Microsoft Surface • Page 25
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Dirtbox 92,595 posts
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Registered 16 years agoMS seem to be bundling one's with all their Surface sales. Strikes me as an odd tactic. -
Dirtbox 92,595 posts
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Goban 10,121 posts
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Registered 16 years agoSeems to be all surfaces not just pro 4s. Are One S's unshiftable these days? -
THFourteen 54,987 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThey are trying to play the apple game and get you hooked on their appstore.
At least they are giving away free stuff. -
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Goban 10,121 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI thought they were selling reasonably well these days, not that i care. -
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Khanivor 44,800 posts
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Registered 20 years agoHousemate is looking to get a tablet that can run Quickbooks. Wondering if anyone has any recommendations as to what to look for in getting a Surface, like model that kind of stuff. Should I recommend a 4 or go for a 3?
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HarryB 7,630 posts
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Registered 18 years agoDepends on their budget but the sweetspot is normally the i5 model. Keyboard for the 4 is a lot nicer but can be fitted to the 3 or 4. -
Khanivor 44,800 posts
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Registered 20 years agoIf I lived in the UK I would be making him get that, fo shizzle.
Sadly, I'm in the US. And there don't appear to be any sweet deals on the go. Nothing like that, sadly
Good to know about the keyboard, cheers.
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TheBlackDog 1,114 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI need to buy a laptop for my wife for her to use web based Sage accounting and probably Excel, etc. The last time she used a "pc" was an old Samsung 10" netbook just for surfing and she is just used to a 9" tablet for Internet use.
My question is, will a 12" Surface be enough screen to actually use when she goes back to work as a self employed accountant? I don't really want her relying on my gaming PC if the Surface screen size isn't going to cut it for productivity work (15-20 hours per week). The alternative I'm looking at is the conventional 14 - 15.6 inch laptop.
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THFourteen 54,987 posts
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Registered 16 years agoMy wife is an accountant and they give out these dinky laptops at her firm, probably 13.3". At work they have docking stations with proper monitors. She finds it annoying to WFH without the monitor, but she can still get work done.
I'd suggest maybe buying a cheapo 24" monitor that she can put on the dining / kitchen table when she needs to? Then she's got flexibility. You could get one for like £80 i reckon, drop in the bucket if you are buying a surface.gif)
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@TheBlackDog honestly, fuck looking at numbers with a screen that is less than 20 inchs. My home & work screen are both 25inch+ -
TheBlackDog 1,114 posts
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Registered 9 years agoYou're right Graxlar, I just walked past my desk and wondered what I was thinking. I need triple screens for my work and personally I'd find it hard to do proper work on a dinky screen now.
BUT thfourteen has pointed out something obvious that I didn't consider. Maybe I can find a switch adaptor thing so she can easily plug into one of my screens without having to move shit around. -
Shivoa 6,314 posts
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Registered 20 years agoDefinitely best to have a large screen for some thing. The miniDP output can be converted to anything with a cheap (active) adaptor box [mine has absolutely no branding on (Amazon said VicTsing) but was £10 and converts from miniDP 1.2 to VGA, DVI, or HDMI 4K - only one at a time]. You can spend a lot of money on the official Surface Dock to get access to several video out ports.
The screen is great for doing some stuff but you really need good vision to make the most out of the pixel count (and not have to scale up everything). 20:12 or better recommended. It also sometimes just feels nicer to have something that fills far more of your vision and the only way you can do that with a Pro 4 is with a floating monitor arm and focusing uncomfortable close to your face (ie don't even bother trying this).
You will also want a real keyboard for much work (don't buy a £100 cover, buy a £10 keyboard) and a mouse is essential (once you move away from just using the screen that takes both mouse and pen input).
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Shivoa 6,314 posts
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Registered 20 years agoYe, the problem with the stylus and there incredibly high res screens is the amount of the typical Windows UI which requires near-pixel accuracy. When rolling a mouse over a window edge then you've got something like 5 pixels where the cursor changes to a drag option but that's pretty different from blindly pushing the cursor towards that edge an aiming to grab it to pull. Oh, and users may not realise that those 5 pixels they need to grab are the pixel of the border and 4 pixels outside the edge of the window. Stylus to hear the edge of the window will not act how people who use large-touch-area UIs will be used to.
I love the stylus for lots of stuff (from general use in apps that distinguish between fingers for scrolling and stylus for area dragging to art packages) but the base UI and any apps that inherit standard behaviours are often a bit of a faff due to the pixel density. -
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Shivoa 6,314 posts
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Registered 20 years agoI still get the occasional issues with in on Win10 but I'm also running a Mint MATE VM for lots of stuff and that is even more fiddly for working without a mouse hooked up. Should probably just buy a bluetooth mouse at some point but it feels like it should work fine with finger + stylus. -
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Registered 16 years agoGoban wrote:
They've recently announced record UK sales, coupled with large numbers trading in MacBooks to switch, so I guess they've done alright out of it.
MS seem to be bundling one's with all their Surface sales. Strikes me as an odd tactic.
I sold my 2014 MacBook Pro this week, completely disillusioned with where Apple are going with the laptop line.
Surface Pro 4 i7 and XBox One S have just been delivered by UPS ready for me to set up later this evening.gif)
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I'm about to start an MBA and I've decided that the new Pro i5 will be my new laptop.
Having taken the hit on the Surface, I'll have to wait until next month for the keyboard / pen / mouse combo I think but it seems perfect for reading, writing and typing on. I can't imagine that between Chrome, Word and One Note that I'll experience too much throttling. -
Vice.Destroyer 7,437 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI have a new job and will be getting a Surface Pro for work. I am very excited! -
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Vice.Destroyer 7,437 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI am glad to hear it! I have been looking quite enviously at some of my other pals who have got generous IT departments. I can finally show off as well. (Whilst doing work which I could conceivably do on a Dell from 2010. Ot's overkill, but shhhhhh) -
I got an Acer switch 5 for about 500 euros less than the equivalent surface pro, seems great so far. -
Lukus 24,639 posts
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Registered 17 years agoAhhh gypo!
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beastmaster 22,373 posts
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Registered 17 years agoGetting the laptop. Big question is...Burgundy or Colbat Blue? -
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