I'd like to Frisbee one off of Burj Khalifa just to see how far it will go, that's about as much interest as I have in it.
LOL... thanks for sharing...
I'd like to Frisbee one off of Burj Khalifa just to see how far it will go, that's about as much interest as I have in it.
Wanted to bump this and give some feedback in regards to the Surface Book.
More and more, I'm being torn between my rMBP and the SB. When it comes to hardware, the SB is more enjoyable to use to me. I love the design of the SB and it's just a joy to use. I find that the keyboard is a bit nicer than the one on my rMBP as the keys have a little more tactile stick to them.
However, when it comes to actual use and software, the rMBP is what I end up on the most. OS X is still better than Windows 10 for me. The big detractor for Windows 10 on the SB is the lack of good support for high DPI screens within Windows apps. Things like Netbeans are unusable because they have yet to be scalable for high DPI screens within Windows whereas it looks great on OS X. Windows 10 is still a work in progress.
All in all, I get more excitement out of the SB but the software side is lacking enough that I usually fall back to the MBP for most tasks.
IF you are Windows friendly or find Windows more in your workflow, the SB is rock solid and a beautiful device.
OS X is still better than Windows 10 for me. The big detractor for Windows 10 on the SB is the lack of good support for high DPI screens within Windows apps.
This has become less and less of an issue lately - most apps now scale perfectly well, but if the one you use most isn't among them, this is of little consolation I guess.
I have a Surface Book incoming this Wednesday. On my second 12" Macbook right now and have to say, the 2016 version still doesn't cut it. It's just too darn slow. It'll do MS Office (athough I have to say that battery life with Word just idling in the background is absolutely terrible - I barely got 3 hours out of it last Friday during a conference), and that's about it. I installed Lightroom on it today to check whether it'd be good enough as my main machine (was planning on selling my 15" rMBP in time before the new models come out and it won't be worth much anymore), but no cigar - LR absolutely kills the processor on the MB. I admittedly have a fairly large library, but still - this thing just slows down to a crawl as soon as LR is running. Have decided to replace the Macbook with the i5 256gb SB with the dedicated CPU - will report back once I've run it through its paces.
This has become less and less of an issue lately - most apps now scale perfectly well, but if the one you use most isn't among them, this is of little consolation I guess.
I have a Surface Book incoming this Wednesday. On my second 12" Macbook right now and have to say, the 2016 version still doesn't cut it. It's just too darn slow. It'll do MS Office (athough I have to say that battery life with Word just idling in the background is absolutely terrible - I barely got 3 hours out of it last Friday during a conference), and that's about it. I installed Lightroom on it today to check whether it'd be good enough as my main machine (was planning on selling my 15" rMBP in time before the new models come out and it won't be worth much anymore), but no cigar - LR absolutely kills the processor on the MB. I admittedly have a fairly large library, but still - this thing just slows down to a crawl as soon as LR is running. Have decided to replace the Macbook with the i5 256gb SB with the dedicated CPU - will report back once I've run it through its paces.
I recently got a Surface Book (i7/512/16) and absolutely love it: In fact, it's so good that I gave my rMB to my daughter.
Your MacBook experience is disappointing to hear, but helpful nonetheless, especially since many of the reviews I have read don't provide adequate "real world" usage scenarios. I'll look forward to hearing your impressions with the Surface Book. It's rather amazing to me how quickly Microsoft and Apple seem to have switched places on the innovation and bureaucracy fronts.
You're basically getting the same Surface Book as me.
I was considering going for the top version (at least for Europe - the 1tb version doesn't seem to be available here), but chickened out and went with the i5 256gb with dedicated GPU instead - mainly to check it out and make sure I don't have any serious problems with it. If it turns out to be able to replace my 15" rMBP as well, that's even better. I'll pass the i5 on to my wife (who's currently on a Surface Pro 3 but doesn't like the small screen) and get the i7 512 in a few months. I played with one for a while and absolutely loved the touchpad (just as good as on the rMB), the screen, everything. Can't wait for Wednesday (ordered it yesterday, but it's a public holiday here today, so they won't ship it until Tuesday).
Today is Wednesday! How's the Surface Book, kis!?
How many GB RAM does your SP3 have? Is it also Win 10? The SP4 has better pricing for 16GB RAM. While I like the book, the 16GB pricing is too high for my budget. What are the specs on your 3?
The only thing asides from price that is really preventing me from truely picking the Surface Pro over the iPad Pro is the smaller screen size and the widescreen aspect ratio.
It's a small difference, and I think it's only more noticeable when held in portrait mode, which I prefer to work in with tablets. I did admit it was a dumb reason, though :)I can't argue the smaller screen size, but the aspect ration isn't that much different in practice. I also think the iPad 4:3 screen is the best aspect ratio for tablets, but really, the difference between it and the SP4's 3:2 is fairly small. When I measured it awhile back, I think shaving about a 3rd of an inch off the left and right side of the screen while in landscape would give you a proper 4:3 aspect ratio. Not a big deal at all.
It's a small difference, and I think it's only more noticeable when held in portrait mode, which I prefer to work in with tablets. I did admit it was a dumb reason, though
Yeah, I can understand where you're coming from. The SP does look weirdly tall when held up in portrait, especially when you're used to an iPad.
Though it is something you get used to fairly quick. Unlike those old 16:9/16:10 tablets, it's not awkward at all.
i have a fully maxed surface book with dock. I like the hardware and the feel of it, but the software(win10) is buggy at best in my experience. just a bunch of minor gripes (touchpad iffy, screen scaling/font scaling messed up often when connecting to two monitors via the docking station. scroll wheel once in a while stops working in apps like Chrome or Edge. random reboots at times, when the device goes to sleep. I use a lot of older application mixed in with newer application which might explain some of my issues (especially scaling). but all in all i think Microsoft still needs to fix it's software to make this laptop a pleasure to use for my case (ymmv). It also annoys me that i can't do two finger swipes with the touchpad in the web browser ( at least i couldn't find a way)
I wasn't clear on that, i meant two finger touchpad swipe to the left or right to go previous/next website like i can do it on the mac. up/down two finger scroll works. CheersHmmm, I'm not sure what is happening on your machine but two finger swipes/scrolling is definitely possible.
I wasn't clear on that, i meant two finger touchpad swipe to the left or right to go previous/next website like i can do it on the mac. up/down two finger scroll works. Cheers