Microsoft Surface RT Priced

Rilot said:
Those of you that have Surface and also had an iPad, how are you finding the Surface in comparison?
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I've replaced my iPad with the Surface because it does everything the iPad does and more but my major complaint is the performance, everything takes a little longer than it should.

As I've said before, more powerful hardware and it would have completely undermined the iPad even considering the lack of apps.
 
A lot of it seems more software based rather than the hardware problem, just some bugs etc, I think they'll be sorted with the rather quick updates coming in.
 
DeathStorm said:
I've replaced my iPad with the Surface because it does everything the iPad does and more but my major complaint is the performance, everything takes a little longer than it should.

As I've said before, more powerful hardware and it would have completely undermined the iPad even considering the lack of apps.
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It really does all come down to the Tegra3 I think, if they had the chip powering the Nexus 10 in this thing the performance would be so much better, it would have made it an instant buy for me.
 
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m4rk84 said:
It really does all come down to the Tegra3 I think, if they had the chip powering the Nexus 10 in this thing the performance would be so much better, it would have made it an instant buy for me.
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I don't think it's entirely the hardware personally. The performance is too inconsistent.
 
What is the difference between the current one and the 'Pro' one that is going to release, not sure whether to wait or try get one for christmas.
 
Purdy said:
What is the difference between the current one and the 'Pro' one that is going to release, not sure whether to wait or try get one for christmas.
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The pro uses an Intel chip so doesn't run Windows RT which means you're not just limited to stuff in the Windows app store. The down side being it's going to be much more expensive, eat through the battery much faster and run hotter.

A simple way to look at it, Surface competes with iPad while Surface pro competes with notebooks/ultrabooks.
 
DeathStorm said:
The pro uses an Intel chip so doesn't run Windows RT which means you're not just limited to stuff in the Windows app store. The down side being it's going to be much more expensive, eat through the battery much faster and run hotter.

A simple way to look at it, Surface competes with iPad while Surface pro competes with notebooks/ultrabooks.
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Cheers.

Surface probably more than enough then :)
 
This is strange, I found my Surface had rebooted last night and now it displays the tiles on the start screen slightly smaller (it's showing 4 rows instead of 3). Anyone else had this happen?
 
tom_e said:
While it's to be expected, 50% is a massive hit!
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Depends on how you look at it, if they'd hidden the OS and office disk space usage and only offered a 16GB option with no sd card slot I'd have been worse off but somehow the lack of expandable storage isn't a problem for other platforms. :rolleyes:
 
I'd rather they just spent the extra couple of quid and put some more flash memory in so that could sit on it's own partition and leave the 32gb actually usable, but we all know extra storage is a nice money maker for the manufacturers.
 
Surface Pro details

The new Surface will debut in two editions in the United States and Canada: one with 64 GB of storage, priced at $899, a second with 128 GB for $999. Each model comes with a Surface pen but does not include Touch Cover or Type Cover add-ons ($120 and $130, respectively).

Surface General Manager Panos Panay also revealed additional specs for the Intel-powered device, which is capable of running the full spectrum of Windows desktop programs in addition to Windows Store apps:

Core i5 processor (clock speed not specified)
10.6" 9 ClearType with 1920x1080 full HD resolution
Full digitizer and ink support with Palm Block technology
Full-size USB 3.0 port
Mini DisplayPort (can drive an external display up to 2560 x 1440 resolution)
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