Re:New Surface Pro
by josefresco on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @09:27AM
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So buy a f*cking laptop! I'm only half-kidding - but criticizing an integral part of a product, when there are multiple alternatives with exact the feature your desire is ... silly.
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Re:New Surface Pro
by pdabbadabba on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @09:44AM
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Well...the product GP is criticizing does bill itself, right up top, as "The most versatile laptop."
Re:New Surface Pro
by josefresco on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @11:24AM
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It's a throw-away marketing headline not some super-technical classification. One-click away is a comparison grid of Surface products which includes ... a laptop.
It can be the most versatile laptop without catering to all use cases.
This looks like a laptop to me! Having read your comment I imagine I have to reassess. But in my head while watching the video I was evaluating it to replace by old MacBook Pro.
It is a laptop, or at least a laptop replacement. Try the kickstand setup and see whether it's good enough for what you want to do or not. Criticising the kickstand is absolutely reasonable, but do so based on experience rather than speculation.