Which surface pro 3 model should I buy?

[venu238]

As a developer, I use Visual Studio pro, Gimp, Inkscape, browser with 10 tabs open at a time.SP3 i5-256Gb will be sufficient for my needs?

 

[BaritoneGuy]

As a developer, I use Visual Studio pro, Gimp, Inkscape, browser with 10 tabs open at a time.SP3 i5-256Gb will be sufficient for my needs?

With the 8 gig of RAM flavour of the i5 you should be fine. Be aware though that Hyper V does not like the connected standby sleep state that the SP3 uses. It can be changed to hibernate, but normal sleep is not an option. In real life it just means a few extra seconds to start up.

 

[anon(5061193)]

I am not an expert, but I had a the I5 with 4 gigs of ram (128g) and it was a little sluggish.. I am not doing anything too heavy.... I returned it and took the advice of the salesperson and bought the I5 with the 8 gigs (256g) and it was like night and day... It is extremely fast and I love it now..

 

[venu238]

Thanks, I brought i5/256/8 gigs.. It's working awesome.