To its very limit? How's continuum? Did you try it wireless vs wired? Hows the response with the bluetooth keyboard and mouse attached? How did you like the continuum look on the screen? Projector? Did you see if you could project a movie or presentation and listen to music and browse at the same time? What was that experience like? Laggy?
What limit are you talking about? Games... texting... browsing... multi-tasking? You do know different people work on different apps/features?
This was just my opinion, but thanks for your questions.
How's continuum? Unnecessary
to me. My SP3 is always at hand and far exceeds the "flexibility" Continuum claims to offer.
Did you try it wireless vs wired? Both. Neither method improves upon what I am able to do without it, whether I am at home or mobile.
Hows the response with the bluetooth keyboard and mouse attached? I used a desktop Microsoft ergonomic bluetooth keyboard and mouse. They worked fine with no issues, mind you, they pair directly with the 950/950XL, Continuum or not.
How did you like the continuum look on the screen? I didn't
like the look. I don't hate it either, but it's nothing to write home about.
Projector? Projection worked fine. I have an older Philips projector with HDMI input. Not really a big usage case for me, but it worked as could be expected with any device capable of using a projector (My Nexus with a Chromecast dongle does mostly the same Continuum-like things here, but, again, it's never a scenario for me)
Did you see if you could project a movie or presentation and listen to music and browse at the same time? What was that experience like? Laggy? That is not a worthwhile scenario for me and not a specific multi-tasking capability Microsoft claims Continuum will do today i.e. not a legitimate argument for something to have been tested or tried "to the limit". Theoretically, I guess that would work. Try it for yourself if you think that's what you'll want your 950/950XL to routinely do for you. Using the phone screen and working on my monitor simultaneously was not laggy, but not really important to be doing in grand scheme of things with having a real computer that would take less of a hassle to use. Outlook and Office apps work sufficiently and Edge at least opens up (but Edge
is the Achilles heel of this mobile operating system, as it's unable to properly render HTML5 and javascript functionality on many of the mobile and desktop versions of sites I use. Chase.com hardly works properly in Edge).
What limit are you talking about? Games... texting... browsing... multi-tasking? All of those, plus user acceptance case scenarios that Microsoft doesn't seem to include in its thinking before it decides to gut apps and unnecessarily re-architect cognitively healthy user experiences. I work in a Scrum environment and have to take this into consideration during scope-of-work development as well as at every milestone in reviewing performance and impact of changes or intended enhancements on workflows.
You do know different people work on different apps/features? I was born yesterday. Thanks for catching me up. /s
Ubuntu tried this "Continuum" gimmick a few years ago. I feel no better/different about the concept after using Continuum. In my opinion, it's a subpar thin client solution that requires infrastructure wherever you think you'll want to use it. I may sell the Continuum dock on eBay (or on the street in exchange for a pair of socks if no one wants it online).
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