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Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by mcny on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @02:47AM (#16742407)
Satisfaction rate among surface owners is abysmal. At this point, I'd call the surface brand a failed experiment.
Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by tluyben2 on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @02:59AM (#16742445)
I was going to say; most people I know brought them back for many reasons. One of my Windows fan friends had a surface book 2 and brought it back for repair because of random battery life a few times; ended up buying a Lenovo T470 (I think) instead as they kept insisting it was his fault instead of the glitchy laptop. No issues with the Lenovo ofcourse.
Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by nunez on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @08:48AM (#16810545)
Do you have stats for that? Maybe I'm an outlier, but I loved the Surface Pro so much, I bought a Surface Book for work and a Surface Book 2 for personal use.
Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by mcny on Monday April 23, 2018 @05:32AM (#16901870)
Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by hvidgaard on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @04:53AM (#16742921)
The first year was a really bad. Plain and simple. Now it is a decent device, but I'd take a Lenovo today if I had to make the choice. However, for note taking, the Surface Pro is second to none. The form factor, pen, and OneNote is a really good combo.
Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by ximeng on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @09:43AM (#16744497)
Until the screen breaks and you can’t turn it on...
Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by hvidgaard on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @10:16AM (#16744786)
If that kind failure recovery is important, then no tightly integrated device is a good choice.
Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by ximeng on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @10:37PM (#16761336)
Had two surface pros fail just out of warranty, if that’s the price of a tightly integrated device it’s too high for me. No more surface devices here.
Re:Apple Plans to Use Its Own Chips in Macs from 2020, Repla... by hvidgaard on Thursday April 05, 2018 @02:49AM (#16762454)
That is indeed poor reliability. The SP4 I used and others I know people have had since launch, are still working fine.