- Jun 24, 2013
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Okay, so some back story. I bought a Surface 3 back when it first came out. 4GB/128GB machine. With Windows 8.1, I believe. I thought it would be a good supplement to my Surface Pro 2 when I wanted a smaller, lighter machine. But I was dismayed how poor the performance was. I upgraded to Windows 10 and then did a clean installation of Windows 10. Still poor performance (mind you, this was the beginnings of Windows 10). Sluggish browser. Mediocre pen performance (more having to do with poor app and browser performance). So I ended up giving the machine to a relative.
Current time, my friend needed a cheap computer. And the 2 GB/64 GB Surface 3 was on sale. So I got that for her. Set it up for her with Windows 10 fully upgraded to the Anniversary update with the 8/8 firmware update. And man! This machine is actually great! Performance is excellent. Not at the level of my Surface Pro 2 or Surface Pro 4 but I could definitely see this being used as a primary machine.
Now I'm wondering if something was wrong with my 4 GB Surface 3 machine or the improvements to Windows 10 and the firmware made that much of a difference.
Current time, my friend needed a cheap computer. And the 2 GB/64 GB Surface 3 was on sale. So I got that for her. Set it up for her with Windows 10 fully upgraded to the Anniversary update with the 8/8 firmware update. And man! This machine is actually great! Performance is excellent. Not at the level of my Surface Pro 2 or Surface Pro 4 but I could definitely see this being used as a primary machine.
Now I'm wondering if something was wrong with my 4 GB Surface 3 machine or the improvements to Windows 10 and the firmware made that much of a difference.