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Announcing Surface 3 (Microsoft Surface Blog)
Microsoft Surface Blog ^ | March 31, 2015 | Panos Panay

Posted on 04/01/2015 7:38:33 AM PDT by dayglored

Announcing Surface 3

When we developed Surface Pro 3, we set out to design the tablet that can truly replace your laptop – even your high-end laptop. Today we feel both fortunate and proud that the vision of Surface has become a reality with so many people using Pro 3 and loving the experience...

he result is Surface 3, as well as a mobile-broadband version, Surface 3 (4G LTE). It’s the thinnest and lightest Surface we’ve ever shipped. It runs full Windows, including desktop applications. It includes a one-year subscription to Office 365 to help you really get down to work. And it starts at just $499...

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.surface.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: microsoft; microsofttablet; surface3; tablet; windows; windowspinglist
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To: dayglored

Can the Surface send what you see on the screen to a tv using screen mirroring?

I can do this with my Samsung Note tablet and LG G3 cell phone.


21 posted on 04/01/2015 8:24:33 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: dayglored

Thanks!!!


22 posted on 04/01/2015 8:30:03 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: dayglored

#13 Tim Cook will hire George Takei (Sulu) as a spokesman.....


23 posted on 04/01/2015 8:30:38 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: FlipWilson

My job gave me one of these as a work computer. Was skeptical at first but itoo has won me over. Mega portable and has a docking station that works like a charm. Could use another USB port but other than that about as good as can be expected for something not an Apple.”

Does it have any full-size USB port? Or does the docking station?

I have a specific BT receiver that needs to go into a full-size USB Port.


24 posted on 04/01/2015 8:31:34 AM PDT by angry elephant (Endangered species in Seattle)
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To: dayglored

The Surface needs a better looking keyboard.


25 posted on 04/01/2015 8:32:20 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: dennisw

They had “genius bars” when hey first opened up stores ... which looked almost identical to Apple stores.

I never saw one, but I heard the stores weren’t particularly successful and they closed.


26 posted on 04/01/2015 8:32:48 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets!!!)
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To: minnesota_bound
> Tim Cook will hire George Takei (Sulu) as a spokesman.....

Well, at least Takei has a good sense of humor. I'm not so sure about Cook.

27 posted on 04/01/2015 8:37:06 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: angry elephant

Has a full size USB and the docking station has one as well. Need a splitter on the docking station for dual monitors, however. It is a relatively cheap item to obtain.


28 posted on 04/01/2015 8:40:44 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: minnesota_bound
The Surface needs a better looking keyboard.

It needs a better typing keyboard, too. No key travel to speak of, mushy feel with lots of bouncy flex.


29 posted on 04/01/2015 8:40:58 AM PDT by Sparticus (Tar and feathers for the next dumb@ss Republican that uses the word bipartisanship.)
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To: minnesota_bound

My Nokia Lumia 8.1 can project to a tv using an app called Beamer. It requires an internet connection for both the Lumia and the tv. I would imagine the Surface would have something similar.


30 posted on 04/01/2015 9:08:33 AM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: Excellence
> My Nokia Lumia 8.1 can project to a tv using an app called Beamer. It requires an internet connection for both the Lumia and the tv.

Is that sending the video stream up to your wireless router, and then down into the TV? If so, do you have to configure static IP addresses in your LAN for the TV? Or is there some sort of magical "discovery process"?

31 posted on 04/01/2015 9:19:57 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: minnesota_bound
> The Surface needs a better looking keyboard.

Yeah, that's been a drawback from my point of view also. They really should try for something more professional, or sophisticated, or something... I don't know what the right word is for it, but whatever it is, they need it.

It's one of those characteristics that Apple tends to get right. Maybe Microsoft needs to steal some Apple human-interface design people. :)

32 posted on 04/01/2015 9:24:13 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: dayglored

Oh wow.
Whatever would I do with its whole 8 gigs of ram?

/Alienware M18x, 32gig]


33 posted on 04/01/2015 9:25:09 AM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.)
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To: dayglored

The keyboard looks cheap. For something that costs $800 it should note look like something Toys r US would sell.


34 posted on 04/01/2015 9:26:36 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: BunnySlippers
> They had “genius bars” when hey first opened up stores ... which looked almost identical to Apple stores. I never saw one, but I heard the stores weren’t particularly successful and they closed.

I kinda hate to ask this, but.... did they stock the store with geniuses (as opposed to typical Microsoft support people)? Or was the "bar" really just a phone bank where you could call India?

35 posted on 04/01/2015 9:31:08 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: Salamander
> Oh wow. Whatever would I do with its whole 8 gigs of ram?

LOL!

> /Alienware M18x, 32gig]

NICE!

36 posted on 04/01/2015 9:32:21 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: minnesota_bound

I run an HDMI from my Alienware to a 60” Sharp 3D.

It’s like Photoshop at the drive in.

Major awesomeness.

:)


37 posted on 04/01/2015 9:32:22 AM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.)
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To: dayglored
Sexy beast.

I still have my M17x as a backup.

I think that one only allows 16g.

38 posted on 04/01/2015 9:40:42 AM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.)
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To: Salamander
> Sexy beast.

Indeed. Now I have to wipe all the drool from my keyboard.

At least, I -think- it's drool....

39 posted on 04/01/2015 9:42:12 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: dayglored

LOL


40 posted on 04/01/2015 9:45:45 AM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.)
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