flyinghaggis Posted February 7, 2013 Posted February 7, 2013 Granted the performance of the Core i5 is well beyond what low powered ARM and Atom based CPU's can muster but I personally only use a laptop/tablet as a portable device for carrying around. It would never replace my desktop as my primary computer so I'd happily trade performance for improved battery life and less weight.
Arthur Posted February 11, 2013 Posted February 11, 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr3dFSzh1yU&hd=1
SYNACK Posted February 11, 2013 Posted February 11, 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr3dFSzh1yU&hd=1 Greif, shouldn't those dirty hipsters be filing their TPS reports or something.
Arthur Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 (edited) iFixit have posted their Surface Pro tear-down and given it a repairability score of 1 out of 10. http://i.imgur.com/07rjNAd.jpg Since the SSD is just a standard mSATA SSD, you could buy the cheaper 64GB Surface Pro and swap the drive for a 240GB-480GB Crucial M500. http://i.imgur.com/GStgc5u.jpg Edited February 13, 2013 by Arthur
john Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 The Surface Pro will like the bigger Crucial drive then given its the same thing just bigger and with a Crucial sticker rather than Micron on it
Arthur Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 (edited) The Surface Pro will like the bigger Crucial drive It looks like it is quite easy to damage the Surface Pro when taking it apart to upgrade the SSD. Microsoft Surface Pro mSATA SSD Upgrade: Dangerous but Successful A few adventurous Surface Pro owners have decided to try to swap out their 64GB mSATA SSDs with larger models. One of our readers (Tim K.) managed to successfully transplant a 240GB Intel SSD 525 in his Surface Pro. The trick is to make sure you clone the original GPT formatted mSATA SSD properly. For this, Tim used Reflect to clone the drive and MiniTool Partition Wizard to expand the data partition to the full capacity of the new SSD. While he had no issues getting the drive working, his Surface Pro did sustain damage during the upgrade process. As we learned from iFixit's teardown of the tablet, there's a ton of adhesive everywhere and melting/breaking it is the only way to get inside Surface Pro. Unfortunately the cable that drives the touchscreen was pulled up when Tim separated the display from the VaporMg chassis. The tablet works as does the pen, but the display no longer functions as a capacitive touchscreen. http://s3.postimage.org/4ww4bcq9f/IMG_2349_575px.jpg Edited February 18, 2013 by Arthur
Arthur Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 Surface with Mountain Lion Pro. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icPMg_qkSRs&hd=1 2
Arthur Posted April 23, 2013 Posted April 23, 2013 The Surface Pro will be released before the end of May in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Microsoft targets end of May for expanded Surface Pro availability « ZDNet After a couple of months of silence, Microsoft officials are sharing more about expansion plans for the company's Surface devices. Surface Pro will launch before the end of May in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. It will launch in Korea, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore, and Thailand before the end of June, according to an April 23 post on the Surface Blog.
synaesthesia Posted April 23, 2013 Posted April 23, 2013 I still find it ludicrous how they manage to crowbar two fans in those things. Ludicrous and amazing at the same time.
SYNACK Posted April 23, 2013 Posted April 23, 2013 The Surface Pro will be released before the end of May in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Microsoft targets end of May for expanded Surface Pro availability « ZDNet Yay, wait, its been that long we don't really care anymore, their can't be more than a few months till the next one is available in countries they care about.
Arthur Posted April 23, 2013 Posted April 23, 2013 Yeah. I think at this point you might as well wait for the next revision of the Surface Pro with a more power efficient Haswell CPU, a faster GPU and Connected Standby support.
Arthur Posted May 10, 2013 Posted May 10, 2013 Nice! Surface Pro stylus receives updated Wacom driver, now you can finally use Photoshop Surface Pro owners who have snagged this driver, dated May 9th, have posted their feedback on Microsoft's official support forum rejoicing about how they are now able to use Adobe Photoshop as well as Corel Painter! The driver enables the ability to adjust the pen tip pressure sensitivity and to program the side switch of the stylus for a wide range of alternative settings and functions.
andy_nic Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 Microsoft Surface Pro gets May UK release date and price Read more: Microsoft Surface Pro gets May UK release date and price - PC Advisor
zag Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 £719 and it looks very thick in size. Better luck next time Microsoft!!
localzuk Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 £719 and it looks very thick in size. Better luck next time Microsoft!! £719 for an i5 with 4GB RAM and a 64GB or 128GB SSD in a tiny form factor? Seems like a good deal to me!
localzuk Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 It isn't aimed at the iPad crowd, hence the Pro moniker. The RT is aimed at them.
CyberNerd Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 An interesting insight as to why the specs need to be so high for MS Products here: "I Contribute to the Windows Kernel. We Are Slower Than Other Operating Systems. Here Is Why." - Zorinaq 1
zag Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 Yeh the only reason it needs a core i5 and huge battery is because windows 8 is very inefficient I'll keep my iPad thanks
localzuk Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 Give me a shout when you can run the full Adobe Cloud suite on your ipad... 1
SYNACK Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 Yeh the only reason it needs a core i5 and huge battery is because windows 8 is very inefficient I'll keep my iPad thanks Yea, the hack Intel CPU has absolutly nothing to do with it
Arthur Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 *Sigh*. It seems that @localzuk and @SYNACK are the only two people with fully functioning brains in this thread. http://i.imgur.com/jXfYj76.jpg http://i.imgur.com/5VR1rjK.png
localzuk Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 Hmm.. does anyone know exactly which i5 chip it has in it?
Arthur Posted May 16, 2013 Posted May 16, 2013 (edited) Hmm.. does anyone know exactly which i5 chip it has in it? A Core i5-3317U (the same CPU as the mid-2012 11" Macbook Air). Benchmarks: browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1609931 Edited May 16, 2013 by Arthur 1
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