Microsoft announces the Surface Pro 3 • Hacker News Board

bane wrote: post #16

I'm starting to see more and more Surface devices in my area. It seems to be getting popular with the Starbuck's salesguy crowd who need something as compact as a tablet, but they can use real applications on. I know that's kind of cliche, but you don't really "get" that meaning until you walk into a coffee shop and see 2 or 3 people sitting around with tablets sticking up on the tables. The Android and iPad guys are…

They've kind of killed this whole angle of "Surface is for getting work done" after they hedged by releasing Office on iPad.

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Post by watty » Tue, May 20, 2014, 4:11 PM UTC

pling wrote: post #14

I still can't get my head round paying for one of these at £1000+ when it's effectively disposable if anything goes wrong. I bought a used i7 Lenovo T410 a couple of weeks back for £150. Totally serviceable and the battery it came with lasts 6 hours. This will be my workstation for a couple of years, plus if its like my T400 it lives in the back of the sofa and takes a beating every day. I'd kill a surface in about t…

You bought a used laptop which is slower, no touch screen, digitizer, pen, Windows 8, SSD, etc. That's like comparing an old Blackberry to the iPhone 5. There's really no reason to try and compare them.

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Post by crayola » Tue, May 20, 2014, 4:11 PM UTC

Osiris wrote: post #21

crayola wrote: post #17

$799. Impressive. I think this is a big moment for Microsoft.

Impressive, as in cheap or expensive? It depends on your perspective.

I meant cheap for what it is (or seems to be).

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Post by yulaow » Tue, May 20, 2014, 4:11 PM UTC

Did I miss that or they said nothing about the battery duration? For me that's a very important information. For the rest is a really great piece of hw

edit:

Yep I missed: "Over ~20% more battery life than any product Surface has shipped before"

and: " battery life is up to 9 hours on the Surface Pro 3."

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Post by msh » Tue, May 20, 2014, 4:13 PM UTC

yulaow wrote: post #26

Did I miss that or they said nothing about the battery duration? For me that's a very important information. For the rest is a really great piece of hw edit: Yep I missed: "Over ~20% more battery life than any product Surface has shipped before" and: " battery life is up to 9 hours on the Surface Pro 3."

The anandtech live blog says it's 20% better than surface pro 2.

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Post by rickyc091 » Tue, May 20, 2014, 4:14 PM UTC

crayola wrote: post #17

$799. Impressive. I think this is a big moment for Microsoft.

Looks like the specs / pricing might be as follows.

Core i3, 4GB RAM, 64GB storage - $799

Core i5, 4GB RAM, 128GB storage - $999

Core i5, 8GB RAM, 256GB storage - $1,299

Core i7, 8GB RAM, 256GB storage - $1,549

Core i7, 8GB RAM, 512GB storage - $1,949

http://www.zdnet.com/surface-pro-3-price-and-spec-leak-70000...

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Post by tdicola » Tue, May 20, 2014, 4:14 PM UTC

Really akward that they made a point of saying the device is 'fanless' when it clearly has a fan and vents around the side. Sure it might be a very nice and quiet fan, but it sounds disingenuous to be saying there isn't one.

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Post by rickyc091 » Tue, May 20, 2014, 4:16 PM UTC

agscala wrote: post #8

This sure is a bummer for people who recently bought a Surface Pro 2 (like me). It's unreal that a 6-month old $1200 machine already is outdated

Yeah, looks like Surface follows a 8-9 month cycle. I bought SP2 right when it came out and then they bumped the processor by a little a month later.