Hi Sword... better get over here pronto! :-)
Flame war to ensue.
Incoming.
I just wish I didnt have to have Trump money to get one, but then again I guess I really dont need that much power to just use Visual Studio and some graphics programs.
And it gives the Blue Screen of Death how often?
Installation includes viruses, malware and adware-free of charge!
You need to setup your phone wn printers, find the right drivers, etc. all on your own?
It can’t be all upside, no?
I run on an Mac-and they have problems also, but MANY fewer. For corporate work I run VMWare with multiple MS environments.
The benchmarks that don't can't use a GPU show almost no difference. The graphic benchmarks show a big difference.
What a surprise.
The MacBook Pro 15 has an optional AMD Radeon GPU. But, it's also quad-core and substantially more expensive than the Surface Pro and the Macbook Pro 13.
So yes: it's nice that Microsoft managed to cram a GPU in a laptop and keep the price down. But, you have to decide if your typical usage can take advantage of the GPU.
Hmmm... Does the Surface time include regular daily system updates, virus scans, driver updates, malware scans, etc?
So, one takes three blinks of an eye, the other two.
Microsoft still has a crappy OS, mainly because they are always a couple decades (or more) behind Apple in ease of use of their machines.
Yawn.
Here’s the thing. No one will really care. I was a PC guy way back when for a LONG time and it’s all about the OS. Speed really doesn’t matter quite like it used to unless you are a gamer (I am not) or into video production (again, not me),
Once you switch to Mac, and you like it, there is no way you’ll switch operating systems. Interestingly, PCs and Mac are a tru apples and oranges comparison. You are going to like one or the other and stick with it. The proof is in the iPhone. It is not the fastest, nor arguably the “best” phone on the market ... but people really don’t switch.
It’s going to take a better wheel to create any significant change in market share.
Let's revisit this thread six years from now to see how these Surface Books are holding up.
Apple is slipping back into it’s me-too hardware niche position. That’s why Apple is pushing this big brother, services approach.
“Why can’t we all just get along?”
:-)
We have both a Windows PC and a MacBook Pro. I want to move into iOS / OSX app development, so I am mainly on the Mac now...immersion learning so to speak. I have come to prefer the OSX UI. I also still use Windows and develop on Linux & Windows at work now. Prior to what I do now, I spent 25 years in the UNIX world. My wife is content to stay on Windows, so we will have both for the foreseeable future.
I am looking to upgrade our entry level PC (and she would like to get the mobile experience I have with my MacBook), so I have been looking at the Surface Pro 4 with a docking station to replace the desktop and add mobility...I am very impressed with what I have read so far.
The current desktop will become a Linux box to play with as well.
Wow. Microsoft leap frogged Apple big time!
More proof what a rip-off Apple products are.
The advantage of the Surface Pro is you have Windows 10 and android and can draw and paint as well. It is expensive!
There are several laptops out there for several hundred less that. They have touch. They do not have the android ability or draw & paint.