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Oh, I know what they should do with Surface ! I mean... I know what I wish they would do with Surface: - Produce a surface pro with 13" mate screen ; - 128gb

Oh, I know what they should do with Surface ! I mean... I know what I wish they would do with Surface: - Produce a surface pro with 13" mate screen ; - 128gb ssd at least of whatever performance (upgradeable) ; - 4GB of RAM (not soldered, upgradeable) ; - keep the same vapor-mag chassis ; - 1xHDMI, at least 2xUSB (at least one 3.0), 1xVGA for every situation, 1xEthernet, 1xSD reader ; - an apple track-pad. Yes, they should buy the license. Stop messing with random knockoffs of lesser quality ; - no weird 1080p screen on a 13" inch screen. hd+ is fine ; - a quiet CPU (quiet > power) with IGP. For the magical price tag of 1000€, VAT included. And how they should promote it: - Refresh the line every year or something ; - don't talk every day about it for 10 months before the next refresh hits the drawing table ; - talk about it the day before it's available on-line and at retail store ; - produce one or two versions (10 or 11 and 13 inches) and let people upgrade it the way they see fit. Basically be an alternative to Apple. Of course, I am only looking at it through the laptop angle. Not a care for those tablets. They are sitting on enough cash to try this for 3 years. Play it on the high quality of build and a decent price tag and see what happens.

iamshs 13y ago
And make it available in as many countries outside NA. I would also like: - LTE, - GPS, - a good Lumia 1020-esqe camera, - Thunderbolt port. Basically, a state-of-the-art machine (Not that above technology makes it really state-of-the-art). This is MS Research's time to shine.
- johnchristopher 13y ago
  Sorry, in my opinion only the thunderbolt port might be added (I don't see a lot of use for it yet though). Other features are tablet/smartphones stuff I don't need to run my computer. Those belongs in a phone/tablet and would only increase the laptop price substantially for a minority of consumer. Let's keep it simple and obvious. Though there could be some kind of external minimal (in style and in packaging) pci-express add-ons to support GPS, better camera, etc. MS should make money on those.
MichaelGG 13y ago
That's what Lenovo should be doing, too. Properly revive the X-Series with good screens and serious hardware. Except, put a proper screen on. Google ships a 4K screen on a 10" tablet. There's no reason for any 12"+ laptop/tablet to come with less. Your suggestion of HD+ literally means that this 13" device has less pixels than modern phones.
- johnchristopher 13y ago
  > Your suggestion of HD+ literally means that this 13" device has less pixels than modern phones. Which isn't a problem in my opinion. 1080p on such a device means you have to scale up fonts and graphics elements to get to sthg like 1366x768 anyway (so things are actually readable). It's not about pixel counts, it's about usable optimal size for things displayed on the screen. Upscaling is bad because it requires more energy and heat more. HD+ or macbook air is enough for laptop resolution. I forgot to add a good lenovo keyboard (or good island style keyboard but not those mushy surface keyboard).
  - MichaelGG 13y ago
    A: 1366x768 is especially junk, as 720p video is going to get slightly upscaled and blurred. So it's low-res and looks bad for video. B: Pixel doubling is a fine alternative. I recently saw a MacBook Retina, and I spent 15 minutes just reading colorized HTML because it was so shockingly good looking. Windows 8 (at least the WinRT side) supports scaling much better, and 8.1 is supposed to be able to do 200% (aka perfect) out of the box. So again, they're just lagging by not even offering the option. C: Not everyone has terrible eyesight. Lenovo offers no 1080p (or higher, like they IBM did) on anything less than their 15" device (and the 11" Helix, I think). There's no excuse for that. I'd be exceedingly content with 4K on a 12" X-Series. I'd be overjoyed even to get 1920x1200 on an X-Series.

iamshs 13y ago

And make it available in as many countries outside NA. I would also like: - LTE, - GPS, - a good Lumia 1020-esqe camera, - Thunderbolt port. Basically, a state-of-the-art machine (Not that above technology makes it really state-of-the-art). This is MS Research's time to shine.

johnchristopher 13y ago
Sorry, in my opinion only the thunderbolt port might be added (I don't see a lot of use for it yet though). Other features are tablet/smartphones stuff I don't need to run my computer. Those belongs in a phone/tablet and would only increase the laptop price substantially for a minority of consumer. Let's keep it simple and obvious. Though there could be some kind of external minimal (in style and in packaging) pci-express add-ons to support GPS, better camera, etc. MS should make money on those.

MichaelGG 13y ago

That's what Lenovo should be doing, too. Properly revive the X-Series with good screens and serious hardware. Except, put a proper screen on. Google ships a 4K screen on a 10" tablet. There's no reason for any 12"+ laptop/tablet to come with less. Your suggestion of HD+ literally means that this 13" device has less pixels than modern phones.

johnchristopher 13y ago
> Your suggestion of HD+ literally means that this 13" device has less pixels than modern phones. Which isn't a problem in my opinion. 1080p on such a device means you have to scale up fonts and graphics elements to get to sthg like 1366x768 anyway (so things are actually readable). It's not about pixel counts, it's about usable optimal size for things displayed on the screen. Upscaling is bad because it requires more energy and heat more. HD+ or macbook air is enough for laptop resolution. I forgot to add a good lenovo keyboard (or good island style keyboard but not those mushy surface keyboard).
- MichaelGG 13y ago
  A: 1366x768 is especially junk, as 720p video is going to get slightly upscaled and blurred. So it's low-res and looks bad for video. B: Pixel doubling is a fine alternative. I recently saw a MacBook Retina, and I spent 15 minutes just reading colorized HTML because it was so shockingly good looking. Windows 8 (at least the WinRT side) supports scaling much better, and 8.1 is supposed to be able to do 200% (aka perfect) out of the box. So again, they're just lagging by not even offering the option. C: Not everyone has terrible eyesight. Lenovo offers no 1080p (or higher, like they IBM did) on anything less than their 15" device (and the 11" Helix, I think). There's no excuse for that. I'd be exceedingly content with 4K on a 12" X-Series. I'd be overjoyed even to get 1920x1200 on an X-Series.