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This is offtopic, but.. Well, the Surface Pro 2 has a fully working realtime clock that is capable of not only waking the device from suspend, but even turning it on at a programmed time. It works without a problem under GNU/Linux. So the reason the Windows 8 Alarms programs doesn't support...

I am, but it's going to be really bad if the SP4 is N-Trig and 12'' too. I guess SP2 is both first Surface I buy and last one too for me then. I think he mentioned this "top stylus button" OneNote mode works even while the Surface is off. Which I'd personally say is stupid, as what they should...

That's clearly copy-paste error, they just reused the SFPro2 specs. I do however think that they've compromised on _something_. They've enlarged the screen and reduced the weight. Savings can't come from processor (identical as last year's), or from battery (because SFPro's one had already...

Meh, I love how he stressed "no compromises" were made. We'll see about that on the benchmarks. For a start, the i3 version is certainly less powered than the SFPro2. So the new hardware is larger (12''), with a 3:2 screen (that's interesting!), variable stand (talk about "incremental...

Wow, 2 hours only? With such a huge battery, how did they manage such a short runtime? Does it power the backlight?

It dependes on what you want to do with The card. Interoperability with Mac, Linux and/or virtually all SDHC equipment which does not support exFAT? Then FAT32. Use a large block size for increased performance (e.g. 32 KiB), but small files will then waste more space. Support for files larger...

Well, the PPI's not known yet. But if you think so then you should have used the 13incher Retina as reference, which is ... $1999. Yes. That's exactly why the pricing is wrong. "If you have a product consumers believe to be the best in class...".

With Intel being late there's nothing good that can come out of this "refresh". Whatever they upgrade it will be always mean a reduction in some other metric. Personally I still doubt they're going to do this. Besides, pricing lists on day 1???? I don't think this is Microsoft we're talking...

Intel's ARK to the rescue: ARK | Intel® Core? i5-4300U Processor (3M Cache, up to 2.90 GHz)

It seems that virtually every other SFPro2 unit has "paint" problems so I wouldn't really bother with replacements unless it really matters you. E.g. see http://www.surfaceforums.net/forum/microsoft-surface-pro-2/8754-about-scratches-warranties.html

I doubt the Surface Pro will boot normal "El Torito" PC-bootable DVDs, because it completely lacks a BIOS (the same reason it will never boot anything older than Windows 8). Discs that are FAT32 formatted or at least hybrid, containing a "EFI" directory are your best bet. You will not be able...

It may happen when you're using any other USB device on the SFPro? Such as the SD card, Wi-Fi, ...?

It is the one labelled with "touch scren" in this case.

Do something like: - First disable Secure Boot, save and reboot - Then ENABLE secure boot, save and reboot again - Then clear secure boot keys, save and reboot, - then install default secure boot keys, save and reboot - then do nothing but reboot again just in case. I'd never trust anyone at MS...

Ever since update 1 I've been having a harder time to reproduce the problem, but it definitely stills happens here. That said I'm now less time with Windows.

Funnily, today (while moving on bed :) ) I accidentally lightly knocked the right side of my SFPro2 into a wall corner. I was totally expecting to see a big new chip on that side, but... it was perfect! So, for some reason, paint chips/wears away more easily with sweat, etc. "wear and tear"...

Supposedly some changes in 8.1 Update 1 allow for significant reductions in Windows' disk space footprint: Microsoft Fixes OS Disk Space Consumption with New WIMBoot in Windows 8.1 Update 1 | Windows 8.1 content from Windows IT Pro A 16GiB Surface would be a hell of a reason they spent so much...

I know that you love pointing how the Intel GPU is responsible for all battery problems that plague the world, but seriously, ever since Vista the GPU is used for _everything_ on Windows. Disabling desktop composition as well as turning off the "graphics acceleration" slider a few notches (it's...

The related threads section shows that a very similar (if not identical) thread in the Surface Pro (1) forum, so ... yes. In fact I extensively read that thread before purchasing the SFPro2. However, the RT Surfaces seem to be ... harder.

I use a custom EAS server and they don't work either. I suspect your server may be doing converting your mail to HTML and autolinkifying. How would one go around and sending a feature request? :)