Surface Pro 2 or Yoga 2 Pro

[zerogear]

Stylus, therefore Surface Pro 2 wins hands down for me.

Haha, I wish it was that easy of a decision for me.

 

[Deeko]

Well, I got the Surface Pro 2 tonight. Partly because of points raised in this thread, partly because Best Buy didn't have the model of Yoga in stock that I was interested in 🙂 I figure I'll give it a try - for the next couple of weeks I'm going to try using this is my primary computing device - no desktop or laptop otherwise. We'll see how that goes. Given that I already had a Surface RT with type keyboard, I won't have to adapt to the form factor in general.

First impressions - performance and screen quality are both leagues ahead of my RT was, not that that should be a surprise to anyone. Extra thickness and heft hasn't been too bothersome yet. Would be nice if it were thinner, sure, but I don't really think it's that big of a deal.

 

[zerogear]

Well, I got the Surface Pro 2 tonight. Partly because of points raised in this thread, partly because Best Buy didn't have the model of Yoga in stock that I was interested in 🙂 I figure I'll give it a try - for the next couple of weeks I'm going to try using this is my primary computing device - no desktop or laptop otherwise. We'll see how that goes. Given that I already had a Surface RT with type keyboard, I won't have to adapt to the form factor in general.

First impressions - performance and screen quality are both leagues ahead of my RT was, not that that should be a surprise to anyone. Extra thickness and heft hasn't been too bothersome yet. Would be nice if it were thinner, sure, but I don't really think it's that big of a deal.

It really isn't, and for the most part, with the Touch Cover, it's the thickness of the Yoga 2 Pro.

 

[Sunfire]

Stylus, therefore Surface Pro 2 wins hands down for me.

What about the upcoming Thinkpad Yoga that has the option for an active pen digitizer?

 

[magomago]

I just read the Verge's review on the Surface Pro 2 and I'm honestly confused. There are entire categories that are rated without a single mention (speakers) or little elaboration (i.e. design).
They hit Microsoft hard for not having enough apps, yet they gave it a NINE on software and ecosystem? I would have assumes that a 6-7 would have been in order because, as they described, the platform exists with some solid options, but its lacking developer exploitation.

I remember reading other Verge articles that were better well written in the smartphone arena...

 

[Ns1]

They hit Microsoft hard for not having enough apps, yet they gave it a NINE on software and ecosystem? I would have assumes that a 6-7 would have been in order because, as they described, the platform exists with some solid options, but its lacking developer exploitation.

Developer exploitation re: apps, sure, but not re: win7/win8 software.

 

[Deeko]

I just read the Verge's review on the Surface Pro 2 and I'm honestly confused. There are entire categories that are rated without a single mention (speakers) or little elaboration (i.e. design).
They hit Microsoft hard for not having enough apps, yet they gave it a NINE on software and ecosystem? I would have assumes that a 6-7 would have been in order because, as they described, the platform exists with some solid options, but its lacking developer exploitation.

I remember reading other Verge articles that were better well written in the smartphone arena...

The Verge reviews are very subjective - it's purely based on the author's opinion at that very moment. Like how they gave the Fitbit Force a lower review than the Fitbit Flex, four months later, when the Force is clearly a superior product. In the review, the guy even said that he never works out, and was essentially reviewing it as a smart watch. Nonsense.

Regarding the ecosystem for the Surface, as much as they whine about dedicated tablet apps, that's really a lot more applicable to the Surface RT line than the Surface Pro line, seeing as the Pro can run legacy x86 apps, and you have to imagine anyone choosing the Pro over the RT is buying it for that reason.

 

[zerogear]

I like how people talk about x86 apps as legacy. It's as if Metro and/or huge single screen touch applications are the future.

The Horror.

 

[Deeko]

I like how people talk about x86 apps as legacy. It's as if Metro and/or huge single screen touch applications are the future.

The Horror.

I typed "Win32 apps" first, but I figured that was too specific - the hordes say "legacy" so, eh, it works.