JayMysteri0
What the F?!!!
That Surface Pro Studio is sexy!
M$ hinge technology is still the best.
Also that adaptive kit is very cool.
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I've had Surface Pros before, my biggest issue with them was Windows itself not the tablets.At work I've used Surface tablets and now Dell and the experience has been garbage as far as tablet use. Completely unreliable and clunky.
I've had Surface Pros before, my biggest issue with them was Windows itself not the tablets.
The updates on Windows gets maddening.
A plus though is if one gets Game Pass & the availability of games, as well as access to Steam.
This is a true portable studio that many dream of
If Apple made an iMac Pro that acted like a Microsoft Studio, minds would be blown.
That price tag tho!!
This is my experience too. If people ever ask why Apple doesn't just combine Mac OS with iPad OS to make one OS, just show them Windows 10 on one of these "hybrid" devices.It may be the software we are using, but my main issue is trying to shoehorn in a touch screen experience on what is largely desktop software. Also the styluses we use are very unreliable, even the ones that are made specifically for the tablets we are using. And for how we are using the tablets, using your finger is not all that practical. Lastly, data entry on the screen keyboards is really hit or miss. There are times when I’ve typed out roughly an entire sentence but when I look at the screen it’s a garbled mess of the few letters it registered me typing.
My roommate has a touch screen Windows laptop and I’d say 95% of the time he’s just using it like a standard laptop. Maybe he does some pinch to zoom on images, but when I see him go to use his finger to scroll a page it doesn’t register his finger movement a lot of the time. Double tap becomes more like quadruple tap. And this laptop is less than a year old.
The hardware looks snazzy. The idea of a touch screen seems cool. Having it be "convertible" seems like it solves every possible use case! However, the user experience is bad, and not conducive to getting work done.
I never really had a problem with that, since M$ focused so heavily on their 'tile' presentation / system, I never took it to completely be a touch system. The Surface struck me more as an advertised PC that allowed you to touch it, and they did the basics to accommodate that. The appeal of course was the PC side, where I could use programs that were not available for for IOS at the time. I could also hook up my Surface to my TV ( no goofy black bars imposed ) and play less graphically demanding Steam ( Fire Pro Wrestling being my go to, that I used to play on Nintendo & Dreamcast ) games.It may be the software we are using, but my main issue is trying to shoehorn in a touch screen experience on what is largely desktop software. Also the styluses we use are very unreliable, even the ones that are made specifically for the tablets we are using. And for how we are using the tablets, using your finger is not all that practical. Lastly, data entry on the screen keyboards is really hit or miss. There are times when I’ve typed out roughly an entire sentence but when I look at the screen it’s a garbled mess of the few letters it registered me typing.
My roommate has a touch screen Windows laptop and I’d say 95% of the time he’s just using it like a standard laptop. Maybe he does some pinch to zoom on images, but when I see him go to use his finger to scroll a page it doesn’t register his finger movement a lot of the time. Double tap becomes more like quadruple tap. And this laptop is less than a year old.
For the people that want a Mac OS experience on the iPad, it's usually because they want a Mac experience on anything or it isn't worthy of their time. When I read what they want to do, it's basically use their Mac, and complain how they can't understand why anyone doesn't want to use ANY device in the same fashion they do. "Edit a video on an iPad?!!! Why?!! My Mac can..." "So can my iPad, now go kick rocks while I use an Apple Pencil or my finger to scrub instead of a touchpad."This is my experience too. If people ever ask why Apple doesn't just combine Mac OS with iPad OS to make one OS, just show them Windows 10 on one of these "hybrid" devices.
The hardware looks snazzy. The idea of a touch screen seems cool. Having it be "convertible" seems like it solves every possible use case! However, the user experience is bad, and not conducive to getting work done.
It may be the software we are using, but my main issue is trying to shoehorn in a touch screen experience on what is largely desktop software. Also the styluses we use are very unreliable, even the ones that are made specifically for the tablets we are using. And for how we are using the tablets, using your finger is not all that practical. Lastly, data entry on the screen keyboards is really hit or miss. There are times when I’ve typed out roughly an entire sentence but when I look at the screen it’s a garbled mess of the few letters it registered me typing.
My roommate has a touch screen Windows laptop and I’d say 95% of the time he’s just using it like a standard laptop. Maybe he does some pinch to zoom on images, but when I see him go to use his finger to scroll a page it doesn’t register his finger movement a lot of the time. Double tap becomes more like quadruple tap. And this laptop is less than a year old.
Just Windows itself needs to be less intrusive to the user, or make the updates more accommodating to the user.
I have two of these that I use for work and they're not bad laptops but they run really hot, In fact I had to send one back because it got so hot it warped the chassis. Granted I have to run a lot of apps but I have to keep a small fan running right on it when I'm working now.My PC is a Surface Pro. I actually prefer the keyboard to anything Apple. Apple Pencil wins though.
Honestly, I wouldn’t even compare it to my MBP, only my iPad.I have two of these that I use for work and they're not bad laptops but they run really hot, In fact I had to send one back because it got so hot it warped the chassis. Granted I have to run a lot of apps but I have to keep a small fan running right on it when I'm working now.
For me, there's no comparison to the MBP M1, the backlit magic keyboard is smoother and as much as it's ripped on, I love the touch bar and it's much more able to handle a heavy workload, it rarely even gets warm.
Honestly, I wouldn’t even compare it to my MBP, only my iPad.
It may be the software we are using, but my main issue is trying to shoehorn in a touch screen experience on what is largely desktop software.
I wonder how you'd all take to the Surface Books.
It goes to 11! What else do you need to know?I am wondering if that will change with Windows 11. I need a new laptop and the two I am have are running XP (only thing the software for programming my remote will work on) and Win 7. So I will be getting a Win 11 laptop when they are released.
I'm waiting to see what Apple does with the new MBPs before deciding which way I am going.
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