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I convinced dad to buy a Surface Pro 3 in place of a new laptop. He finds it far more useful - he can use it in more places than the laptop, and generally more
by vertex-four 12y ago
I convinced dad to buy a Surface Pro 3 in place of a new laptop. He finds it far more useful - he can use it in more places than the laptop, and generally more comfortably.
I honestly think the issue is that mobile OSes are not useful in a tablet form factor. Microsoft, although not getting the delivery perfect with Windows 8, were at least pushing in the right direction.
- soylentcola 12y agoWell, in fairness, a Surface Pro is more like an ultrabook "plus". It's got relatively high specs for a consumer laptop and runs a full laptop OS in a fairly compact form factor. Add on the touch screen and digitizer/pen and you've added most of the features of a tablet to your notebook (the exceptions being that it's a bit larger/heavier than an iPad or a Nexus tablet and the battery life is more in line with a laptop than a mobile-grade tablet). Still, the tradeoff is worth it for many people depending on what's more important to them--battery/weight or power/flexibility.