When does the next CPU come to Microsoft?

[coercitiv]

we are going to port her Photoshop CS5 to it, so I am waiting to see how well that works.

It should work smoothly, if 8GB model: I'm a graphical designer, working mostly in PS, and these days I do most of my work on a machine with an i7 4510U. I do have a Haswell i7 quad machine available - but most of my projects do not require the extra cores.

However, as I previously stated, I hope they keep active cooling around: one needs 2Ghz+ sustained speeds to use such a device as a creation tool. Take the fan away and you're bound to CoreM territory.

 

[TripleThreatTLT]

You might want to consider the Venue 11 Pro. It's available now with Broadwell, and has a nice stylus available for it.

If you want a decent stylus don't take this advice. I had the Venue 8. Even after the stylus updates it was still complete garbage compared to a Surface Pro.

 

[Unoid]

future Surface pros NEED more weight i nthe form of better heatsinks and will require a better fan. Unless MS is content on not increasing performance and only maintaining current Perf levels but fanless.

My i5 throttles already when doing anything intensive.

 

[therealnickdanger]

I have one of the Haswell ones- it certainly did have those bugs for the first ~6 months or so, but successive driver and firmware updates have fixed them all nicely. "Half baked" definitely sounds about right- it became a great device over time, but I was very close to returning it!

Good to know, I might pick one up if I can find one on deep discount. My Bay Trail Windows tablets are nice for about 50% of what I need (basic web stuff, email, Word) but they really struggle with 60fps videos and Steam Streaming.

Slightly OT: You know what would be a "killer app" of sorts for these tablets? An on-screen transparent controller overlay built into Windows (like the keyboard). I've tried a few of the free and paid alternatives out there and it always falls a little short. Plugging in an Xbox controller works best, but limits the portability aspect in nearly all situations .

 

[Phynaz]

future Surface pros NEED more weight i nthe form of better heatsinks and will require a better fan. Unless MS is content on not increasing performance and only maintaining current Perf levels but fanless.

My i5 throttles already when doing anything intensive.

You're saying it drops below base clocks?

 

[cytg111]

You're saying it drops below base clocks?

Pick a review, put to the task they all throttle, iirc even the i3.

 

[Phynaz]

Huh, didn't know that. I haven't read any surface reviews.

 

[therealnickdanger]

Huh, didn't know that. I haven't read any surface reviews.

As I understand it, even when throttling, it's still a darn great tablet.

 

[2is]

How are the reviews for it? The previous Venue 11 Pro (Haswell) seemed to suffer from some strange bugs like touch screen problems, battery problems, sleep states, etc. in addition to throttle issues. There were a ton of discounted ones under $500 on Amazon and Newegg for a few months... lots of 1-3 star reviews. I was really tempted to get one, but it seemed like it was a bit under baked. Hopefully the new ones resolved those problems.

I don't know how the newer ones are but the ones I ordered for a client about a year ago are pure shit. 3 out of 6 needed to be RMA's within the first 6 months and one of the replacement units needed to be RMA'd after that. Build quality is utter crap compared to a Surface Pro also, which is what I personally wanted to get but they wanted to save the $100 per unit. :\