Recent content by DQuiLon

As an update to my original post, and the second one... My Surface Book officially turned 2 y/o recently... and I have compiled a nice graph of its Battery degradation and possible trends if this continues the same way... Right now my device is currently sitting at around 82% of battery...

I just checked my mother's Surface Pro 3, and its cycle count is almost 1000... with a degradation of only 3%...... not that the SP3 was good with battery life, but at least it still reaches the average 4 hours that it did 3 years ago

Well I have had a Surface Book since November 2016 (the original non-performance model with dGPU and i7) After 1.5 years of use, my batteries (tablet+keyboard base) sit at 312 and 396 cycle counts according to the battery report. You can see that I use it almost daily... and the current...

Hello everyone.... I am having a couple of issues after the April's Update for Win10, and it is most likely related to that, but nevertheless I am experiencing the following: - Mouse pointer lag after opening and closing apps (even UWP) - 3-Finger gestures for switching apps sometimes are...

Well, having the dGPU is a clear advantage if you are going to make use of it.... I do. As for the CPU, the newer Surface Pro has an edge, but not as much as the 8th gen do. For my type of use I would go with the Book, but that is my opinion.... I use the Laptop mode more than in tablet...

In my opinion, there is one Key area they should nail, before adding features and complicate further the User Experience.... I am an active user of both Desktop and Tablet mode on my Surface Book, and I keep the automatic switch turned on for when I detach, however, I have had a glitch that...

In my opinion it is still a great machine... I use mine for personal work and play... For 3d designs, drawings, sketches and Microsoft office stuff... Additionally i play games that aren't too demanding, such as Outlast 2, BioShock Infinity, Dying Light... So definitely not cutting edge, but...

I haven't personally done the switch, but I know for sure how different those two beasts are. In my office there is a mix of MacBooks and Surfaces... The older MacBooks like yours have a complete port array, so if you are planning to switch to a Surface Pro, you will also need the Surface...

I also fell in love with the Asus Transformer Pro 3 when it was announced (I was using a Surface Pro 3 from my office at the time), but the battery life seemed abysmal by reviewers, so I passed on the Transformer and got a Surface Book instead. No Regrets... BTW the entry level SB is ~800 $ in...

For me is: Wedge: 2.5D editor (basic cad editor) and 3D viewer. Its the only 3D program I can use on my Surface Book's Clipboard mode... all other 3D modeling software requires a mouse and keyboard for properly work. Drawboard: Simply the best PDF editor. I use it for a class that has PDF...

I have been surprised at what my Surface Book (i7, 16, 512, dGPU first generation) is able to handle.... At FHD I can run Outlast 2, Alien Isolation, Dying Light, BioShock Infinite, The Witness... and some other games extremely well... (medium Quality) I know those games are not recent...

Yes but it will charge very slowly. And if you are using power demanding programs, it may not even charge at all... The charger included on the Book is rated at 60 Watts... and the one for the SP3 I think is 30 or 40 Watts... I would only advice using it when your SB is idle, sleeping or using...

you are correct, but you could technically improve the Surface Book GPU performance by upgrading only the keyboard portion... It is still not sold officially but I am sure there will be ways to do so...

In my opinion, the dGPU will make a big difference for games that take advantage of it (most)... But the biggest PLUS for me and my logic is that the 2 biggest heat sources are very far apart in the Surface Book, while on the Pro they are together, and this will cause a bigger damage to the...

the best PDF editor i've used in Windows is Drawboard...