Posted on 10/06/2015 1:59:59 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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>> Interestingly, the graphics card lies in the keyboard unit, which means you will lose some horsepower while it’s unplugged at a likely gain to battery life.
The other article I just read on this says that the tablet unit will *lose* battery life, as well as horsepower. The power-hungry processor is in the keyboard unit... but so, apparently, is a much larger capacity battery.
Probably not any faster than my new Ace Chromebook 15.
Also, for $1499, I could buy 5 Chrome Books, give 4 to schools and have enough left over to take my wife out for a good dinner.
That’s a 3 year old Mac you are showing there...
Not too fair.
Yeah, this is a great move. A discreet Nvidia GPU for added HP during gaming or graphic design and then extended battery life while running on integrated Intel graphics. It’s the same setup that many high end laptops incorporate right now, but this is the first one done in a tablet crossover.
The chromebook you have runs a Celeron cpu, and the new SP4 will have an i5/i7 Skylake with a secondary GPU for graphics power... That’s an exponential difference in power.
Not very compelling. First of all it is Microsoft. How many generations if the xbox before it didn’t burn up and die? And their phones seem clunky and awkward.
They should stick to OSs and let other computer manufacturers develop the hardware.
Crashes twice as fast, then?
I love my Surface Pro 3.
Exactly! Lol
I love my Dell Inspiron 15. Does everything I ask of it and doesn’t complain. Even play WoW on it without a blip of system degradation.
>>>They should stick to OSs and let other computer manufacturers develop the hardware.
It’s interesting to me that MS is getting into the laptop hardware business. This is not their business model. I’m wondering how this will progress as they compete with other hardware vendors that are also their VARs...
As a consumer...
Someone said that the Pro4 would cost $1500.
Mac has the market beat at $1500. I am not exactly a Mac person but $1500 is a top end laptop. Maybe there will lower end versions. BTW, I think that Macs are overpriced.
I'd consider Dell or HP first over Microsoft. They have both been in the business for decades.
From what I can tell, MS laptop is in the same price range as MacBook.
This will be an interesting competition; cost was one of the major product differences between PC and Mac. Now, IMHO, it will be performance, GUI competing in the same price space.
MS does have another advantage though: compatible apps.
And that all that I will use. Especially their ergonomic keyboards. Typing on one of these right now. To go back to a standard in-line keyboard is very uncomfortable for me now. I hate them.
It was probably some exec's idea for making more money for the company and diversifying. It is usually a halfhearted attempt, too which guarantees it to failure.
Also, Microsoft would be competing with companies who have been in the business for decades, with established supply chains, and broad product families, and established customers.
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