The reviews are out....

[Alandros]

There were people here aand there that thought since it was rumored possibly to have a 960/970 dGPU that they could use it as a gaming rig. I mean why not? Microsoft advertises it as the "Ultimate Laptop" but it doesn't do well for gaming, especially at paying $3000+ for a laptop? I might put off some people, I'm just saying.

Why not... because a 960m has a TDP of 75w and a 940m has a TDP of 33w. It's ridiculous that you could fit that power and thermal usage into an ultrabook style body. a rMBP 13 can top off at $2700 and it doesn't have *any* dGPU, and it doesn't have a touch screen, digitizer, stylus, removable screen, etc (all that hardware easily equals the cost difference if not more to be honest).

Power in a compact form is not about money, money doesn't bypass physics lol.

 

[Jazmac]

I like the hinge myself. Its different but I never spent more than 2 minutes thinking about it for admiring the computer itself and what it can do. But the odd thing about computer I've used, I don't ever recall a time spending any time looking at the dang hinge while I'm writing, playing games, doing work in Photoshop, sending email or anything else. These cats that review hardware these days are some of the most feminine bloggers I have seen in a long time. I've been in this business a lot of years and none of the guys I work with talk like this. " I love the computer but that hinge won't work with my Jordan's." Its insane. Its a computer they sell at a Walmart or Bestbuy. Its like some episode of Say Yes, To The Dress on the Verge and Engadget.

 

[jmshub]

I'll have to reserve judgement on the hinge until I'm able to see one in person. I've seen and heard reviews that discuss some problems, but they admitted that this was pre-production hardware, without the latest firmware. I wish Microsoft would have waited until they retail quality hardware and software to show this off.

 

[Keith Wallace]

There were people here aand there that thought since it was rumored possibly to have a 960/970 dGPU that they could use it as a gaming rig. I mean why not? Microsoft advertises it as the "Ultimate Laptop" but it doesn't do well for gaming, especially at paying $3000+ for a laptop? I might put off some people, I'm just saying.

Well, that $3,000 price tag is from the 1-TB SSD, not the Nvidia chip.

 

[oldpueblo]

The hinge reminds me of the perception/reasons people give for not trying Windows Phones. They only see the negative they've concocted in their minds, but completely miss the positive that balances out any kind of negative if they'd just try it. The hinge brings cool things to the table that people would notice if they could get past their own ignorance (added stability,screen/key protection,cool look, etc). With WP all people see is an app gap, and don't realize that most everything else may just be worth that app gap. Screen wobble? News flash, any laptop screen you touch is going to wobble mainly depending on the touch force involved. My Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga wobbles when I touch the screen and it's a normal laptop. That just comes with touching a laptop screen.

 

[Yonic Boom]

I have some life advice.

Don't sit on your laptops.

I hope this helped.

 

[Giddora]

I really don't get the start of this topic... Most Reviews are 99% positive and yet we're hanging up on the 1% of negativity there is... Why do we have to focus on the _very_ few things that are negative instead of celebrating that a huge majority is overwhelmingly positive?

 

[oldpueblo]

I really don't get the start of this topic... Most Reviews are 99% positive and yet we're hanging up on the 1% of negativity there is... Why do we have to focus on the _very_ few things that are negative instead of celebrating that a huge majority is overwhelmingly positive?

Because the negatives are so petty. Imagine running a marathon and winning, then some people at the finish line start criticizing the way you rolled your feet while you ran. You'd want to slap them. Also I'm bad at analogies, consider yourself warned.

 

[Devhux]

Screen wobble? News flash, any laptop screen you touch is going to wobble mainly depending on the touch force involved. My Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga wobbles when I touch the screen and it's a normal laptop. That just comes with touching a laptop screen.

Yeah, even my brother who isn't too knowledgeable with tech found that "complaint" odd when I told him. A lot of sites were trying to find something to complain about, and some really had to work at it. It's Microsoft, so there must be "something" wrong, right? (Apple reviewer bias, not my opinion).

Honestly, I'm probably about as excited for this machine as I was for my Dell XPS 2 laptop back in the day (though thankfully I'm not waiting 2 months for this one like when I pre-ordered the Dell). It's definitely a premium machine, but it also should be a computer that lasts a while for me, which is important.

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[Garf Leonard]

Almost walked out on a Surface Book because of the hinge "flop". Dropping this type of cash on a premium device and have the screen shake when using touch seemed like a deal breaker. But then I walked around pushing on every laptop around, and the flop was similar. Even the MacBook airs had same type of flop. The only one that had considerably less flop was a larger, bulkier MacBook 15".

Glad I got it, this is a quality device, fast and a joy to work with.