Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Thread

dromi · 10 Oct 2015 at 21:22

apparently they come with a custom gpu:

http://microsoft-news.com/microsoft-surface-book-comes-with-a-custom-nvidia-gpu/

Is the weight between the S4 and S4book the same? (without the keyboard?)

Warp279 · 10 Oct 2015 at 22:17

dromi said:
Is the weight between the S4 and S4book the same? (without the keyboard?)

Just had a look, Pro 4 is 786g.
Book is slightly less at 728g.

Orcvader · 10 Oct 2015 at 22:18

dromi said:
apparently they come with a custom gpu:

I posted it earlier

: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=28662609&postcount=90

2StepSteve · 11 Oct 2015 at 01:10

Just placed an order for the i5 8GB 256GB SP4

Warp279 · 12 Oct 2015 at 21:53

2StepSteve said:
Just placed an order for the i5 8GB 256GB SP4

May end up going for that one too :cool:

HEADRAT said:
Any news on further price drops on SP3 Pro?

A few price drops today, could be for a limited time only though.
http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msuk/en_GB/pdp/Surface-Pro-3/productID.300212300?icid=Surface_Pro_3_devices_nav_22102014

413x · 12 Oct 2015 at 23:48

Awaits surface book.

Zero interest in the pro.

2StepSteve · 13 Oct 2015 at 12:16

I'm now single al4x said:
Awaits surface book.

Zero interest in the pro.

Great, thanks for your valuable contribution.

A brief preview from MobileTechReview, hopefully won't be too long until a full review is out.

Bossk128 · 13 Oct 2015 at 12:27

In the book, how is the hardware spread between the two pieces? If you remove the keyboard from the Book, I assume it is a more powerful machine than the SP4?

POB · 13 Oct 2015 at 13:58

Bossk128 said:
In the book, how is the hardware spread between the two pieces? If you remove the keyboard from the Book, I assume it is a more powerful machine than the SP4?

No. Very similar. Just the GPU and 2/3s of the battery are in the keyboard.

The i7 SP4 should be slightly faster then the Book i7 in tablet mode. The Iris Graphics are missing from the Book's i7.

The Iris Graphics have extra cache which will accelerate general operations.

i5 should be the identical between them.

Unless MS have altered any throttling for either model.

coolsurfer · 14 Oct 2015 at 11:28

I hear the reason for the m3 chip and not i3 is because m3 supports Hyper V. This way the entire pro line is compatible with that.

Glaucus · 14 Oct 2015 at 12:16

And its far better anyway. Anything you would do with an i3 the m3 can handle whilst being far better on heat and battery.

2StepSteve · 14 Oct 2015 at 19:40

Great mini review, looks to be the first that goes in to quite some detail.

Omar · 15 Oct 2015 at 12:17

The video seems to have been removed, maybe they went into more detail than they were allowed to?

Did it have any info on the speed of the SSD?

jonneymendoza · 15 Oct 2015 at 14:40

might pre order this but want the 1tb version. cant see it listed yet?

Will john lewis sell these soon?

Cosimo · 15 Oct 2015 at 14:52

jonneymendoza said:
might pre order this but want the 1tb version. cant see it listed yet?

Will john lewis sell these soon?

The US site has customisation so you can only add it to a 16GB i7 but they may not offer it here so you'll have to wait and see.

JL will probably stock them when they are freely available.

2StepSteve · 15 Oct 2015 at 14:59

Yeah, it was taken down. Maybe he broke the NDA lol

TheOtherOption · 15 Oct 2015 at 16:03

Tempted by one of these instead of a laptop, not sure which version I'd get but an i7 16gb one sounds good if I can stretch to it!

A friend gets 10% off MS products so might make use of that - along with 5% back via quidco that would be a decent saving on over a grands hardware

Orcvader · 15 Oct 2015 at 19:57

Omar said:
The video seems to have been removed, maybe they went into more detail than they were allowed to?

Did it have any info on the speed of the SSD?

I managed to watch it but it mostly seemed like a comparison to the SP4 and didn't really dive into the more tech side of things. Nothing about how well the CPU operates and the temps, the speed of the storage, or Windows performance in general really.

2StepSteve · 20 Oct 2015 at 11:21

German hands on impression of the 4GB i5, google translate makes it readable

https://blog.notebooksbilliger.de/hands-on-erste-eindruecke-vom-microsoft-surface-pro-4/

Quite a detailed review. The cooling looks to be so much better, topping out at 60c when pushed hard.

Cosimo · 21 Oct 2015 at 15:03

Review from Engadget:

http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/21/surface-pro-4-review/

The keyboard should most definitely be included in the price.

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