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I tried to like it. I have my Surface Book sitting here next to me. Windows 10 is much better than previous versions, and I like the direction MS seems to be m

by akulbe 10y ago

I tried to like it. I have my Surface Book sitting here next to me. Windows 10 is much better than previous versions, and I like the direction MS seems to be moving. That said, I feel like in spite of how nice a machine the Surface Book is, QA is still sorely lacking on Windows 10. "Sleep of Death" (google it) and working in *nix 99.99% of the time is what killed it for me. Trying to make the workflow work, it's just too painful, compared to working from my MBP. New MBP touch on order. Should get here next week.

lmm 10y ago
> working in *nix 99.99% of the time is what killed it for me Have you tried their Linux on Windows thing? I find that works really well, better than using nix on mac in fact: you have real apt-get and it all just works.
- akulbe 10y ago
  Yes, and it's still not production-ready, in my opinion. Ruby gems are still problematic, for example. They're working on it, but it's not there yet. Oh yeah... and to the part of your comment where you say it works even better than on a Mac? Not even close. The Mac works so much better than WSL, it's not even funny. Like I said... they're working on it but it's not there yet. :)
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bitmapbrother 10y ago
Did they ever solve that "very hard computer science problem" with power management on the Surface Book? I don't think I've ever heard of a more condescending excuse to give to your customers than that.
- mikesickler 10y ago
  Just my experience, but a relatively recent (late summer?) OS update must have fixed it. Since then, I haven't had any problems with my SP4 not waking from sleep.
  - akulbe 10y ago
    I'm religious about keeping this thing up to date. I've had the "sleep of death" issue occur multiple times, in spite of keeping my SB current on updates. I've been to the MS Store and talked to support multiple times. It's a well-documented and reoccurring issue that MS has not fixed yet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
willtim 10y ago
QA is lacking in MacOS too. Lots of tweets about bugs with the latest Macs with touch bars.

by akulbe 10y ago

lmm 10y ago

> working in *nix 99.99% of the time is what killed it for me Have you tried their Linux on Windows thing? I find that works really well, better than using nix on mac in fact: you have real apt-get and it all just works.

akulbe 10y ago
Yes, and it's still not production-ready, in my opinion. Ruby gems are still problematic, for example. They're working on it, but it's not there yet. Oh yeah... and to the part of your comment where you say it works even better than on a Mac? Not even close. The Mac works so much better than WSL, it's not even funny. Like I said... they're working on it but it's not there yet. :)
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bitmapbrother 10y ago

Did they ever solve that "very hard computer science problem" with power management on the Surface Book? I don't think I've ever heard of a more condescending excuse to give to your customers than that.

mikesickler 10y ago
Just my experience, but a relatively recent (late summer?) OS update must have fixed it. Since then, I haven't had any problems with my SP4 not waking from sleep.
- akulbe 10y ago
  I'm religious about keeping this thing up to date. I've had the "sleep of death" issue occur multiple times, in spite of keeping my SB current on updates. I've been to the MS Store and talked to support multiple times. It's a well-documented and reoccurring issue that MS has not fixed yet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

willtim 10y ago

QA is lacking in MacOS too. Lots of tweets about bugs with the latest Macs with touch bars.