Surface I5 4 gig

ethan · 16 Jul 2018 at 12:52

Can it cope with photoshop. Thanks

Edit: yes it can but with certain conditions.

willhub · 16 Jul 2018 at 15:16

Gets really slow the 4gb I5 version I have it, well a Surface Pro 4, can get super slow!

timmy85 · 16 Jul 2018 at 17:43

Current prime deal for a surface pro i5, 8gb ram and 128gb storage. With type cover for £749.

ethan · 16 Jul 2018 at 19:11

timmy85 said:
Current prime deal for a surface pro i5, 8gb ram and 128gb storage. With type cover for £749.

Yeah went for this. Thanks

timmy85 · 16 Jul 2018 at 19:35

me too

willhub · 16 Jul 2018 at 19:56

I also wouldn't recommend 128gb storage version, the space disappears fast with Windows!

ethan · 17 Jul 2018 at 12:42

willhub said:
I also wouldn't recommend 128gb storage version, the space disappears fast with Windows!

Too late

Saying that, I only intent to use it for moderate photoshop, Corel Painter and wordprocessing. Storing will be on an external drive so I hope it will suffice?

timmy85 · 17 Jul 2018 at 14:10

It's got an sd card slot for expansion and dumping any media on.

willhub · 17 Jul 2018 at 14:25

It's USB 3.0 and I asked the question about using an external drive for apps and games and generally it seems that it should run no problem, so maybe that's an option. As for SD Card, I've never thought about using the slow for extra storage, not sure how running apps from an SD card would be?

ethan · 17 Jul 2018 at 18:18

willhub said:
It's USB 3.0 and I asked the question about using an external drive for apps and games and generally it seems that it should run no problem, so maybe that's an option. As for SD Card, I've never thought about using the slow for extra storage, not sure how running apps from an SD card would be?

You can get varying different high speed versions. I don't know at what speed the interface operates at though? Presumably less than USB 3. To complicate matters you can get a combined USB 3 reader/writer that contains two to three USB 3 slots with two sdxc/sd slots.

ethan · 17 Jul 2018 at 20:25

Some read/write comparisons for the Surface Pro here using (SSD)external drives:
https://imgur.com/a/lRqRr

loltim · 18 Jul 2018 at 11:26

Might be worth picking up an older Surface Pro 4 as you can upgrade the SSD on those.

willhub · 18 Jul 2018 at 12:05

loltim said:
Might be worth picking up an older Surface Pro 4 as you can upgrade the SSD on those.

I have a Surface Pro 4, and I feel if I tried to get into it, the thing would be smashed to bits.

timmy85 · 18 Jul 2018 at 21:23

Very impressed so far. ive loaded a 64gb sd card into the slot. no complaints at the moment.

loltim · 19 Jul 2018 at 01:05

willhub said:
I have a Surface Pro 4, and I feel if I tried to get into it, the thing would be smashed to bits.

nah you'd be fine, you just need a heat gun and a suction cup really -letting the suction cup do the work rather than a levering tool.

just don't do this :eek:

http://surfacepro3ssdupgrade.blogspot.com/2015/02/surface-pro-3-ssd-upgrade-i7-with-1-tb.html

willhub · 19 Jul 2018 at 08:42

Jesus that's insanity and I was reading at work how to remove to screen and it seems easy to crack, I'd probably get me someone to do it if I could

ethan · 19 Jul 2018 at 13:52

loltim said:
Might be worth picking up an older Surface Pro 4 as you can upgrade the SSD on those.

For me it's easier to hook a 250 GB SSD to it via USB which I have spare.

loltim · 20 Jul 2018 at 10:59

Fair enough if you're mainly working from a desk but replacing the internal SSD is a better permanent solution imo.