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I had an i5 and i7, both 256GB for a few days. I ran a couple of benchmarks on them and the i7 beat the i5 but not by a ton. I didn't notice any heat/fan/battery differences, but I didn't really TRY to, i.e. I just used the devices and nothing stood out. I don't usually actively try to look...

Argh, I'm totally not saying you're WRONG, but I hate opinions based on your use case stated as facts. I use it for work (finance and part time business school) and play (video & photo editing, light gaming, video watching, etc.) and have no issues. Maybe your work and play is more intensive...

I had both i5 and i7 at same time and didn't notice it being hotter during normal use. Is this subjective, or you tested this?

As others have said, you probably need more time with the device, and Windows. I kind of relate. I hear others, my cousin who I look up to included (really nice guy, programmer, knows a lot about tech, makes a lot of money) rave about macs all the time. Then I go into the Apple Store, I play...

I USUALLY don't get extended warranties. For 99% of us, if you add up all the extended warranties you buy over your lifetime, the math would show you were better off never buying them, even if you had to replace a device or two. Which is the motto I went with, but it didn't make me feel any...

Great report, really good to hear on the battery life. I have similar use case to you. Email, Office Suite, browsing, etc. Although I do want to do some light photo and video editing and beginner programming in near future. Question: What brightness did you have it at throughout the day? I...

Haha, this made me laugh, you should be a movie marketer. The way you lifted that quote to make it read like a conclusion he definitively came to. If you read the actual full sentence, he said he " feels like" the i5 will be the best overall balance.... translation: he is speculating, he has...

"So far we can conclude that the i7 is getting on average about 5-6hrs of battery life vs 6-7hrs on the i5". What are you basing that on?? The poll with 11 votes?

Yeah, I just ran Passmarks on both side by side and i5 got 2030.3 and i7 got 2048.8. But earlier I got 2314.3 on the i7. Scores seem to be all over the place. i5: 2030.3 Cpu Mark: 3926 2D Graphics Mark: 645 3D Graphics Mark: 535 Memory Mark: 1792 Disk Mark: 2176 i7: 2048.8 CPU Mark: 4459...

All this is very unscientific and I am not well versed in computers. But I do have an i5 256GB and i7 256GB in front of me right now. I just made sure both were up to date, I closed all programs, I shut down and rebooted, and ran 3DMarks Demo on both, where you choose Run All Tests. Here are...

I got 15% off at Staples, 6% cash back on my credit card (Chase Ink Bold), and 5% in Staples Rewards. Also, for many people who bought at Staples, no tax was charged on the i7 model, so it had additional savings there, and no it's not tax free weekend in my state so it wasn't that. So...

Curious as to what makes it a waste. Sorry, not being sarcastic, just not as computer literate as some others here. Do you mean the i5 performs better than the i7, or that the i7 performs better but by such a small amount that it's not worth the price difference? Or are there other factors...

Mine I believe is on latest firmware. I updated yesterday with all available updates, late last night. Just ran my Passmark posted above.

Passmark Scores just ran on i7 256GB, no power plug, warned me about it running on battery power. Here are my scores: Overall: 2314 CPU Mark: 4385 2D graphics: 699 3D Graphics: 661 Memory Mark: 1739 Disk Mark: 2878

Just ran Passmark and got 2314.3. This is an i7 with 256GB, on battery power. Don't know too much about this, just saw others running it so downloaded and ran myself. Gave warning about running it on battery power may have an effect on results and it's recommended to plug in, but didn't have...

I can say I have noticed the same thing! I regularly use my 1920x1080 monitor with both my work laptop (VGA) and my Samsung i3 ultrabook (via HDMI) I got a couple years ago and it always looks great. But when I use it as my second monitor on the Surface Pro 3, both i5 and i7 as I've had both...

Yes, I still very much use my iPad Air. I got the Surface Pro 3 more as a laptop replacement. I had an i3 Samsung Ultrabook I got on the cheap last year, and came into some prize money and decided I wanted to go back to school for my MBA, and decided I wanted a more powerful laptop, along with...

Honestly, I think this issue may possibly be more widespread than we think. I have had 2 Surface Pros so far and both have this exact line, a hazy orangy-yellow line going down the left side. I went to the MS Store and examined the ones on display and they didn't seem to have the issue...

I currently have the i5 256GB version, but yesterday had the itch to upgrade to the i7. Staples had a 15% off Technology coupon, so I went in, pre-ordered the i7 256GB from the kiosk, chose pay at register, and used the coupon. It came out to a total of $1,316.65! No sales tax added! On top...

Staples has 15% off technology coupon ending today, in store only. Bought a Surface Pro i5 256gb for $1,104 before tax. Then got 5% cash back using my Chase Ink Bold which gets 5% at office supply stores. All in with tax after all discounts is $1,115. Then went to MS Store where they said they...