Re:Microsoft’s Surface Pro 5 Said to Move to Intel Kaby Lake...
by dboreham on Friday April 07, 2017 @01:32PM
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I have a SP3 but use it with the SP4 keyboard, so similar:
The screen, keyboard and stylus are very good. That said, for me it isn't much different than a laptop of the same size in that I never remove the keyboard and really never use it in tablet mode. otoh I don't believe there are any laptops with a 3:2 screen in this size/weight.
I also use a Surface 3 (not pro) for travel -- it fits my need for a device that will run proper software and is as small as possible without becoming too small to use conveniently. Due to the smaller size and built-in LTE I tend to prefer the Surface 3 to the pro. Of course Microsoft discontinued the S3 because Intel discontinued the CPU because...no market.
Overall my biggest disappointment with the Microsoft tablets has been with buggy firmware/drivers. Doubly disappointing because this was my primary reason for using Microsoft-native hardware (after having a long history of similar problems with Dell tablets). Somehow I think the discipline required to ship 100% "just works" products has been lost to the profession in recent years. We've reverted to the Windows98 reliability experience.
The screen, keyboard and stylus are very good. That said, for me it isn't much different than a laptop of the same size in that I never remove the keyboard and really never use it in tablet mode. otoh I don't believe there are any laptops with a 3:2 screen in this size/weight.
I also use a Surface 3 (not pro) for travel -- it fits my need for a device that will run proper software and is as small as possible without becoming too small to use conveniently. Due to the smaller size and built-in LTE I tend to prefer the Surface 3 to the pro. Of course Microsoft discontinued the S3 because Intel discontinued the CPU because...no market.
Overall my biggest disappointment with the Microsoft tablets has been with buggy firmware/drivers. Doubly disappointing because this was my primary reason for using Microsoft-native hardware (after having a long history of similar problems with Dell tablets). Somehow I think the discipline required to ship 100% "just works" products has been lost to the profession in recent years. We've reverted to the Windows98 reliability experience.