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Microsoft Launches Surface Laptop 6 for Business and Surface Pro 10

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Re: Microsoft Launches Surface Laptop 6 for Business and Surface Pro 10

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Post by marcosdumay »

userbinator wrote: post #100
farawayea wrote: post #75

This 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…

Their mouses were great, back when the rest of the company was also a lot less user-hostile.

> Their mouses were great

They still are, as long as you don't make the mistake of using them on Windows.

Re: Microsoft Launches Surface Laptop 6 for Business and Surface Pro 10

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Post by sp332 »

AraceliHarker wrote: post #37

The so-called "AI PC" is nothing more than a marketing gimmick. It has no new features, just a Copilot button on the keyboard and the same background editing function for web conferences that has been available for a long time.

And with the $10B they sank into OpenAI, I don’t expect anything local from a Microsoft product anytime soon.

Re: Microsoft Launches Surface Laptop 6 for Business and Surface Pro 10

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Post by RajT88 »

farawayea wrote: post #75

This 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…

I have had a few surfaces for work. They are actually really nice hardware, but the Surface Book had one design flaw, which would periodically disconnect USB headsets. That was my only real complaint.

I would say the comparison to Macbooks is fair.

Re: Microsoft Launches Surface Laptop 6 for Business and Surface Pro 10

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Post by userbinator »

ankurdhama wrote: post #59

Apple charges $200 more for 8GB to 16GB RAM. The new surface laptop is charging $300 to go from 8GB to 16GB :) https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/configure/Surface-Lapt...

I wonder how much of a market there is for people who already know how to do BGA soldering (i.e. many phone repair shops) to offer RAM upgrades at a fraction of that cost.

Re: Microsoft Launches Surface Laptop 6 for Business and Surface Pro 10

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Post by octagonal »

dannyw wrote: post #53
mythz wrote: post #35

Good build quality but unreliable. Bought a Surface, used it rarely, tried to pass it on to my eldest but it refused to start within 12 months.

I can confirm. I’ve had two surfaces and both have had serious failures about 1-2 years into medium usage with no physical damage. Meanwhile, all my Thinkpads and MacBooks still work today.

I'm still waiting on my current, 60 hours of use a week, mid-2019 MacBook Pro to die or have any sort of malfunction so I can justify buying a new one. Its battery life has seen better days but that's basically it.

Re: Microsoft Launches Surface Laptop 6 for Business and Surface Pro 10

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Post by helf »

Ecstatify wrote: post #98
farawayea wrote: post #75

This 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…

After getting a Mac I’ll never purchase a Windows device again. + Terrible battery + Terrible build quality + Terrible support + Noise of fan having a stroke

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Re: Microsoft Launches Surface Laptop 6 for Business and Surface Pro 10

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Post by pohuing »

delfinom wrote: post #81
underlogic wrote: post #58

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Jesus you drank the koolaid. Lol, dark patterns. Recently got a M2 mac for CI purposes. Step 1 was deleting all the preloaded apple-ware apps that they want to people to use for datamining from the dock, they make it as painful clickfest to remove the 20 fucking default docked apps with even removal animations. Not to mention I ran one fucking update from macOS 13 to 14 and it added all the fucking apps back to the d…

Don't forget the red badge on the settings if you don't use iCloud backups. MS' OneDrive nagging doesn't even compare.

Re: Microsoft Launches Surface Laptop 6 for Business and Surface Pro 10

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Post by mythz »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #95
mythz wrote: post #35

Good build quality but unreliable. Bought a Surface, used it rarely, tried to pass it on to my eldest but it refused to start within 12 months.

Good build quality is good because it is reliable. I don’t see how the good qualifier works otherwise.

Build Quality refers to how well a piece of equipment has been made [1]. The Surface's tablet has a sleek design with a great construction, uses quality materials and a quality finish that feels like a slab of luxury aluminum and glass in your hand.

In contrast poor build quality would be a thick piece of cheap plastic that creeks and rattles to touch.

[1] https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/build...

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