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As a tech nomad, minimalism wasn't quite optional in my case, and it's really not that hard to get rid of stuff if you put your mind into it. What I have probl

by maga 10y ago

As a tech nomad, minimalism wasn't quite optional in my case, and it's really not that hard to get rid of stuff if you put your mind into it. What I have problem minimizing is the amount of gadgetry. I use a phablet for phone and tablet tasks, and a notebook as a workstation which is connected to extra monitors, storage and such when in an office. While it may not sound as much, I think I could get away with less. If someone was to release a tablet comparable to Surface 4 Pro but smaller and with Thunderbolt (i.e. supporting external graphics) I'd ditch my whole setup in a heartbeat.

lmm 10y ago
The Surface Book is really nice, especially with the Surface Dock - leave the Dock connected to everything at your desk, use the tablet half on its own when you don't need fancy graphics or keyboard, or the whole thing for notebook-like tasks. A 13.5" tablet isn't quite small enough to take everywhere, but might cover enough of the cases - you'd still want some kind of phone I think but maybe a small one would be enough (or that big samsung smartwatch that has its own cellular connectivity).
- maga 10y ago
  Thanks for the suggestion. Yes, convertibles are probably the way to go in near future. Though the current Surface lineup, both tablet and book, don't fit my requirements mainly due to the lack of Thunderbolt. I need a CUDA enabled graphic card to experiment with neural nets, trying to attach one to a tablet without Thuderbolt might prove futile at the moment. There are some convertibles coming out with Thunderbolt 3 right now, like Acer Switch and Dell XPS, though I'm not sure about their Core M. I guess I'll wait with upgrages until the specs for next Surface tablet become known.
  - lmm 10y ago
    Sounds like they intend for CUDA to be usable on the surface book and that it's possibly usable at present with some fiddling, just going by http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/forum/surfbook-surfdrivers/cuda-support-for-the-surface-book-with-discrete/e23eb530-0a04-4600-9c10-6f9aa35dfc54?page=2 http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/forum/surfbook-su... .

by maga 10y ago

lmm 10y ago

The Surface Book is really nice, especially with the Surface Dock - leave the Dock connected to everything at your desk, use the tablet half on its own when you don't need fancy graphics or keyboard, or the whole thing for notebook-like tasks. A 13.5" tablet isn't quite small enough to take everywhere, but might cover enough of the cases - you'd still want some kind of phone I think but maybe a small one would be enough (or that big samsung smartwatch that has its own cellular connectivity).

maga 10y ago
Thanks for the suggestion. Yes, convertibles are probably the way to go in near future. Though the current Surface lineup, both tablet and book, don't fit my requirements mainly due to the lack of Thunderbolt. I need a CUDA enabled graphic card to experiment with neural nets, trying to attach one to a tablet without Thuderbolt might prove futile at the moment. There are some convertibles coming out with Thunderbolt 3 right now, like Acer Switch and Dell XPS, though I'm not sure about their Core M. I guess I'll wait with upgrages until the specs for next Surface tablet become known.
- lmm 10y ago
  Sounds like they intend for CUDA to be usable on the surface book and that it's possibly usable at present with some fiddling, just going by http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/forum/surfbook-surfdrivers/cuda-support-for-the-surface-book-with-discrete/e23eb530-0a04-4600-9c10-6f9aa35dfc54?page=2 http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/forum/surfbook-su... .