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 Posted: Tue, 13th Sep 2016 19:08 Post subject: Surface Pro 4 |
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Anyone got one of these?
Thinking of grabbing the i7 256Mb/8Gb version.
Worth it?
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Sep 2016 19:23 Post subject: |
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Don't have one.
But heard mostly good things about it. Still plan on buying a Surface device myself in the future.
But as money doesn't seem to play a role with those chosen specs: Yes, worth it.
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| Posted: Tue, 13th Sep 2016 20:52 Post subject: |
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Build quality is supposed to be really great on them but I would never spend that much on a tablet in the current age of yearly model upgrades. I have a cheap Windows 10 tablet that runs great for what I need and will just get another cheaper model when this one breaks eventually but I could see the need for a high end tablet if you travel a lot for work and don't want to go the laptop route.
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Werelds
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I've got an SP3. Now, I got mine for free as part of a project involving them and I probably wouldn't have bought it beforehand because I wasn't sure they were really good enough.
Now that I've got one though, I will buy a new one once this one is due for a replacement. Hands down one of the best things on the mobile market. Warning: fanboy story ahead because I fell in love with mine.
First of all, they are not tablets. They go well beyond any tablet, including the iPad Pro, which should be labelled Amateur next to these things. Even if just because it has a proper x86-64 CPU and runs whatever you want.
Build quality is fantastic. The kickstand is very sturdy and doesn't feel like it'll break any time soon. Despite the raw power (more on that in a sec) they offer, they're marginally heavier than an iPad Pro but a bit lighter than a Macbook 12" still (more on this one too in a sec). You've got a bunch of full ports, the physical buttons feel great. The type cover is actually pleasant to type on, has the same sturdy build quality and the trackpad is pretty damn good. Display is also mighty fine. The one nag I have is that it can get loud, like a laptop, if you put some load on it.
Now, that's the thing though. Spec wise? Ridiculous. I've had it next to a Macbook 12" for about 10 days and OS differences aside (OS X is quite simply more I/O heavy so that shows sometimes) it still runs smoother than that. And I don't even have the i7 SP3, I've got the i5. On top of that, you get a full size USB port, a mini DisplayPort, an audio socket and a microSD slot.
I honestly didn't expect to like it the way I do, but it really is a great device.
Do not buy it as a tablet though. Get a "normal" tablet if that's what you're after. They're too expensive for that. Get it if you want something that'll function as a tablet if you want it to, but will otherwise use it more or less like you would use a laptop.
And especially with the dock (which is quite pricy unfortunately) it functions very well as a mobile workstation. Stick it on the dock where you've got a mouse, keyboard, monitor and so on connected; yank it out and it switches to tablet mode straight away. Attach the type cover and it switches back; but if you flip the cover around (so that the keyboard is on the back) it'll even detect that and go back to tablet mode. They absolutely nailed that with Windows 10. The switches are seamless.
I've got mine set up as my Windows workstation rather than a VM or Bootcamp (I do most of my work on OS X). I used to use my PC for that, but this has completely replaced it for that purpose. I don't think I'll be compiling any of the bigger projects on it, but then again compiling some of those isn't exactly pleasant on my MBP either when its fans ramp up to 6000 RPM 
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Yeah, have a SP4 Pro at home, and I gotta say it's pretty damn good. We (GF and I) brought it with us when we went on vacation earlier this summer, to transfer over and edit photos on from our DSLRs, in Photoshop. Great thing to have with you. And then served as Netflix machine on late nights.
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AnarchoS
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I haven't tried this one, but I did have a pleasure of testing Cintiq Companion 2 from Wacom it was a blast. The surface is mat and it does have a feeling of drawing on paper. For professional drawing it is definetly the best choice if you have the money for it( its a bit expensive as is all that is wacom), the best thing is that when I came home all I had to do was connect it to my pc and it became a normal drawing pad.
One draw back, battery tends to empty fast if you are doing a lot of drawing but I think any pad does under heavy load.
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