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Nice! I bought Surface Pro, thanks to Penny Arcade. I have 17" laptop with intuos 5 for heavy painting, but surface with manga studio is my go to for sketching

by DocG 12y ago

Nice! I bought Surface Pro, thanks to Penny Arcade. I have 17" laptop with intuos 5 for heavy painting, but surface with manga studio is my go to for sketching and drawing. Manga studio with its brush engine really simulates real life drawing way better than PS. Specially on Surface Pro. I decided to go with surface 1, because of the price and how next ones have not evolved so much. Around 400 euros gets you a decent, quite comparable with the latest ones. I would prefer bigger screen, but it is not 500 euro difference need. couple of things that still annoy me: -border accuracy with the pen is awful -touch keyboard is useless rubbish. Even on-screen is better, I didn't know it doesn't have real buttons before I purchased it. -original pen has only one button(would not be problem without the next one) -no intuitive way of using modifier keys while drawing/missing modifier keys and this slows everything way down. Maybe there is way to remap volume buttons, haven't tried it yet. If you are thinking of getting one, take get surface 1 off from the ebay. It is cheap, if you don't like it, you don't lose money when reselling. It is not a tablet, it is a laptop, with tablet capabilities.

dpark 12y ago
> If you are thinking of getting one, take get surface 1 off from the ebay. This is really bizarre advice, especially given that most of your complaints do not apply to the Surface Pro 3. "border accuracy with the pen is awful" - SP3 uses an entirely different pen technology "touch keyboard is useless rubbish" - Get the type cover instead. I'm pretty sure the touch cover isn't even manufactured for the SP3. "original pen has only one button" - Not the case for the SP3. Disclosure: Microsoft employee
- slantyyz 12y ago
  if you don't mind a bit of added bulk, I'd highly recommend the battery cover over the type cover. the SP1's battery life is not the greatest, and the added life the battery cover provides is well worth the premium.
  - DocG 12y ago
    I was looking into it, yes. it seemed the best option. havent got around to order one just yet.
- DocG 12y ago
  As I mentioned, the price difference is quite big. Getting Surface Pro 1 to see, does the laptop-tablet style even works, seems reasonable. If it works, there is always possibilty to sell and invest more. 1000+ is not the money I have to spend without knowing does thing work for me, for example. Personally I didn't have a chance to see it before purchase, as it is not sold here. As Penny Arcade said, the new technology wasn't as good(until now apparently) as old wacom. Touch keyboard was mentioned, because I made a mistake and assumed it is usable, while it could have been avoided. overall, I am happy how it performs and other people who draw daily, also love it. sorry if I am confusing

by DocG 12y ago

dpark 12y ago

> If you are thinking of getting one, take get surface 1 off from the ebay. This is really bizarre advice, especially given that most of your complaints do not apply to the Surface Pro 3. "border accuracy with the pen is awful" - SP3 uses an entirely different pen technology "touch keyboard is useless rubbish" - Get the type cover instead. I'm pretty sure the touch cover isn't even manufactured for the SP3. "original pen has only one button" - Not the case for the SP3. Disclosure: Microsoft employee

slantyyz 12y ago
if you don't mind a bit of added bulk, I'd highly recommend the battery cover over the type cover. the SP1's battery life is not the greatest, and the added life the battery cover provides is well worth the premium.
- DocG 12y ago
  I was looking into it, yes. it seemed the best option. havent got around to order one just yet.
DocG 12y ago
As I mentioned, the price difference is quite big. Getting Surface Pro 1 to see, does the laptop-tablet style even works, seems reasonable. If it works, there is always possibilty to sell and invest more. 1000+ is not the money I have to spend without knowing does thing work for me, for example. Personally I didn't have a chance to see it before purchase, as it is not sold here. As Penny Arcade said, the new technology wasn't as good(until now apparently) as old wacom. Touch keyboard was mentioned, because I made a mistake and assumed it is usable, while it could have been avoided. overall, I am happy how it performs and other people who draw daily, also love it. sorry if I am confusing