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Still amazed myself how fast it boots, coming from a a few old Win7 laptops. It's Win8 working some magic: http://www.nextofwindows.com/why-windows-8-boots-so-fast/

Read a great article (that was written in cooperation with developers from the Windows storage team) about setting the record straight in regards to Window's treatment for disk optimization. http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TheRealAndCompleteStoryDoesWindowsDefragmentYourSSD.aspx Passing this...

Last night, I started using my surface (i7) a little after 8pm (battery at 100%), and by 10:30 pm the battery was at 35% (Which would put me at around 4 hours on a charge). Now, I was installing a couple of applications and windows updates were running so I'm not too concerned yet...But I...

Yeah I did...do you have type cover plugged in and flipped back? I think I recall that if I removed the type cover and restarted GT Racer 2 then it was fine. ...or maybe I just used the type cover to enter it...I can't exactly remember the resolution but I know that I ran into this issue...

Sounds like you have plenty of responses, but I'll chime in to add that editing 24mp RAW images with Lr (SP3 i7) has worked very well. Hardly any stress (heat/fan noise) on the system during editing. While editing, I do experience like a half second (?) lag between the adjustment selected and...

Did you make sure to order it with the education discount? You should have also gotten a free case/sleeve with the purchase. Or at least I did a few days ago. I didn't notice any "bags"...just sleeves and folio style cases for free. I can vouch for the Maroo leather folio (it's really a...

Except these lists are based solely on chipsets...and what we all know now is that the thermal capacity of the device is critically important for sustained performance (ergo why you'll get better game performance from the "chunkier" Surface Pro 2)

It seems like to me, anything in the app store will run just smoothly. It's just "uncomfortable" in tablet mode due to the heat, mitigated if you use the stand so your not actually touching the hot spots. (the i7 can get unbearably hot) I've heard of Steam in-home streaming, but haven't tried...

Cool, heads up, the fan cranks and it's hot through all of the rounds of windows updates when you unbox it. That's normal, don't freak out at that. Afterwards shut it down, let it cool, and then you'll be rolling.

I agree, I think that's the root issue. So I guess I'm curious, is there any app store games that do exhibit appropriately demanding code? I haven't found them yet...and with the surge in ultrabooks and thinner, lighter, faster...you'd think this may get taken into consideration during...

After more time with the device, to answer your very specific question. For basic browsing, word documents, etc. I have no loud fan noise whatsoever. Some basic tasks where you will hear fan noise are during lengthy file transfers, application installs, software updates, etc. Anytime there is...

Could you be more specific about the overheating behavior? Curious

This. Not worried for the device, it cools right down after closing the app. It's just uncomfortable to hold in tablet mode during these use cases as it gets THAT hot. After a few more days of playing around with it, I may actually return the i7 for the i5. Hoping someone chimes in with...

It's nice to know that your wits can only be matched by a Core i7 running at Turbo clocks. Another day with the Surface and I have to say, Lightroom ran great! Very impressed with performance. Fan stayed quiet, although I was not doing much editing. (Did get hot while transferring almost 6gb...

The primary purpose for my surface (i7/256gb) isn't really games...I went into it knowing about the expected performance and have an Xbox One for that. My use is more for common daily use (browsing, email, youtube, netflix) and light photo work (Lightroom / Photoshop). But...it's nice to be...

Thank you! Someone who can related to the specific scenario. (oh and thank you Moonsurface for the write up you made on your experience with the surface and Lightroom, that was one of the threads that put me over the hump to make the purchase. Not easy to find specific Lightroom use cases with...

I just bought an i7/256gb yesterday and the fan goes absolutely ballistic and the top back right gets hot in about 1 minute after starting to run "Age of Empires: Castle Siege". Totally was not expecting this...(basic 2d mobile app, runs fine on my phone and other atom tablets with no issue)...