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The thing i did love about the surface is that the processor is not sitting on my lap, where as the macbook air/pro burns my legs all day long.
I would love for apple to make a version of the macbook that puts the processor behind the screen.
They certainly did something right, though I'm not quite sure what it was. A few years back, you couldn't step in front of an undergrad class here (Canada) without being subject to a wall of glowing bitten apples staring at you, now at least a quarter I'd estimate are those surface tablets. Who knew people would take a chance on laptop that doesn't work when on your lap.
I feel like all the people responding to you here have never actually used one on their laps. Particularly not to type for very long. It really doesn't work well for that. Honestly I think the product is pretty poorly designed, its just marketed well. Thats why the product hasn't turned much of a profit. Microsoft spent 400 million alone for the NFL to use them. Now with all the problems surfacing(kek) they don't app…
Looks fine.
It lost all bluetooth and wifi - 4 months out of warranty (hardware issue). From googling - this was not a completely uncommon occurrence.
Yes - we should have gotten the extended warranty, but this was an expensive device, and we expected quality hardware that would last.
From a usability perspective, it is a device that is in-between. It is not a stellar tablet nor a stellar laptop.
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I've found the pen to be the one part of my Surface that I don't use all, maybe it's because I am left handed and it leaves OneNote registering a ton of false navigation gestures but it's basically unusable for me. Overall, I still like my Surface (non Pro) but it's mostly for web browsing and media consumption.
I've heard [1] that you can go into Device settings for the pen/handwriting-recognition and set it to left handed and it will get better at ignoring the touches from your hand to the left of the pen. [1] Not left handed myself.
I'm not left handed so I can't comment on efficacy but the option is indeed there.
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Isn't this what people said about the original iPhone?
It's a bit subjective since one company had huge market share out of the gate and invented the category, while the other keeps releasing 'new' products, years later. So yes, there's growth for now. For Wall Street, growth is pretty much key.
Your approach to these companies is hypocritical at best.
At least MS is trying to invent a new category these days.
>>> had huge market share out of the gate
That's just wrong.
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I feel like all the people responding to you here have never actually used one on their laps. Particularly not to type for very long. It really doesn't work well for that. Honestly I think the product is pretty poorly designed, its just marketed well. Thats why the product hasn't turned much of a profit. Microsoft spent 400 million alone for the NFL to use them. Now with all the problems surfacing(kek) they don't app…
Surface Pro 3 lapability test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvNSVjI02wI Looks fine.
iPad: 7.1B - doomed category Surface Pro/Books: 1.35B - super impressive, categories of the future!
I think it makes more sense to compare the Surface line to the MacBook Air than it does to compare it to iPads.
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I feel like all the people responding to you here have never actually used one on their laps. Particularly not to type for very long. It really doesn't work well for that. Honestly I think the product is pretty poorly designed, its just marketed well. Thats why the product hasn't turned much of a profit. Microsoft spent 400 million alone for the NFL to use them. Now with all the problems surfacing(kek) they don't app…
Surface Pro 3 lapability test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvNSVjI02wI Looks fine.