies then have a contingency plan for governments imminently banning laptops on international flights.
With global inventories, it shouldn't be that hard for major vendors like Dell or Apple to offer an identical configuration to drop a hard drive into.
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#514Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have an SP3. It is the best device I've bought in years. I interact with the device in a fundamentally different way. I will sit and read a document with a pen and no keyboard (to proofread, highlight and makes notes). I'd tried this on ipad and it never fit in my workflow well. I will use it to take notes at a meeting in OneNote. Again, the ipad workflow never worked for me for this. The benefits definitely aren't…
OOC, can you explain why the iPad workflow has never worked for those things you mentioned? Seems like one of its core intended designs is taking notes/reading documents much like an actual notebook
When I tried it might have worked if you'd fully bought into the apple ecosystem, but in a mixed corporate environment it just wouldn't work.
A document had to be somehow transferred into each viewer, and manually saved back out so I could use the reviewed document on the desktop.
With the SP3, live documents are stored in either dropbox or a network share and its seamless.
I do a lot of design work in indesign and photoshop, and even word. Being able to make both simple and substantive changes on the fly is a lot more use than far more limited ipad apps.
The SP4 pen is far more pleasant to write with than any ipad stylus I came across. This is all just a matter of taste, but I found my muscle memory reacts for better to the SP4 stylus.
My ipads were great for many things, but work was never one of them for me.
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#515Can you actually use this "laptop" on your lap? Doesn't the fact that it has a kickstand make it extremely awkward, if not impossible? I have not tried one like that myself, so I honestly don't know, but I'd be very surprised if it worked on one's lap.
I've never used one, but I suspect one of the benefits is with the CPU on the screen side, you don't get bacon legs like you would with a traditional laptop.
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#516One import thing with all Surface laptops that most people don't know: > Support is limited to the country you purchased the device in. Eg: - If you buy an Apple laptop, and need a repair, they'll fix it if it's in warranty, regardless of where you are. - If you buy a Microsoft laptop, and need a warranty repair done in a different country, Microsoft won't help you. I purchased a Surface Book (which I love) in a Micr…
I bought a Surface Book on Black Friday and returned it a week later due to the number of glitches with the pen and the GPU. For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XLVgpD-Dtc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YupJV7QPHfk
At least you could return it. Returns aren't accepted in India, even on Amazon. If you buy it, you're stuck with it.
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#517One import thing with all Surface laptops that most people don't know: > Support is limited to the country you purchased the device in. Eg: - If you buy an Apple laptop, and need a repair, they'll fix it if it's in warranty, regardless of where you are. - If you buy a Microsoft laptop, and need a warranty repair done in a different country, Microsoft won't help you. I purchased a Surface Book (which I love) in a Micr…
I stay in India, and considered buying an iPhone on a trip to the US. But Apple India told me that US-bought iPhones may not be serviced in India, because Apple service centers in India aren't Apple-run, but franchisees.
Apparently, if there's a service center directly run by Apple, they'll service it regardless of the country.
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#518Earlier quoted context omitted.
The priciest part should be the SSD, and most people are fine with a small SSD and use the microSD for overflow. I'm similar to you, I just chose a 16GB i7 256GB model SP4 with the Alcántara keyboard, and it came in well under 2K. Super powerful and the price point well beating a comparable Mac was one of the top selling points for me. I have storage coming out of my ears after years of collecting disks cards servers…
I've got 256GB currently, and I definitely couldn't go smaller, but it only becomes limiting every few months. 8GB RAM on the other hand, is 85% full nearly all the time, so I actively make decisions to work around that. Enjoy your SP4!
Would you buy a 256GB device if two people are going to share it? Or pay $2200 for 512?
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#519I've been using a Surface Pro 3 as my one-and-only for almost 3 years, and it really feels like time to upgrade, so I've been looking forward to this one. My workload is probably something like 40% reading, 30% writing, 25% coding, and 5% running code, and the Surface has been a nearly ideal form factor for this. The new "Surface Pro" ticks a lot of boxes for me: - Supports my existing keyboard, pen, dock, and power…
It might not be the absolute best, but 8GB is totally workable for a lot of dev situations, especially if you're not doing a docker-style situation. I've recently went form 8GB to 16GB (and a processor jump) and my dev environment haven't really gotten snappier. That said it still feels like the easiest thing they could offer in all SKUs, given the price.
I've got 8 in my SP3, and Chrome by itself is usually eating 3+. My development work isn't that heavy (but is very dockerized). I'm usually around 85% utilization, and then if I have a video call I may need to shut other things down.
Mostly I'm just hoping to reduce the amount of trading like that I need to do.
Then there's the fact that I expect to keep it for another 3 years, and I doubt memory usage will go down.
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#520> 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??
Because "1x the performance of a Surface Pro 4" didn't get past the guys in marketing.
Well 1.05x but yeah. Truth hurts!