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TuxDave

TuxDave

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I'm excited but still can't imaging dropping more than 800 bucks on this thing.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/9/3857076/microsoft-surface-pro-in-depth-impressions
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I would actually be in the market of dropping $800 because I'm not looking for a tablet. I'm looking for a notebook with a tablet option. :)

However, as much as I like the Surface Pro, I really have to hold myself back and stay with my "avoid 1st Gen anything" rule. It's getting really hard to keep though. :(
 
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bearxor

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We got a Dell Latitude 10 in for testing a week ago. It's thoroughly underwhelming.
 
Gooberlx2

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TuxDave said:
I really have to hold myself back and stay with my "avoid 1st Gen anything" rule. It's getting really hard to keep though.
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Even more important for this device since the 2nd generation is expected to have haswell; and so fairly improved power consumption, as well as improved gpu.

I really want one as well, but I just splurged on a couple nexus 4's for me and my wife, so I can wait for a good while...
 
HeXen

HeXen

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. I tried holding it with one hand and it wasn't particularly comfortable
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Yeah i can imagine even with 2 hands using it for any length of time, even just reading a book on it would likely get very uncomfortable pretty quickly.

There's a small whistle of air that you'll hear
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noise...gotta love noise on a tablet. Author sounds biased anyway and I laugh and spit on this device.
 
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ChronoReverse

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TuxDave said:
I would actually be in the market of dropping $800 because I'm not looking for a tablet. I'm looking for a notebook with a tablet option. :)

However, as much as I like the Surface Pro, I really have to hold myself back and stay with my "avoid 1st Gen anything" rule. It's getting really hard to keep though. :(
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I'm pretty much in the same boat. It's the fact Haswell is upcoming that is holding me back.


HeXen said:
noise...gotta love noise on a tablet. Author sounds biased anyway and I laugh and spit on this device.
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There's a small whistle of air that you'll hear if you place it by your ear
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Although this obviously isn't going to be in the same class as an iPad.
 
gorcorps

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Do want

But I would like to be in a house within the next few months so not happening
 
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Crono

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This is what I've been waiting for. Happy to see that the pen/digitizer is decent; I'm not an artist, but I need to diagram stuff for a book I'm working on, and simply drawing is a lot more time efficient than doing tables or scanning drawn pictures later.

I could tell from the Surface RT after using it for past 2 months that the physical build quality is good. Better than iPad good. Possibly the best chassis of any device I've ever used. Except for the Touch Cover - going to make sure I get the Type Cover this time. Size for the Pro doesn't look that much bigger, which is a relief.

Glad to see also that they did heat dissipation right. No one wants to hear a loud fan on a tablet, even a powerful one.

<- Biggest Windows 8/Surface/Metro (Modern) fan on the planet
 
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foghorn67

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Waiting for Haswell, but it looks like even raised a few eyebrows on some naysayers.
I'm impressed.
 
Ravynmagi

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bearxor said:
It wasn't the hardware. It's the software. Windows 8 is too "in between" right now.
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Ah, I felt the same way when I first started using Windows 8. Give it some time. I'm loving Windows 8 after using it a few months now.
 
nerp

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I love my Surface RT. I don't need the Pro &#8212;*I can just RDP into my windows desktop if I need to run an x86 app. The gestures are amazing. They're so intuitive, I find myself touching my iMac and my iPhone thinking they work the same. And then I'm frustrated and annoyed that they don't. The Metro interface is perfect for a tablet. It just feels right, works perfectly and gives me everything I want at a glance and makes using my apps and getting work done so easy. I honestly haven't turned my Macbook on in more than two weeks because everything I used it for can be done on the Surface.

I'd love to see more apps in the App store, but I know that they'll get there at some point. The fact that Windows 8 apps will work on all W8 machines is great.
 
Qbah

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A fan... on a tablet... D:

I will never spend money on such a device, ever.
 
BrightCandle

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I am absolutely loving all these different concept combination laptops/tablet hybrids. Companies are really flexing some imaginative designs around and its all to play for.

But there is no way I am using a blue keyboard...in a coffee shop I think the Apple users would be laughing their asses off and rightly so. Just because I could pick the tablet up and carry over to show how cool that was I think they would recommend I leave the keyboard at home cause its ugly.
 
Dulanic

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Still too much money, especially for a 1st Gen device. I hate Win 8 on a desktop, but I can see it on a tablet being much much better.

BrightCandle said:
But there is no way I am using a blue keyboard...in a coffee shop I think the Apple users would be laughing their asses off and rightly so. Just because I could pick the tablet up and carry over to show how cool that was I think they would recommend I leave the keyboard at home cause its ugly.
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Glad you care what Apple users think of you. They laugh at you, others laugh at them so it's all pretty even.
 
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darkewaffle

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Looks neato. I'd been slowly fostering a desire for a Lenovo Carbon but would at least give this consideration. Coming from someone who was looking for a high end 'ultrabook' type device, $800 is actually a relative deal. Though it really depends which side of the fence you're looking at it from.

For my use I still think I'd prefer a traditional laptop form factor, but who knows.
 
nerp

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BrightCandle said:
I am absolutely loving all these different concept combination laptops/tablet hybrids. Companies are really flexing some imaginative designs around and its all to play for.

But there is no way I am using a blue keyboard...in a coffee shop I think the Apple users would be laughing their asses off and rightly so. Just because I could pick the tablet up and carry over to show how cool that was I think they would recommend I leave the keyboard at home cause its ugly.
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You can get black. Or use any keyboard you want. I'm tempted to bring my Model M clicky keyboard to Starbucks and use it with my surface RT with the USB port. Because I care what Apple users think.
 
Eug

Eug

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Dulanic said:
Glad you care what Apple users think of you. They laugh at you, others laugh at them so it's all pretty even.
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Nah, with that type of attitude I think both Windows users and Apple users will laugh at him, assuming he's not just trolling of course.
 
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