Surface Pro 3 Review

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 24, 2014, 10:31 AM UTC

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #60

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Does a macbook has touchscreen at any price-point ? At least with the windows machine if you have trouble with trackpad, touchscreen will come to rescue. Its insane how people get hung up one thing and talk as if that is central. When Apple released Retina branded hi-res, its all about resolution, now that Macbooks are not hi-res than their competition somehow its not that important anymore. Dude, its just a tool - u…

> Does a macbook has touchscreen at any price-point ? Why do I care? I barely use the touchscreen on my 16k RMB X1, and I numb my pointer finger on its precise yet painful trackpoint because the trackpad is useless . Without the trackpoint, I would have to give up, since the touch screen really doesn't work for programming. > Dude, its just a tool - use it if you can. A tool that doesn't work, and I'm pissed off abou…

Post by seanmcdirmid » Tue, Jun 24, 2014, 11:58 AM UTC

sremani wrote: post #72

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #60

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> Does a macbook has touchscreen at any price-point ? Why do I care? I barely use the touchscreen on my 16k RMB X1, and I numb my pointer finger on its precise yet painful trackpoint because the trackpad is useless . Without the trackpoint, I would have to give up, since the touch screen really doesn't work for programming. > Dude, its just a tool - use it if you can. A tool that doesn't work, and I'm pissed off abou…

Your argument has merit, but my point is you are overblowing the importance of trackpad. I would rather have the trackpad that is as capable as MBA on SP3, but I am willing to compromise there given other aspects of SP3 as well as, at least in my case as a programmer I used touch to compensate for some shortcomings of trackpad. No this absolutely is not a pissing contest.

Post by chenster » Tue, Jun 24, 2014, 8:04 PM UTC

stevoo wrote: post #69

chenster wrote: post #63

Microsoft, stop bombarding us with your ads, you've already missed the train even after your 3rd try.

I have been a linux user for the past 10 years. Didn't event want to bother with Windows for all that time. This machine is the only thing that will get me to use windows again (if i dont end up installing linux on it) As far as hardware i believe this is superb machine. They might have lost the train, but if they keep it up the version 4 will be much much better. They just need to continue improving the software

Post by withdavidli » Mon, Jun 30, 2014, 2:10 AM UTC

stcredzero wrote: post #61

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One of the reasons why I bought the SP3 before the Apple announcement this year is because I know how unlikely they are to come out with a product such as this because it would cannibalize their tablet line. Lesson learned the hard way waiting for an iPod Touch with a good camera (0.7mp...).

One of the reasons why I bought the SP3 before the Apple announcement this year is because I know how unlikely they are to come out with a product such as this because it would cannibalize their tablet line. How could Apple's tablet cannibalize Apple's tablet line?