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I was holding out for this announcement to upgrade my Surface Pro, which I've been happily using as a main work PC for more than a year now. I'm not big on the

by bcoates 12y ago

I was holding out for this announcement to upgrade my Surface Pro, which I've been happily using as a main work PC for more than a year now. I'm not big on the size/aspect ratio change--I don't carry a bag around, and the current surface is about as large as I'd want to handle. A bigger, presumably floppier keyboard isn't too enticing either. 3:2 makes the portrait mode go from silly to potentially useable, except for the part where almost no Windows programs are actually usable in portrait mode, and of course the keyboard requires landscape mode anyway. With no interesting spec upgrades over the Pro 2 (I was hoping for LTE, or more ports) I think I'll get one of those instead.

nlawalker 12y ago
3:2 is the feature that makes me actually want one of these now. I find that 16:9 on a screen the size of the Surface's is okay for watching video and not much else. I have the original "RT" Surface and my biggest complaint, even over the awful performance, is the aspect ratio. It's not comfortable to hold in your hands in either orientation and it isn't helpful for most productivity-related stuff. Portrait orientation is important to me, but there are very few applications that I actually use in it, the top one being a browser. With a keyboard attached in landscape, the extra screen area will be extremely welcome.