Microsoft Surface

[pcslookout]

Is it worth getting a Surface now? Latest one.

I tried a Surface 3 a long time ago and was not impressed.

 

[mikeymikec]

Why did it not impress you? What would you use it for?

 

[pcslookout]

Why did it not impress you? What would you use it for?

Slow hard drive and forgot the other thing sorry.

Work, watching netflix, surfing the internet, and very light gaming. (Not Battlefield 5 type games lol)

 

[mikeymikec]

The Surface 3 apparently had eMMC storage which probably explains its lacklustre performance, and MS didn't seem too willing too admit it in the specs (most sites just state a storage capacity rather than type). The current ones mention having SSDs, FWIW.

 

[pcslookout]

Thanks.

 

[mikeymikec]

I made a few edits in the time you were responding so hopefully you'll have seen those.

 

[clamum]

I have a Surface Pro 6th gen (latest one), the i5 8GB/256GB model. Got it late December so I haven't had it real long. I use it for Unity game development mostly and it can actually handle that well enough, IMO. The main thing I don't like about it is its pathetic lack of USB ports. There's a SINGLE one on it.

Also when I would plug a couple of devices I own (vape device and something else, maybe my Fitbit?) I would get that Windows message, "Power surge on USB port" (I *think* that's what it was, it's been a couple months since I tried those devices). It would keep coming up no matter what I did and I would have to restart. Plugging them into my desktop (also Windows 10) was fine.

I've since got a USB hub for it. It's a powered one which I don't care for since it needs another wall plugin but I gathered that they are more reliable/better than the non-powered ones. Meh.

Anyway, so far I'd recommend it. It's a fairly powerful system for its small, thin size. The downside is the pathetic single USB port and its exorbitant price (you could get a much more powerful laptop for decently less money).

 

[thilanliyan]

I've got a i5 Surface Pro 3 I bought used and it does pretty well as a browsing/productivity machine. Never tried gaming on it though.

 

[quikah]

Surface 3 had very slow storage and middling CPU. The Surface Pro line is very capable with laptop like guts. You can do pretty much all the things you could do with a midrange laptop.

The Surface Go is a replacement for Surface 3, it solves most of the issues the Surface 3 suffered, the storage speed is fine, though the CPU is still a bit slow. It works in all the scenarios a cheap basic laptop would work. I use it all the time for basic duties (netflix, webbrowsing, email, etc.) and as a laptop replacement for the few times I actually need one. The only complaint I have about the Go is the battery life is pretty terrible.