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This is one of the best reviews I've seen of the SPro 3 - PRIMARILY because it focuses on what this device can do, and not the feature wars relative to MacBook or iPad. I have yet to show mine to a single person who wasn't amazed at what it can do, and usually had no idea it existed (despite...

I'm with raqball - I now wait as much as a week for everything except Defender updates - twice burned with automatic updates and the difficulty of removing faulty ones (I HATE THE REGISTRY!).

I don't know about that - I had an Acer laptop with Displayport 1.2 support and it and my SPro 3 work equally well at daisy-chaining two 27" WQHD monitors. By the way, keep your eyes peeled for the Acer 27" over at TigerDirect - a couple of weeks ago they had a one day $299 sale on these bad...

My sentiments exactly - an SPro 3 for desktop/laptop/tablet duties and a companion phablet - right now a two horse race between Galaxy Note 4 and iPhone 6L. It's going to be a touch call between them, because the GN4 offers OneNote handwritten note goodness, but the iPhone 6L already caters to...

I disagree (about finicky). I'm using an Asus (with DP 1.2 for pass through) to an off-brand Auria (no pass through) and both screens and the Surface pro 3 display beautifully. There are times where the Auria doesn't come on (it goes into some funky deep sleep) and you have to push the power...

Too me this is the only practical differentiator between the two (spoken as someone who HAS NOT tried the i7). My opinion is based upon reading most everything here and at TabletPCReview - there just is not a significant performance delta to the i7 as configured in the Surface Pro 3. IF you...

I'm not sure I'm getting the whole purpose of this thread. If your MBA experience really gets you 10-12 hours of full time Office (Word, Excel, etc.) use on a single charge, and you need that capability, then the Surface Pro 3 is not for you. Any reasonable usage (beyond low light, low usage...

+1 x 1,000 I am so tired of folks saying these are "attack ads" or "disrespecting my MacBook" crap. Since when is pointing out the difference with your competitors product an "attack." If an Apple fanboy finds these to be attack ads, then I say that exposes an underlying insecurity that perhaps...

But the point is, these weren't attack ads - for an example of that, look at the Samsung wall hugger ads kicking iPhone battery life in the jewels. @bluegrass - you are right - I should have pointed that out. In fact David Pogue, a self-described Apple fan, pointed that out in his positive and...

If you want a little entertainment, go over to 9to5Mac and see the comments to Ben Lovejoy's article claiming these three ads "attack" and "diss" their beloved MacBook - yours truly weighed in with a series of comments and it was like I got caught up in a fire ant swarm protecting the nest!

Hate to come late to the party - but isn't the SPro 3 SSD an NTFS drive?

Anyone who knows my history would think I am definitely in Frank's camp, given I rarely keep devices, but despite Panos' reassuring drop on the demo (carpeted) floor, I still forked over the money for complete. A couple of reasons - first, the obvious, that screen is going to be one expensive...

Excellent advice - do people really buy tack hammers when they are going to break boulders?

Actually, reports like this lend a great service to our forums, because "real world experience" tells users volumes more than repeated arguments over obscure benchmarks. Thank you for a great "field report" and hope you continue to enjoy this incredible device.

He said since the first Surface they have used "Surfaces" to design the "Surface" so I suppose it was a Surface 2 that was the host organism for Surface 3...;)

OK - time for grandpa to chip in here: 1. DO NOT MAKE IT THINNER - if Broadwell is better, STUFF IT FULL OF BATTERIES! 2. Offer 512GB option for ALL processors, and 1TB on top end devices 3. 8GB ram across board, with 16GB option on the top end devices 4. Thunderbolt or TWO of the new USB 3.1...

@Kif - I've got a matched pair of old Microsoft Bluetooth keyboards and mice at the office an dhome that have worked great (Mobile Keyboard 6000 and Notebook Mouse 5000) - probably have to troll eBay to find them, but really like the typing and mouse experience. Only downside is that you have to...

The iPad Mini has already gone to eBay heaven; Acer Aspire V78 returned to office stock for recycling to another lawyer; and the SPro 3 is my FULL TIME laptop and tablet. I have found it to be the perfect companion whether taking notes at my desk or in a meeting. For "pure" table use I always...

You really need to stop pushing people's buttons...you've made your point, so get over yourself.

Self-taught geek since 1986...who believes in the "direct" approach