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Surface 3 and 3 Pro are pretty impressive hardware. They work pretty well and are a joy to use.
by soapdog 11y ago
Surface 3 and 3 Pro are pretty impressive hardware. They work pretty well and are a joy to use.
- romanovcode 11y agoSurface 4 will not be too good though if the rumors that it'll run on M processor are true.
- soapdog 11y agoI have a surface 3, its an atom 7x cpu. I was really worried but for my coffee house workflow of editing html/css/js files, doing lots of email and videoconferencing its great. It all depends on how you approach it. I approach mine as a tablet that can do so much more. These days I mostly leave the macbook air home but then again my load is not cpu heavy. I can see some workloads where the M based processor will be a bad choice...
- joshuapants 11y agoI disagree. There are already issues with heat and power consumption in the Surface Pro 3 especially with the higher end processors. What's the point of a powerful and power-hungry processor if it's just going to throttle hard when you really try to use it? If you need a ton of power, you need a workstation not an ultrabook/tablet hybrid. The rumored changes should allow for better battery life, cooler operation, and probably a minimal (if any) impact on performance on tasks that suit the form factor.
- PhantomGremlin 11y agoWhat's the point of a powerful and power-hungry processor I strongly agree. The same amounts to laptops, at least for me. I have a Macbook Pro, 13", 2.9 GHz Core i7, non-retina. About 99% of the time my laptop is less than 10% utilized. Even when I run VMware/Windows it barely breaks a sweat. I got the i7 because it was only $100 more once I got the model with 8 GB RAM. Wasted money. Phones, laptops, tablets --> same thing. Mostly used to consume content, probably less than 10% of users need a high end processor. As you say, better battery life and cooler operation are the things that should be optimized for, especially with phones and tablets. I concede that a decent minority of users can make a good argument for owning a powerful laptop.
- Zigurd 11y agoMicrosoft is capable of making nice hardware. Some of the phone hardware is excellent. BUT making and selling hardware profitably is a puzzle they have not solved. And making it all make sense w.r.t. their OEMs and overall strategy has been even harder.
- 123jay7 11y agoI think you're right, but if the hardware was good, it would sell. The reason they have no profitably is because no body cares. Are you honestly going to tell me the greatest hardware in the world is not selling simply because MS doesn't "know how"? Microsoft is a pig, and you can't put lipstick on a pig.
- AnimalMuppet 11y agoMicrosoft keyboards and mice are pretty good. In fact, I have occasionally described Microsoft as a pretty good hardware manufacturer with some unfortunate ventures into software ;-)