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[1] http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/download/presskits/surfa...
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…
Small things continue to kill the surface pro acceptance: - The Surface site on the surface site hasn't updated with surface pro 3 info/pricing. The run way for this is long, why isn't the site updated or ready to go? - Accessories are notoriously out of stock. Why are they hard to get? Docking station, keyboards, mice. Fix that. - The dock has 10/100 Ethernet. In 2013-2014? Why? - Updates for firmware and drivers as…
As a proud Gen 1 Surface Pro owner, this looks spectacular. My Surface replaced my laptop, and while I definitely had my issues with the transition (trackpad sucks so often use external mouse, aspect ratio is inconvenient for Office, display angle is limiting, and no built-in LTE), I've ultimately come to enjoy using it. I've almost always got it with me, and I've found I've become nearly as productive on it as I was…
> The updates in the Gen 3 address nearly all of my gripes (why can't they integrate LTE??). I suspect that enough of the people who want LTE have shareable (wirelessly or with wires) LTE modem with them at all times as to make the added cost of integrated LTE not a particularly effective selling point for the added cost (and very much not attractive for the base model, so it would necessitate added SKUs, as well.)
It's just frustrating to see that the Surface 2 (not pro) has integrated LTE as an option, but it's not available for the Pro line.
That's a really nice piece of hardware. I've used MacBook Airs since 2010, but the Surface 3 looks to be strictly dominating in the hardware department. Unfortunately, I don't think Microsoft will convert many OS X devs unless they make some changes to their software. One of the advantages of OS X is that it's a Unix, and lots of Unix software runs on it. It's not hard to compile tools such as nmap, Vim, or steam loc…
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I meant cheap for what it is (or seems to be).
Strange, I think it's the opposite. That's a lot of money for an i3 with little memory. It's cheap next to a MacBook Air perhaps, but still quite expensive.
* 1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor
* Turbo Boost up to 2.7GHz
* Intel HD Graphics 5000
* 4GB memory
* 128GB PCIe-based flash storage
The base Surface is cheaper than the Air but the second tier Surface (The one with more or less parity) is $100 more than the Air.
Small things continue to kill the surface pro acceptance: - The Surface site on the surface site hasn't updated with surface pro 3 info/pricing. The run way for this is long, why isn't the site updated or ready to go? - Accessories are notoriously out of stock. Why are they hard to get? Docking station, keyboards, mice. Fix that. - The dock has 10/100 Ethernet. In 2013-2014? Why? - Updates for firmware and drivers as…
I don't think that's a big problem.
> The dock has 10/100 Ethernet. In 2013-2014? Why?
Dog slow as well, I suspect it's USB!
> Updates for firmware and drivers assume enterprise infrastructure.
Not my experience at all, windows update did all my driver updates and at least one firmware update too.
> The track pad on the type/touch cover is flaky
They claim to have addressed this (which you know, because you read the article right?)
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
$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...