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Having both a MB Air and a Surface Pro 4 in our household I don't think you'll be pleased by going for an SP 4. While the SP4 is a pretty sweet hybrid, neither the keyboard or battery life matches a "real" laptop like the Dell XPS 13 or Macbook Air/Pro. In terms of performance the SP 4 in...

Alternatives might be: HP Spectre X2 Lenovo Miix 700 Dell XPS 12, the so far unreleased Samsung Tab S Pro Apart from the unreleased Samsung, all the devices above have been reviewed quite positive.

I've just tested my Samsung brand DVD reader/burner. Worked with both music CD's and data DVD's. Model is: Samsung Portable DVD Write SE-208.

Now that Microsoft got in "sync" with Intel, you're probably right, that we'll see a SP refresh in the second half of 2016 based on Kaby Lake. If I didn't already own a SP4, I'd probably wait it out.

Solid 6-8 hours when doing office work or surfing. With Wi-fi off when reading or doing annotations in e.g. Drawboard PDF is 10+ hours on a battery saver configuration. My experience pretty much matches Notebookcheck's numbers from their review: Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Tablet Review -...

Both models are around 2 hours 30 minutes for a full charge (sources: anandtech, winbeta and my own core m3 SP4

For epub reading Kobo is one of the best on the windows store. The default Acrobat Reader (touch) is handy for simple PDF reading. SumatraPDF can handle both PDF and epub, but has a standard desktop interface only. For annotating PDF Drawboard cannot be beaten and it's free with the SP.

(1) High price over here - almost $500 above Nexus 6P (2) My 640 XL does the job "a-ok" for now. (3) Still no solution to the Bluetooth bug, that's keeping me from using my Wahoo HRM.

Great stuff! If you haven't already, you might consider creating an additional, battery-friendly power profile. Guides can be found Windowscentral's articles and the forum.

That should be no problem - guessing you would be using office like programs and notes for the duration.

The SP4 fits your bill perfectly IMHO: One Note and Surface Pen is perfect for note taking. The Core m3 runs Office effortlessly with multiple programs open at the same time Battery life is "soso", but charge time is only around 2.5 hours Screen size is great for reading text books - catching...

a 950 xl would come in handy thanks :-)

Same here - a little bit of flex at both positions.

Just did a quick test on the worst-case scenario I expect my m3 SP4 to be able to handle at the same time: Large spreadsheet, 200 + pages word document with tons, outlook loaded, a few Edge tabs open and two music/video streams (high quality) simultaneously. Memory use maxed out a around 3.1 -...

Feels much improved - faster and more consistent overall. The Edge browser still lacks some performance improvement, on my 640 XL at least,, to not frustrate during general use. Skype for business is serious broken - even after the recommended uninstall/install cycle - so for anyone relying on...