First Impressions on Microsoft Surface Pro 3.

[radmanvr]

Don't mean to derail the topic but does the SP3 come with a type of video card and can it handle 1080p @ 60 FPS gaming.

 

[pedenske]

they have marketing materials available on their site you can download that list a full range of specs/etc.

LINK: Microsoft introduces Surface Pro 3: the tablet that can replace your laptop

To add to that there is also the SP3 fact sheet: https://forums.windowscentral.com/e...ce%2Fdocs%2FSurface3ProFS.docx&token=ikRMNzJB
And the accessories fact sheet: https://forums.windowscentral.com/e...cs%2FSurfaceAccessoriesFS.docx&token=PG7SVM6P

 

[drbanks]

I s'pose it depends on the game. I was quite content with my SP1 playing through Borderlands 2, but then again, I couldn't turn on all the eye candy.

 

[StevoPhilo]

Don't mean to derail the topic but does the SP3 come with a type of video card and can it handle 1080p @ 60 FPS gaming.

It's NOT a gaming device by any means. It won't have a dedicated graphics card. If you're looking for one a gaming laptop would be way better.

 

[nmercy]

It's NOT a gaming device by any means. It won't have a dedicated graphics card. If you're looking for one a gaming laptop would be way better.

At least until they come up with the Surface Xbox One 3 which includes an nvidia graphics card :evil:

 

[Christopher Lindsay]

It evens fulfills your need of having a laptop.
And Oh! Its a Tablet also!

But at the price you could get a laptop with much more power and a drawing pad.

 

[jordanzhninja]

Oh, its ?849. They love screwing us in the UK with really inflated prices :/

 

[dhaoracle]

That's how you feel, but did you purchase a Surface Pro 2? :smile:

Why shold I have to? I've used one extensively and always wanted it to be bigger than 10". Why? Cause for one it was a pro which should have been differentiated from the RT & other tablets from day one and two for better producitivity. This just proves that. I just hopes that Microsoft will now move in a direction of setting the bar instead of reaching for it.

As great and awesome as this tablet is and will be I just believe that it should have been this way from day one with the differentiation not only in power but size as well. Yes they didn't have the market to really do that but the progress would have been much further than it is now. I see a bright future for the new CEO.


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[Nimdock]

I am not liking the placement of the minidisplay port.

I don't like cables sticking out from the top of the device.

 

[Nimdock]

That's how you feel, but did you purchase a Surface Pro 2? :smile:

Yeah, I don't really agree with him. I have an SP2 and I am a power user (developer). In fact the bigger size is the only reason I am not sure if I want to sell my SP2 and get an SP3.

Just goes to show that everyone has different taste.

 

[WillysJeepMan]

Why shold I have to?

I was talking about how Surface Pro 2 owners might feel. If you don't own a Surface Pro 2 then you don't know what it feels like to spend $1000 and then 4 months later (or less) a significantly superior version is released.

 

[Bora777]

That type cover palette is fantastic. I mean, literally EVERY colour is gorgeous. Those are the shades the Lumia 930 should be offered in.

 

[Zeroplanetz]

Before I am to make any judgment on the sp3 I need more info. We already see people complain about the wacom thing. BUT I need to know things like what models of the processors are used? WHAT are the ssd specs? WHAT are the ram specs? Especially for the high end i7 price I expect these items to be top end. But that's just me. To little of actual info is known so far.

 

[EwingMCSE]

I have Surface Pro 2 (2nd to top model, 256GB SSD, 8GB RAM) and I love it. I use it every single day at work even though it's my own personal device and I get some time on it most nights as well.

It's powerful enough to handle visual studio so I can write and run code on it. If all I wanted was a web-browser/document writer I could probably limp by with an iPad or something,. Surface Pro 2 is not only a replacement for my laptop, but it has equal specs and a much more desireable form factor. I can carry it around like a notebook, but it has a touch-screen, pen and ways almost nothing. It takes up almost no space on a crowded table in meetings.

Surface Pro 3 looks awesome, but I feel no envy. This is the way tech devices work. The very second you buy something it is on the verge of being rendered obsolete by a new model.

 

[Ankit Nawlakha]

But at the price you could get a laptop with much more power and a drawing pad.

Yeah! But we dont have laptops with touchscreens!

 

[Zeroplanetz]

Yeah! But we dont have laptops with touchscreens!

yes there are.

 

[boovish]

I would prefer the windows key back where it was to begin with
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[xandros9]

I wonder how repairable it is

 

[Zeroplanetz]

I would prefer the windows key back where it was to begin with
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yea, to me with it being silver and that moved it looks more like an windowed iPad now. I rather like the first Gen color and windows key in orig spot as well.

 

[thatotherdude24]

I don't understand how/why they market it as a laptop replacement when you have to pay extra for a keyboard.

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