**** Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Thread ****
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Surface Pro 4 Firmware Update 1/27/16
Soldato
My dock is either slightly broken (or just MS putting out junk) or a problem with one of my monitors config.
Since adding a second monitor to the dock (two plus Surface Screen) it randomly wakes from sleep with :
1) Just the Surface Screen
2) One Monitor
3) Working properly with all three.
Pulling the dock connector sometimes fixes. Sometimes I have to pull the monitor cable and reinsert.
Currently its wasting more time then it saved.
Since adding a second monitor to the dock (two plus Surface Screen) it randomly wakes from sleep with :
1) Just the Surface Screen
2) One Monitor
3) Working properly with all three.
Pulling the dock connector sometimes fixes. Sometimes I have to pull the monitor cable and reinsert.
Currently its wasting more time then it saved.
There are some pretty specialist battery packs available that have a Surface connector output but they're not small, i.e don't expect to be able to do this with the usual USB batteries.
Example: http://www.qi-infinity.com/collections/powerbanks/products/35k-mah-surface-pro-charger
Example: http://www.qi-infinity.com/collections/powerbanks/products/35k-mah-surface-pro-charger
Yeah I think most of the options will be in that sort of price-range because of the capacity of batteries required plus the Surface connector cable that they need to include.
$150 retail price will probably be well over £120 by the time you get one imported to the UK.
$150 retail price will probably be well over £120 by the time you get one imported to the UK.
Soldato
My dock is either slightly broken (or just MS putting out junk) or a problem with one of my monitors config.
Since adding a second monitor to the dock (two plus Surface Screen) it randomly wakes from sleep with :
1) Just the Surface Screen
2) One Monitor
3) Working properly with all three.
Pulling the dock connector sometimes fixes. Sometimes I have to pull the monitor cable and reinsert.
Currently its wasting more time then it saved.
What resolution and refresh rate are the external monitors running at? It seems the 2 ports actually is just a single displayport split into two, which means they won't have enough bandwidth to power 2 4K monitors at the same time.
Recently got the dock as well as I needed more USB ports and well as the ethernet port. Haven't tried an external monitor yet, I do have a mDP to VGA at home I could test with.
I also found out if I close the cover, it doesn't sleep properly and requires me to press the power button to properly wake it up. However, press win + L before closing the cover allows it to wake up properly.
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this is my dilemma, do i get rid of the rmbp while it still has some value left.
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In what way do you find the SP4 more useful than the 15" Retina? Do you not miss the screen real estate, the power or even OSX?
Soldato
One is 2560x1440
Second is 1920x1080
So nothing crazy.
It was better with just the 2560x1440.
Soldato
Got my replacement charger yesterday, quick turnaround!
Power for what, browsing the web? I hardly use it for anything else. Sure when on the move I use Lightroom where the Mac will come into its own.
As for OSX, please, it's simply not as nice to use anymore and I find Win 10 has more usability in places. Apple really need to come up with something decent I think. What I do miss is iMessage though as that's pretty handy.
My Macbook Pro's battery swell up and I had to have it removed. £100 for a new one.
Or... A Surface 4 i7 and keep the Macbook Pro as a music production setup.
Really unimpressed with my Macbook Pro. Just got slower and slower and then the gfx got bottlenecked because of the overheating issues.
Agree with S2KIP on all points. I'm waiting for issues to get sorted though. I want the sleeping issues fixed and not work arounds.
Or... A Surface 4 i7 and keep the Macbook Pro as a music production setup.
Really unimpressed with my Macbook Pro. Just got slower and slower and then the gfx got bottlenecked because of the overheating issues.
Agree with S2KIP on all points. I'm waiting for issues to get sorted though. I want the sleeping issues fixed and not work arounds.
Try one of these:
http://www.startech.com/uk/AV/Displ...DisplayPort-Multi-Monitor-MST-Hub~MSTMDP123DP
They also do a 2x port version that's cheaper.
Soldato
Can I plug up an external peripherals to one of these things ?
Portable hard drive , mouse ect?
Portable hard drive , mouse ect?
Soldato
No thats cool , all I need to be able to do is export upto 4 gig files to an external hard drive to play on my TV .
