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> surface pro 2, (a joke of a tablet) mind sharing why you think it is a joke of a tablet?

by bosie 13y ago

acqq 13y ago
Doesn't it have a fan or two? You know this thing that has to rotate thousands times per minute to blow the heated air, producing whirring noise, and being able to get stuck or result in overheating if you cover the exhausts? http://www.umpcportal.com/2013/09/microsoft-surface-pro-2-important-specifications/ http://www.umpcportal.com/2013/09/microsoft-surface-pro-2-im... http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/2RPjdxZgRFebOo1W.medium http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/2RPjdxZgRFebOo1W.me...
VLM 13y ago
People spend money to conform for mating rituals or to gain power. You don't conform for mating rituals by purchasing some weird thing that no one else wants. (non-engineering defined) Power comes out of what you can do with something, not meaningless specification numbers (however awful they are for the surface pro 2). So to do something powerful on a surface pro 2, you go to itunes app store for that cool new app and ... whoops I mean play.google.com and ... whoops I mean I hope you never leave the tiny walled garden of the shovelware it ships with, because no 3rd parties are going to pay any attention to it and it'll be forgotten about in a year at most. Its got the expandability of a fisher price toy tablet. So if you're trying to impress/intimidate/mate (all three?), its about as useful as wearing a Darth Vader costume other than on Halloween, if you're trying to collect meaningless specs its one of the worst in class for battery life, if you're trying to actually do something you need a real supported tablet like an apple or google tablet. So other than that, its a great... paperweight?
- bcoates 13y ago
  Huh? It's a regular Windows computer, you use the same Windows software everybody else uses. You don't have to use the goofball metro interface anymore than someone who installs Windows 8 on a desktop does. I mean, if you're in the market for a big iPhone, you'll be disappointed, but it's not competing with iPad, it's competing with Macbook Airs and Chromebooks.
- rmrfrmrf 13y ago
  HN must have not sprayed for evopsych in a while.
  - Zaytes 13y ago
    This comment isn't helping, but I can't resist - HN is inevitably devolving into /r/technology... Kind of sad.
tluyben2 13y ago
Unless the Surface Pro 2 is significantly improved over the 1, which it doesn't look like it is from reading the reviews, it is a joke to be honest. Everyone keeps saying it's a 'real computer'; so why didn't you buy a laptop then? I worked on the 1 for about 2 weeks; the keyboard drove me insane as did the battery life. I didn't like how it stands up compared to a laptop and for some reason the screen wasn't as responsive to my touches as I would've expected it to be. For the price of these things I don't really see why anyone would buy one unless you have way too much money to spare on toys. That said, I'll try the 2 as well when I can borrow it for a few weeks. I'm afraid the difference won't make me a convert though.
- usaphp 13y ago
  > the keyboard drove me insane as did the battery life They've improved a battery life to 7 hours of browsing, it's even more than many other windows laptops out there. Are you talking about type cover? If yes, than what exactly drove you insane? It works find for me. > I didn't like how it stands up compared to a laptop They've added a new stand position which will satisfy those who are looking for laptop-like stand > For the price of these things I don't really see why anyone would buy one unless you have way too much money to spare on toys. It costs as much as macbook air but has a touch screen and a tablet form factor, it might fit a lot of people who don't want to carry around macbook air + ipad but want a single device.

> surface pro 2, (a joke of a tablet) mind sharing why you think it is a joke of a tablet?

by bosie 13y ago

> surface pro 2, (a joke of a tablet) mind sharing why you think it is a joke of a tablet?

acqq 13y ago

Doesn't it have a fan or two? You know this thing that has to rotate thousands times per minute to blow the heated air, producing whirring noise, and being able to get stuck or result in overheating if you cover the exhausts? http://www.umpcportal.com/2013/09/microsoft-surface-pro-2-important-specifications/ http://www.umpcportal.com/2013/09/microsoft-surface-pro-2-im... http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/2RPjdxZgRFebOo1W.medium http://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/2RPjdxZgRFebOo1W.me...

VLM 13y ago

People spend money to conform for mating rituals or to gain power. You don't conform for mating rituals by purchasing some weird thing that no one else wants. (non-engineering defined) Power comes out of what you can do with something, not meaningless specification numbers (however awful they are for the surface pro 2). So to do something powerful on a surface pro 2, you go to itunes app store for that cool new app and ... whoops I mean play.google.com and ... whoops I mean I hope you never leave the tiny walled garden of the shovelware it ships with, because no 3rd parties are going to pay any attention to it and it'll be forgotten about in a year at most. Its got the expandability of a fisher price toy tablet. So if you're trying to impress/intimidate/mate (all three?), its about as useful as wearing a Darth Vader costume other than on Halloween, if you're trying to collect meaningless specs its one of the worst in class for battery life, if you're trying to actually do something you need a real supported tablet like an apple or google tablet. So other than that, its a great... paperweight?

bcoates 13y ago
Huh? It's a regular Windows computer, you use the same Windows software everybody else uses. You don't have to use the goofball metro interface anymore than someone who installs Windows 8 on a desktop does. I mean, if you're in the market for a big iPhone, you'll be disappointed, but it's not competing with iPad, it's competing with Macbook Airs and Chromebooks.
rmrfrmrf 13y ago
HN must have not sprayed for evopsych in a while.
- Zaytes 13y ago
  This comment isn't helping, but I can't resist - HN is inevitably devolving into /r/technology... Kind of sad.

tluyben2 13y ago

Unless the Surface Pro 2 is significantly improved over the 1, which it doesn't look like it is from reading the reviews, it is a joke to be honest. Everyone keeps saying it's a 'real computer'; so why didn't you buy a laptop then? I worked on the 1 for about 2 weeks; the keyboard drove me insane as did the battery life. I didn't like how it stands up compared to a laptop and for some reason the screen wasn't as responsive to my touches as I would've expected it to be. For the price of these things I don't really see why anyone would buy one unless you have way too much money to spare on toys. That said, I'll try the 2 as well when I can borrow it for a few weeks. I'm afraid the difference won't make me a convert though.

usaphp 13y ago
> the keyboard drove me insane as did the battery life They've improved a battery life to 7 hours of browsing, it's even more than many other windows laptops out there. Are you talking about type cover? If yes, than what exactly drove you insane? It works find for me. > I didn't like how it stands up compared to a laptop They've added a new stand position which will satisfy those who are looking for laptop-like stand > For the price of these things I don't really see why anyone would buy one unless you have way too much money to spare on toys. It costs as much as macbook air but has a touch screen and a tablet form factor, it might fit a lot of people who don't want to carry around macbook air + ipad but want a single device.