I'm still waiting to this idiotic unlappable design trend to pass and some company to come up with a 2-piece convertible similar to the original surface book.
Microsoft Launches Surface Laptop 6 for Business and Surface Pro 10
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#72Tablet CPU is Intel Core Ultra 7 165U, which should perform similar to an M1 Pro: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/5825vs4584/Intel-Ultra-...
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You couldn't pay me to take a Mac. Apple is an organisation that is actively hostile towards developers. I will program on Intel silicon and ms or oss operating systems all day long, thanks.
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#73Bought a Surface Pro in 2013. After a few years the battery stopped charging. It is for all intents impossible to replace. Now I buy Thinkpads.
Thanks for letting us know about a computer you bought 11 years ago. Very relevant and useful information.
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#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
Most people don't want desktops. So powerful laptops are preferred. Macbooks don't support Linux officially. But Intel laptops do support them. So no matter how fast and efficient Macbooks are, people will still buy decent Intel laptops instead of the best Macbooks.
Have you tried running Linux natively on a secureboot Surface? If you are running Linux in a vm, both are fine. Most people want battery life, and if someone can afford to get either of these devices, they would be better off renting their heavy compute somewhere else.
>Most people want battery life
Maybe for their personal device. But for work provided device, who cares if it is decent enough. Most people just keep them connected to power while working on a desk anyway (in my opinion).
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#75This is the same company which puts ads all over the OS, can't stop trying to upsell people into using onedrive, forcefully signs you into onedrive, syncs your local files into their cloud without consent, tries really hard to not let you sign in with a local account and most likely does other shady things.
Their hardware is more or less garbage. My Surface had a swollen battery which killed the device. It had other issues before the battery killed it.
Why would people give money to Microsoft for such bad hardware? They treat their customers like garbage.
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#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
The way normal rational people buy computers is as follows. First they decide what they want to do, then they choose applications that do those things. Then they choose an operating system that can host the application. Finally they choose a hardware platform that runs both the operating system and the application. Under this process, few users face a choice between a Mac and a Surface.
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> If an application is windows only I won't use it.
Most of us (non SW engineers) do not have this choice.
Re: Microsoft Launches Surface Laptop 6 for Business and Surface Pro 10
#77This is the same company which puts ads all over the OS, can't stop trying to upsell people into using onedrive, forcefully signs you into onedrive, syncs your local files into their cloud without consent, tries really hard to not let you sign in with a local account and most likely does other shady things. Their hardware is more or less garbage. My Surface had a swollen battery which killed the device. It had other…
> Why would people give money to Microsoft for such bad hardware? They treat their customers like garbage.
Education, workplace policy. Managers _love_ Microsoft.
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#79Microsoft continue to ship their Surface laptops with over-sized power bricks, which is enough to disqualify them. Similar spec Samsung laptops (Galaxy Books) come with a regular USB-C cable and a fast charging power adapter that looks like any other plug. Anybody know why Samsung can do this and Microsoft can't? Only having to lug around a single cable and charger for all devices is a dealbreaker.
> Anybody know why Samsung can do this and Microsoft can't?
Samsung makes also HW. /s
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#80I don't think people will buy Surface Laptop 6, the premium price make me looks to lenovo or Asus brand