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Re: Surface Pro 3 Review

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Post by melling »

qntmfred wrote: post #10
melling wrote: post #2

How good is the speech recognition Windows 8? I've become a fan of Siri on the iPhone, pretty good. I get the feeling that were pretty close to very accurate speech recognition. Between Microsoft, Google, and Apple I think we're going to get over the line really soon. This post was done entirely with Siri. The missing words or her fault. :-)

just use siri then http://myechoapp.com/

I'd like a slightly improved Siri, and almost no one wants to screw around with one device to dictate to another device. I simply want to say "Siri|Google|Cortana..." then start dictating.

With iPhone sitting on my coffee table: "Siri, display on Apple TV... open Evernote.. New Note ... "

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Post by withdavidli »

darksim905 wrote: post #18
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.

I'll look into this, definitely saw the Penny Arcade articles so hopefully they'll be as receptive =)

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Post by withdavidli »

fumar wrote: post #9
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…

I am experiencing many of these issues. I think they will continue to roll out firmware updates. But, the software needed a little bit more work. For Chrome I would disable scaling. 1. Right click Chrome shortcut icon and choose "Properties." (if you do this on an icon in you startbar, then you'll need to right click again on the third one up that says "Google Chrome.") 2. Click Compatibility tab. 3. Check box for "D…

Will try this tonight. I do understand it just released, thankfully a lot of things can be updated.

Thanks for the helpful advice, steps included! I'll give that a try tonight.

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Post by withdavidli »

cc_ wrote: post #17
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).

I'll have to check which version I have. I just downloaded the latest consumer version. The experience also wouldn't reflect most of the users since they would just be downloading off the main page. I probably won't give this a try since desktop mode works fine for the most part.

Thanks for the advice!

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Post by untog »

homerowilson wrote: post #16

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 u…

To be fair, I've never found a satisfactory way to use my laptop on a plane. There's not enough leg room to put the screen at the right angle and the keyboard ends up too close to my body. Tablets are better, but as you say, when he switched to using his Surface as a tablet it worked OK.

So it seems like a bit of a wash to me.

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Post by mafuyu »

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…

The trackpad issue is probably from how Microsoft rolls their own capacitive trackpad solution and the capacitance from your leg is causing issues. My Type Cover 2 would also have issues when my fingers got sweaty. The way to fix it would be to reconnect the cover so that it would recalibrate. I've heard the Type Cover 3's trackpad is leaps and bounds above the previous two in terms of usability, though.

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Post by fit2rule »

I'd love to get one of these, but I simply cannot fathom investing in hardware on which Linux will not run. I suppose it would work in a VM, but .. really .. what a pity that its so locked down and unworkable to change ones OS in this day and age. Register this one protest non-buy, fwiw ..

Re: Surface Pro 3 Review

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Post by WorldWideWayne »

fit2rule wrote: post #27

I'd love to get one of these, but I simply cannot fathom investing in hardware on which Linux will not run. I suppose it would work in a VM, but .. really .. what a pity that its so locked down and unworkable to change ones OS in this day and age. Register this one protest non-buy, fwiw ..

Apparently it's really easy to install Ubuntu [1] on a Surface Pro 3.

"...you’ll find that most things work out of the box. WiFi works, but only 2.4GHz networks can be detected. The touchpad on the Type Cover works, but the keyboard does not. You’ll need to activate the virtual keyboard in the accessibility setting to get much of anything done, and Ubuntu’s virtual keyboard is lacking in desirable features. There are some third party alternatives you can install, but the initial experience here will likely have you scrambling for a USB keyboard.

The pen works as a pointer and as a left-click when you press down, but because Bluetooth does not work out of the box you lose the buttons on the pen."

[1] http://www.geek.com/microsoft/linux-users-rejoice-heres-ubun...

Re: Surface Pro 3 Review

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Post by skrebbel »

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…

Genuinely wondering, why Chrome? IE11 has a really awesome touch UX, in the metro version, IMO. Did you try it and dismiss it, or not even consider it given IE's track record?
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