Surface Reviews Thread

[Vallos]

PC Magazine - 4 out of 5

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411252,00.asp

 

[Coreldan]

Good find, thanks!

EDIT:

When these are his biggest gripes, my hype sure didn't get wasted. More excited than ever to get one!

"Cons Kickstand assist only on left face. Only one angle on kickstand. Requires flat surface to use with Touch and Type covers. Speakers are very soft. Few apps on Microsoft's Store. Not compatible with existing Windows 7 and XP programs. Proprietary charger port. "

 

[JamesDax]

PC Magazine - 4 out of 5

Microsoft Surface with Windows RT Review & Rating | PCMag.com

Seemed like a good review over all but a couple of things bugged me about it. First, he reviews the 64GB c/ cover version and says that it is the entry level model. That's just wrong. He complains that kickstand lip is only on one side rather then talk about how nice it is to have a kickstand in the first place. And complains that using the keyboard cover requires a flat surface rather then how nice it is that the cover even has a keyboard. But anyway, 4/5 is still quite good.

 

[simonnyc]

Decent review and it's been brought up under the comments section but it really irritates me at how anti-MSFT/pro-AAPl the tech bloggers have become. Right off the bat, the writer compares a $699 64gb RT with a $499 16gb iPad which indirectly makes the Surface look expensive. For the avg joe, they'll prob see that and stop reading b/c the Surface suddenly looks ridiculously overpriced compared to the iPad.

 

[Vallos]

They just pulled the link. I guess it was a bit premature.

Edit - Never mind. They just changed the link. I updated the first post.

 

[Coreldan]

It seems they only pulled the first page of the article, I can still access the second page to last page: PAGE TITLE - Microsoft Surface with Windows RT Review & Rating | PCMag.com

 

[Vallos]

The one thing that bothered me was the app store critique. While I feel that it is a bit of a "con", it should not be held against it being that it's an entirely new platform for developers. He should have noted that developers will increase as the platform matures, just like the iPad.

 

[MoggSquad]

They just pulled the link. I guess it was a bit premature.

Edit - Never mind. They just changed the link. I updated the first post.

Just reading pros/cons this guy is overly hard on it. There are some great features that no competition has and he moans about them.

 

[Coreldan]

Just reading pros/cons this guy is overly hard on it. There are some great features that no competition has and he moans about them.

Yea, you are probably right, but I think for us who are more aware of the device it just shows how good it is. If he even seems to be against the device, yet cant come up with any real issue to moan about and has to give it a 4/5, it definitely is a good product

 

[crystal_planet]

There's bound to be some skepticism over a new player. I'm not too worried to tell the truth. Its shortfalls will improve on time and its advantages will separate the device from its competition

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[Coreldan]

Link is gone again.

 

[Hammered Pizza]

Throwing cache at the problem.

 

[will25u]

Microsoft calls it a "Micro HD" port and sells a Micro HD-to-HDMI port adapter ($39.99 list), as well as a Micro HD-to-VGA adapter ($39.99 list). However, when we hooked up an off the shelf micro-HDMI-to-HDMI cable to the Surface, we were able to hook up to and use a HDMI monitor without any issues.

Glad to hear this.

 

[Reflexx]

Weird that it's supposed to be a review of the device, but he dings it for the size of the marketplace.

I totally understand listing that as a "con." I also think it's fine to devote a few lines of the article talking about this.

But it sounds like he's mixing a Windows RT OS review with a device review.

 

[berty6294]

Soooo glad to hear i can use micro-HDMI! That was easily my biggest gripe!

 

[will25u]

Vivo RT review up. It isn't the surface rt but they point out that the tegra 3 processor is too slow for windows 8.

I hope it runs better on the Surface RT...

Asus Vivo Tab RT review | The Verge

 

[Vallos]

I hope it runs better on the Surface RT...

After reading this:

"I'm left with no choice but to blame Windows RT, which just doesn't seem optimized for speed or fluidity beyond the Start screen. A couple of these problems exist on Intel-powered devices as well ? apps are slow to load there, too ? but they're much more manageable on full-blown Windows 8. Windows RT just seems too resource-intensive for the hardware supporting it."

Could it be something else other than the OS?

 

[will25u]

After reading this:

"I'm left with no choice but to blame Windows RT, which just doesn't seem optimized for speed or fluidity beyond the Start screen. A couple of these problems exist on Intel-powered devices as well ? apps are slow to load there, too ? but they're much more manageable on full-blown Windows 8. Windows RT just seems too resource-intensive for the hardware supporting it."

Could it be something else other than the OS?

Hopefully they got a dud because the PCMag review of the Vivo Tab mentions nothing about performance issues.

Asus Vivo Tab RT Review & Rating | PCMag.com

 

[cgk]

Throwing cache at the problem.

Can anyone find the link for the cached second page of that review?

 

[danielgary]

Page 2 of the review: PAGE TITLE - Microsoft Surface with Windows RT Review & Rating | PCMag.com

Page 3 of the review: http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...35.1j4.5.0.les;..0.1...1c.1.ncX_htSwWQA&pbx=1

Page 4 of the revie: http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...50.0j5.5.0.les;..0.1...1c.1.JUZFQEcT2ZA&pbx=1