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Microsoft Announces The Surface Pro 3

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Re: Microsoft Announces The Surface Pro 3

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Any news regarding Surface 3 RT? RT's lackluster sales and noticeable absence from this announcement makes me think Microsoft could be narrowing focus to just x86 versions of Windows going forward.

RT seems to be a better fit for the rumored 8" device. I imagine Microsoft is attempting to reconcile RT on smaller devices and Windows Phone on larger devices (phablets).

Microsoft is well positioned to combine RT with Windows Phone, I'm guessing 2 years out?

Re: Microsoft Announces The Surface Pro 3

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I really like my Surface Pro but Microsoft need to fix Windows for very high DPI screens. Yeah, if you fiddle enough you can change most settings, but often it's too much effort so I just strain my eyes.

I find myself sometimes wishing that the screen had a lower resolution - I never thought I'd say that!

Re: Microsoft Announces The Surface Pro 3

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post #7

It's interesting that the TechCrunch article quotes Panay as saying "This is the tablet that can replace your tablet" which I read as a shot across the bow at Apple, but The Verge article quotes him as saying "This is the tablet than can replace your laptop," which is totally different.

Maybe Microsoft sent them different press releases, and they each churned those.

Re: Microsoft Announces The Surface Pro 3

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post #12

I really like my Surface Pro but Microsoft need to fix Windows for very high DPI screens. Yeah, if you fiddle enough you can change most settings, but often it's too much effort so I just strain my eyes. I find myself sometimes wishing that the screen had a lower resolution - I never thought I'd say that!

In this session they stressed that they worked hard to get the perfect dpi effect on the surface 3. Hope they show what they mean in a video on their channel
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