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Having used the Surface Pro 2 for less than a week, I'm in a love / hate relationship with it. I've been using Macs for the last seven years and as I'm on a Mac
by rickyc091 13y ago
Having used the Surface Pro 2 for less than a week, I'm in a love / hate relationship with it. I've been using Macs for the last seven years and as I'm on a Mac as I'm typing up this comment.
The good.
- I love being able to have this device sit flat on my lap similar to a tablet.
- Having a touchscreen on a full fledge PC is pretty darn useful.
The Bad.
- My qualms are mainly with the Windows 8.1 more than anything.
- It seems by default Chrome opens as a tablet app. I downloaded a software, clicked the installer and nothing happens... turns out I had to hit the windows button and get back into desktop mode to give the installer administrative access to install.
- Chrome app (desktop mode) in high res DPI is not compatible with touch. Hell, I'm finding a lot of apps aren't.
- How I haven't missed the registry... uninstalling an app, doesn't really mean its uninstalled, there's still reminisce of the app lying around.
- If you connect your device to skydrive, you have to use the same password you use online to login. WTF? The best part, there's a character limit restriction on the password so you can't even have a complicated one, but why would you? You wouldn't remember it. (Yes there is a pin option to unlock the device, but at times you have to put in your full password).
- The UI is not intuitive at all. I gave the device to my friend who primarily uses Windows and he had a hard time with the metro UI.
- I rarely find myself using the tablet mode. I almost wish I could disable it... apps by default actually open in the tablet mode... Double click an image, hey it swaps over to the tablet mode. Great...
- This sucker attracts fingerprints like no other.... my MBA still looks pristine after 1.5 years... where as I've already gotten three or four light scratches on the Surface by merely placing the device on my table...
Despite all the shortcomings, I have to say, I'm still loving the Surface. Now if only Apple would put OS X into the iPad form factor and I'd be sold.
- codeulike 13y agoWhen you double-click an image and it opens that viewer app, that is pretty annoying. You can switch the default viewer for images to be the windows 7 'image preview' app.