Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Surface Earbuds

Re:Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Su... by js2 on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @01:07PM (#23093531)

I pretty consistently hear that the iPad makes a great tablet and a shitty laptop and vice-versa for the Surface. I’m not sure it’s possible to have the best touch experience and the best keyboard and mouse experience in a single OS. Maybe Apple will let the iPad dual boot iPadOS and macOS someday soon assuming the MacBooks transition to ARM.

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Re:Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Su... by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @04:05PM (#23095646)

People really want a GUIs that are much more dynamic and context-aware. The size of the buttons should change if I attach a mouse or a touchpad. The on-screen-keyboard should completely disable itself if I attach a keyboard. (Did Windows figure this out yet?) If I walk into a dark room, apps (and ideally, websites) should change to dark mode. If I walk into an area with direct sunlight, the contrast should be boosted. The device should behave differently if it's laying flat on a desk, or on a kickstand, or if I'm holding it in my hands.

Cell phones are better. They've figured out obvious things like screen rotation, adaptive brightness, bluetooth audio handoffs, and Android has made some headway with things like darkmode and automatically changing settings when you get into a car, but tablets have lagged behind, and I'm sure there are dozens more tiny things that automatically changed based on the device's context.

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Re:Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Su... by qqssccfftt on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @04:28PM (#23095888)

> The on-screen-keyboard should completely disable itself if I attach a keyboard. (Did Windows figure this out yet?)

This always works fine for me on my SP6.

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Re:Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Su... by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @05:07PM (#23096310)

That's good to know - I had a touchscreen windows laptop a while back and it didn't get this right.

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Re:Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Su... by walterbell on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @01:12PM (#23093604)

> Maybe Apple will let the iPad dual boot iPadOS and macOS someday soon assuming the MacBooks transition to ARM.

That would be excellent. iPad needs a local web server capability for development, e.g. to run Jekyll/Ruby or Hugo/golang. Rumor is that upcoming Apple Arm CPU will support hardware virtualization, which could theoretically enable Linux to run in a sandboxed VM.

As for UX, the new iPad Magic Keyboard is a game changer that seamlessly blends tablet and laptop. Now we need to address the iOS gaps (e.g. Xcode, non-Safari browser and mail client) and/or allow dual-boot as you suggested.

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Re:Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Su... by shmoogy on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @10:03PM (#23098871)

On Pythonista you can run Flask or Django, it's nifty. The apps are coming, there's one for nodejs and react. Would not be surprised to see ruby/go soon.

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