21 markets can pre order tomorrow morning (8am ET), and delivered 22october. So nothing like the issues last time. How many will get it on release who knows.
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21 markets can pre order tomorrow morning (8am ET), and delivered 22october. So nothing like the issues last time. How many will get it on release who knows.
Will never touch acer again, ever. My sisters android tablet is nothing but trouble. My mums windows tablet is nothing but trouble, been away for repair, nothing was found wrong.
, went away again and nothing was wrong, explained agai, yes need a new motherboard was going to get changed, 2 weeks later hadn't heard anything told her to get dad on to it. New tablet shipped out. Same problem. Told her to get a refund from amazon, but she likes and wants a win8 tablet.Ad Asus I've always found fast but unreliable. On the desktop side and the build qaulity as well, look at the hinges, flex on keyboard etc.
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Caporegime
It's priced against ARM stuff, and is faster in quite a lot of stuff.
Atom isn't even that slow either.
Atom isn't even that slow either.
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Its very slow compared to haswell for proper computing tasks, but yes it beats the tegra 4/snapdragon 800 on cpu side. Gpu doesn't look great though, still waiting for some decent benchmarks.
And I've seen mixed reports on if you get office or just a demo pre installed. Have they clarified that yet?
Caporegime
They haven't clarified it yet.
But if you do, the Asus one is ridiculous value as it comes with the dock.
And it's not that slow really.
http://techreport.com/review/25329/intel-atom-z3000-bay-trail-soc-revealed/3
That's compared against the Vivobook I use lol.
But if you do, the Asus one is ridiculous value as it comes with the dock.
And it's not that slow really.
http://techreport.com/review/25329/intel-atom-z3000-bay-trail-soc-revealed/3
That's compared against the Vivobook I use lol.
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Or a 64GB micro SD card
Soldato
Well, I think it was a solid enough launch. The bundled services is a good idea. Do we know if it's still the same crappy power attachment? It wasn't clear to me.
Caporegime
Thats why I was confused earlier.
Battery life on pro is 75% better (7-8.5hrs)
The new power cover has a 30wh battery and gives combined 2.5x(10-12.5hrs) life.
Who was it who siad they worked in music and might be interested in the mix cover?
Linkin Parks Joe Hahn
& if you want the chance to win one, you need to make a vifeo on vine
http://www.surfaceremixproject.com/
Battery life on pro is 75% better (7-8.5hrs)
The new power cover has a 30wh battery and gives combined 2.5x(10-12.5hrs) life.
Who was it who siad they worked in music and might be interested in the mix cover?
Linkin Parks Joe Hahn
& if you want the chance to win one, you need to make a vifeo on vine
http://www.surfaceremixproject.com/
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Soldato
Fair play to them, they've nailed a lot of the criticisms and the Surface 2 looks like a much more rounded tablet than when the RT launched. With 8.1, Office 2013, and the snappier hardware it's certainly something to consider.
Whether they sell or not is a different matter. I think it will, without a doubt, sell much better than the original. It could be a sleeper hit for enterprise.
Caporegime
We'll see, but I'd be surprised to see it sell well.
As good as it seems, and even if it is a little bit cheaper, everyone else's devices are better too.
As good as it seems, and even if it is a little bit cheaper, everyone else's devices are better too.
Soldato
Well, it's all relative of course. I'm not really fussed if it doesn't sell nearly as well as the competitors because that's not my problem.
They need Surface ultrabooks adding to the line up IMO. A MacBook Air and a MacBook Pro clone. That would be hard to screw up and would go a long way towards strengthening the Surface brand. If they want to compete at the premium end of the market they need to start turning some heads.
They need Surface ultrabooks adding to the line up IMO. A MacBook Air and a MacBook Pro clone. That would be hard to screw up and would go a long way towards strengthening the Surface brand. If they want to compete at the premium end of the market they need to start turning some heads.
Caporegime
I want a viable platform that isn't iOS and Android.
I see Android/iOS get a fair chunk of games that RT doesn't.
Hell, even WP8 has a game or two (Fifa) that RT doesn't lol.
I see Android/iOS get a fair chunk of games that RT doesn't.
Hell, even WP8 has a game or two (Fifa) that RT doesn't lol.
Soldato
Based on the USA prices from the press release.
Surface Pro retail price
64 GB + Surface pen $899
128 GB + Surface pen $999
256 GB + Surface pen $1,299
512 GB + Surface pen $1,799
UK Price for the cheapest is £719
So we should see UK prices of
64 GB + Surface pen £719
128 GB + Surface pen £799
256 GB + Surface pen £1038
512 GB + Surface pen £1438
So around a £250 premium over the 128 for the extra ram and double the size storage.
My Surface is a secondary device, I'm going to order a new type cover and keep my existing Pro.
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