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Introducing Surface Book 2

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Re: Introducing Surface Book 2

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Post by dpen2016 »

masklinn wrote: post #76
skywhopper wrote: post #66

This is a good example of how Microsoft often does marketing poorly. The text reads like a script for an in-person product launch. On the page it doesn't even make sense "When you think about Microsoft and you hear our mission – to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more – it’s powerful." What? And then after all of that, you click through to the store and there's no pricing informat…

Yeah it's really frustrating. * this page is an ad copy with very little of interest * the store page ( https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/d/surface-book-2/8MCPZ... ) has no date, no price and only hints at specs (you can pick a model but have no idea that e.g. the 13.5" i5 is iGP and the i7 is dGPU) * https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-book... has the actual stuff you want, with a detailed sp…

Interesting that spec says "Windows 10 Pro Creators Update 64-bit" considering Fall Creators Update was released today.

Re: Introducing Surface Book 2

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Post by wslh »

Microsoft Windows and their software is not ready for these new devices, that is the sad part of the story. One clear example is Microsoft Office not working in different DPI displays. For example if you have a ~4k display in your notebook and you plug two 1080p monitors the fonts will be blurred. And we are talking about the Microsoft core product.

Re: Introducing Surface Book 2

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Post by Razengan »

sydd wrote: post #435
pier25 wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I tried to switch to Windows for work (for gaming it's the obvious choice) but I just couldn't. Windows 10 is IMO the best Windows ever, but I was surprised that the ecosystem was really poor compared to macOS. Most of the software you find online are outdated win32 apps with scaling problems. Even modern software from major companies still has scaling problems such as Adobe CC or even the mighty Photoshop. I also di…

For me it feels like you want to tweak Windows to be a clone of your OSX setup. Hint: it will never happen, same way you cant ever make OSX really like Windows. For example I could never find a good replacement for Paint.NET on OSX. I dunno why people say that one or the other is superior for work (except if you work with some special software that exists only for one OS). Both of them are equally good, since everyth…

Re: Paint.net on macOS, how do Acorn and Pixelmator (and the soon-to-come Pixelmator Pro) fare for you?

Re: Introducing Surface Book 2

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Post by [deleted] »

kpxxx wrote: post #407
duxup wrote: post #316

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"they're addressing the boss's boss" I wonder about that with truck commercials. I feel like every truck commercial is a sort of "See this is how we want our customers to act!"

The difference is they are demonstrating fantasies or idealizations that much of their customer base have or aspire to themselves. Truck commercials are made that way with a large part of their customer base keenly in mind.

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Post by multibit »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #91
itodd wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recently left my macbook with the TSA after a frantic sprint through security. I was stuck with a windows 7 PC for the week. Armed with Putty and a browser, I only missed the touchpad of my macbook. I do most of my work in Jupyter and in vim. It's rather liberating to realize you are not tied to one ecosystem. My point is I thought I would never be productive without my mac but that simply wasn't true. I suppose I…

Good on the TSA!

yes, good on the TSA for not stealing the laptop they confiscated/found.

Re: Introducing Surface Book 2

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Post by dguaraglia »

TYPE_FASTER wrote: post #354
dguaraglia wrote: post #320

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How do you feel about the textured cloth they put around the keyboard? I was really tempted to pull the trigger on one of these but my hands get really sweaty when I eat too much sugar (took me years to figure out what triggered it) and I'm guessing it'd become a mess really quickly.

I've only had it a couple months, but it's not as bad as I feared.

Good to know! I might give it a go. I'm really not a fan of the new MacBook Pros and it's about time to upgrade my laptop.

Re: Introducing Surface Book 2

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Post by rhizome »

always_good wrote: post #203
skywhopper wrote: post #66

This is a good example of how Microsoft often does marketing poorly. The text reads like a script for an in-person product launch. On the page it doesn't even make sense "When you think about Microsoft and you hear our mission – to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more – it’s powerful." What? And then after all of that, you click through to the store and there's no pricing informat…

I really can't get over the opening sentence. "When you think about Microsoft and you hear our mission, it’s powerful."

Now think about how much in student loans went into creating that sentence.

Re: Introducing Surface Book 2

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Post by wallabie »

kanishkdudeja wrote: post #57
wallabie wrote: post #50

Interesting. Does anyone here actually use the dial, or know someone that does? Otherwise, it doesn't look like a compelling upgrade to my Surface Book (1) though. Even though I paid an arm a leg for it, I've grown to love it over time. Glad they are providing both 13" and 15" options though.

Are you comfortable with the touchpad of your Surface Book 1?

The one on my MBP 2014 is definitely superior, but I don't mind it. Gets the job done, and I found it precise enough to work on corporate presentations, a place where neurotic detail reigns.

Re: Introducing Surface Book 2

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Post by rhizome »

Nition wrote: post #425
skywhopper wrote: post #66

This is a good example of how Microsoft often does marketing poorly. The text reads like a script for an in-person product launch. On the page it doesn't even make sense "When you think about Microsoft and you hear our mission – to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more – it’s powerful." What? And then after all of that, you click through to the store and there's no pricing informat…

Right from the title! What sort of a tagline is this "Surface Book 2, the most powerful Surface Book ever."? No-one needs to be told that the Surface Book 2 is going to be faster than the Surface Book 1.

"When you think about Surface Book and you hear there is a new one, it’s more powerful."

Re: Introducing Surface Book 2

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Post by tw04 »

skywhopper wrote: post #66

This is a good example of how Microsoft often does marketing poorly. The text reads like a script for an in-person product launch. On the page it doesn't even make sense "When you think about Microsoft and you hear our mission – to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more – it’s powerful." What? And then after all of that, you click through to the store and there's no pricing informat…

You should probably shoot the messenger (OP) - for linking a blog post instead of the official launch page.

This is the actual launch page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-book...

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