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Nice that they have released a formal statement about it and are looking at addressing it. I just tried the fan test. I found a small desk fan and pointed it at the back of the SP3 while using the kickstand and ran the Steam game Tomb Raider on normal and then super high quality settings...

It could go both ways. The PR about the bugs and overheating could kill the sales of the SP3 as people only read the headlines and see that it overheats and never consider it. It could also light a fire under Microsoft to get it sorted out faster, which I believe they are working on right now...

XTU = Intel Extreme Tuning Utility. If you haven't installed it, don't worry about it.

Does XTU run in the background all the time if you installed it? I have not yet, but I thought it might be an application that you run.

I just ran a test with Tomb Raider running on a standard configuration and the fan did turn on after a bit and was going quite loudly, but not full tilt as I have heard it going before. The CPU speed did automatically throttle down to just under 1Ghz, and the game became a bit choppy but it was...

Interesting thread. Welcome to the forum Capt Crunch, and hope that you still lurk around. The Surface Pro line is a hybrid device that allows you to work in both environments, but I find that I end up working in the desktop mode 95% of the time because that is how I need to work. The other...

Here's the official word from Microsoft on the differences between Refresh and Reset. Refresh Surface Refreshing your Surface reinstalls Windows and keeps your personal files, settings, apps that came installed on your Surface, and those you've installed from the Windows Store. Desktop apps...

Sorry to hear about your situation, but a one-day test of the device isn't giving it much of a chance and your return may have been a bit premature. Did you update the device once you opened it? Before installing the games? The most recent updates 08/19 did resolve some issues with the...

raqball, yup that's it. Check out this thread for the updater fix. I ran it and it worked great: http://www.surfaceforums.net/threads/why-is-windows-module-installer-churning-my-cpu.10628/

Laser printers are always going to be more costly when replacing toner vs inkjets, but cost per page, inkjet technology is still more costly. mitchellvii, if you can still find one, you can get an HP Jetdirect device to put your workhorse laserjet on the network. Those things never die, but...

+1 for the Surface Pro 3. I had a SP2 for less than a month and loved it for it's design and form factor, but hearing that the SP3 was going to be released, I returned the SP2 and waited. The wait was well worth and and the SP3 is an amazing device. Yes, as a early adopters we are going to...

Make your life easier, next time you have to get a new printer, get a networked printer and that will solve all your issues. I have my Brother printer on the network and I don't have to worry about my machine being on to print from any device. The magic packet is the code that is sent over...

Does the printer have it's own network connection or is it connected to your desktop via USB? If it has ethernet, then it has it's own IP address, which I would add to your SP3 directly. If it's connected via USB, then I would try to re-add the printer manually instead of letting Windows...

I noticed the same thing happening to my system this morning. I turned it on, ran into a meeting and came back and the fan was running but no applications were running. I checked and the Windows Module Installer was eating up 23% of my CPU cycles. I checked my update history and there was...

Let's not forget that all Surface owners are on the same team here. The SP3 was designed in a way that addressed things that the SP2 was lacking, bigger screen and a lighter form factor. Those two factors are why I returned the SP2 and waiting for the release of the SP3. If the SP3 wasn't...

Great real life experience write-up.

This looks like it's more versatile since it has adjustability. I wonder how loud it actually is?

Like you both have said, it depends on your use case. The SP3 outperformed my previous work laptop which was an i5 with 8GB of ram in terms of speed and battery life. It was a Latitude E5420, so it was a Sandy Bridge i5 but the battery life sucked on it, and I could barely get 2.5 hours out of...

You are amongst the few who have that kind of option to do that. Right now the SP3 is my daily driver at work. I have a spare Windows 7 box for testing and other utilities, but it might be wise to disable the auto updates and see the fall out when the next patch Tuesday comes out. Nice...

Cool. Third time's a charm.