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I think the better summary is -- "great to hear a device review from outside the echo chamber". I'd like to see other non-tech specific reviews of Surface Pro
by jmspring 14y ago
I think the better summary is -- "great to hear a device review from outside the echo chamber". I'd like to see other non-tech specific reviews of Surface Pro (and similar hardware).
All too often, we focus on what is most relevant to our own particular use cases. Looking at possible Win8 laptops, I'm wanting something comparable to my MBA -- decent SSD storage and ram for development (8gig) -- a few options there, but the options crater when you add the third requirement -- touch.
But I realize, I am not the normal use case and can't judge any particular hardware beyond what my own personal uses may be.
- seanx 14y agoSony Duo 11. I have one as my primary dev machine and it works pretty well + I can play Civ 5 on the plane.
- phaus 14y agoIs there anything that you are less than satisfied with about it? I was close to getting one, but when I heard the stylus was the S-Trig (significantly inferior to the Wacom for artistic purposes) I just got an iPad 4 to hold me over for a couple of years. It looked really awesome, but 1300 bucks is quite a bit of money for me.
- scholia 14y agoDrawing on an iPad is dreadful....
- phaus 14y agoIt sure is, but It was 800 dollars less than a Duo 11. I figured it would have to be good enough until my ideal device is released. I mostly use it for reading programming books, so I still get a lot of use out of it.
- mahyarm 14y agoHave you tried the Adonit Jot stylus, it's pretty impressive. http://adonit.net/jot/ http://adonit.net/jot/
- dbaupp 14y agoI've been looking for a new laptop recently and the Asus UX31A seems to crop up often, and there is a Touch version (I haven't actually used either the touch or non-touch versions so this is a bit of a pointless comment).
- FaddiCat 14y agoI have a UX31E. The trackpad was atrocious when I first got it, but they rolled out some driver updates and now it's really good. The keyboard is sub-par but doesn't bother me too much, and the newer Zenbooks have much better keyboards. Other than that, everything is awesome. In hindsight I would have waited for the UX31As with the better keyboards but still, I'm not disappointed. It's probably one of the best computers I've ever owned.
- glogla 14y agoLet's not forget that matte FullHD IPS screen, when we're talking about UX31A.