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Surface Pro 3 Review

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Re: Surface Pro 3 Review

#11

Post by bcoates »

fumar wrote: post #3

I agree with Anandtech the Pro 3 is almost there, but not quite. The Surface Pro 1 sold me on the idea of an everything device. It had its limitations, but it worked as a laptop, desktop, and a tablet. Each scenario had its limits and the most limited one was the laptop perspective. As a tablet it worked great with movies, browsing the web, light gaming, etc. As a desktop it was powerful enough to run the adobe suite…

The article makes it sound like there's no place at all to attach the pen on the Pro 3, is that true? I'm a heavy pen user w/ my Pro 1, that would be a dealbreaker for me.

Re: Surface Pro 3 Review

#12

Post by fumar »

bcoates wrote: post #11
fumar wrote: post #3

I agree with Anandtech the Pro 3 is almost there, but not quite. The Surface Pro 1 sold me on the idea of an everything device. It had its limitations, but it worked as a laptop, desktop, and a tablet. Each scenario had its limits and the most limited one was the laptop perspective. As a tablet it worked great with movies, browsing the web, light gaming, etc. As a desktop it was powerful enough to run the adobe suite…

The article makes it sound like there's no place at all to attach the pen on the Pro 3, is that true? I'm a heavy pen user w/ my Pro 1, that would be a dealbreaker for me.

True. It comes with an attachable pen holder, but it is held on by glue. I do miss the pen's ability to attach to the Surface. The eraser nub is now a button on the pen. The top of the pen activates OneNote. The pen does feel more durable and better in hand. I would check it out in person.

Re: Surface Pro 3 Review

#13

Post by RyJones »

fumar wrote: post #12
bcoates wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The article makes it sound like there's no place at all to attach the pen on the Pro 3, is that true? I'm a heavy pen user w/ my Pro 1, that would be a dealbreaker for me.

True. It comes with an attachable pen holder, but it is held on by glue. I do miss the pen's ability to attach to the Surface. The eraser nub is now a button on the pen. The top of the pen activates OneNote. The pen does feel more durable and better in hand. I would check it out in person.

I kept losing the pen on my Surface Pro because I needed power more than the pen. Very annoying.

Re: Surface Pro 3 Review

#14

Post by dworin »

bcoates wrote: post #11
fumar wrote: post #3

I agree with Anandtech the Pro 3 is almost there, but not quite. The Surface Pro 1 sold me on the idea of an everything device. It had its limitations, but it worked as a laptop, desktop, and a tablet. Each scenario had its limits and the most limited one was the laptop perspective. As a tablet it worked great with movies, browsing the web, light gaming, etc. As a desktop it was powerful enough to run the adobe suite…

The article makes it sound like there's no place at all to attach the pen on the Pro 3, is that true? I'm a heavy pen user w/ my Pro 1, that would be a dealbreaker for me.

I clip mine onto the cover, the same way I used to clip regular pens onto the cover of my notebooks.

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Post by homerowilson »

I was jhust on an airplane trip and watced with some amusement my aisle-mate fumbling with a new surface pro.

When first using it on his lap, the screen kept flopping around as the kickstand slid off his legs--he eventually used the back of the seat in front of him to prop it up a bit.

Then when the tray came down, he clearly could not get a comfortable typing angle.

At some point, he dispensed with the keyboad and used it as a tablet with the kickstand on the tray, and that looked like a pretty good set up.

I asked him if he liked it near the end of the flight, and alas he said he plans to dispense with tablets all together and go back to laptops.

Re: Surface Pro 3 Review

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Post by cc_ »

withdavidli wrote: post #7

Just got mine yesterday (typing on it for this post). There are some problems on it I wasn't expecting. - Drawing apps like Fresh Paint don't work sometimes when on split screen. By doesn't work, I mean it won't recognize the pen on start up. I would have to full screen the app, use the pen, then I can use the pen on split screen. - Apps aren't adjusted to split screens correctly. The resizing of the apps gets rid of…

Chrome 37 (the current dev channel) enables high-dpi support on Windows out-of-the-box (which might fix the issues you had with win8 mode -- at least, it seems to work for me).

Re: Surface Pro 3 Review

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Post by darksim905 »

withdavidli wrote: post #7

Just got mine yesterday (typing on it for this post). There are some problems on it I wasn't expecting. - Drawing apps like Fresh Paint don't work sometimes when on split screen. By doesn't work, I mean it won't recognize the pen on start up. I would have to full screen the app, use the pen, then I can use the pen on split screen. - Apps aren't adjusted to split screens correctly. The resizing of the apps gets rid of…

Is there a way for you to submit your information to Microsoft ? I heard the Surface Pro team loves feedback & does their best to listen to users.
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