You must be lucky, i didn't use my sp4 for the first 4 months completely unusable due to video driver crashes.
I've Changed My Mind: The SP4 is Terrible
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You must be lucky, i didn't use my sp4 for the first 4 months completely unusable due to video driver crashes.
I've had my SP4 since it came out last year, and it recently became my only computer at work, replacing a 2014 iMac since that one was overkill for my kind of work, and this way I gained portability. In the last 10 months or so with my SP4, I've had to force reboot via the hardware buttons several times, pretty much in line or maybe just a tad less than my iMac, which also froze a few times. At home I have a retina iMac, and a 2015 MPB, which also require a force reboot every now and then. Just like my iPhone, routers, smart TVs, come to think of. I put all of these down to software issues, be it OS or application level, and don't lose sleep over such. Considering they are all consumer-level devices, I deem a few hard resets a year in line with expectations. At work, we use enterprise and carrier equipment which answer to higher standards, but they also cost, look, and feel as such - in other words, don't appeal to me. I'd gladly trade off a few resets for size and convenience.
I guess where I'm going with this is to say that some issues are to be expected, while too many issues would likely indicate a hardware problem. I must be fortunate to not encounter the issues reported by the OP.
Edit: to specify my work setup - SP4 (i7, 16GB RAM), dock, 34" 4k external monitor (21:9 format), external keyboard and wacom tablet. Zero compatibility issues.
I guess where I'm going with this is to say that some issues are to be expected, while too many issues would likely indicate a hardware problem. I must be fortunate to not encounter the issues reported by the OP.
Edit: to specify my work setup - SP4 (i7, 16GB RAM), dock, 34" 4k external monitor (21:9 format), external keyboard and wacom tablet. Zero compatibility issues.
As Kristal said - OOB = Out of the Box,
For the most part = I configured the On Screen Keyboard to open automatically when not using Tablet Mode, is really the only modifications I've made beyond the HOST File....
kristalsoldier
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No_ax_to_grind
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Windows - even Win10 - is still Windows and the registry is still there as well. For casual or power users both I highly recommend standard, open source tools like CCleaner and Wise Disk Cleaner, and using them on a regular basis, both the disk and registry clean-up.
Just my tuppence.
Just my tuppence.
Seems to me that you could have just gotten another desktop for work. If I understand your situation correctly, you have dual monitors sitting unused when you're not there. Just add a desktop and you have another computer that someone else can use when you're away. That way you wouldn't have to dick around with the flakey dock thing.
Regarding wired vs. Wireless, I presume you could just add a USB/Ethernet dongle.
Why would i add another desktop? No. i travel for my work.
You realize there is only 1 USB on the S4 right?
My office setup is perfect and clean now. 2 monitors , 1 surface dock. Bluetooth mouse & keyboard. The 2 monitors display programs, ms office and web access. I use the S4 screen like a notebook by writing my daily notes on the Onenote program.
Now that the dock is working properly-- such an upgrade. The S4 continues to have its minor problems & issues... but overall i would not change this setup/machine now. As a fast ring user of Windows 10-- sometimes i don't know if the problem is the S4 or just the new Windows build itself... but now its all minor stuff that occurs... does not hinder my experience.
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Philtastic
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After the latest Windows 10 major updates, I've found my SP4 working as I'd expect it should. I even tested putting it to sleep and then removing the power cord. It still wakes up immediately after pulling the plug but seems to go back to and stays asleep during my commute home. The only issue that I've run into is the keyboard and/or touch not working after waking it from sleep which I've fixed by disconnecting/reconnecting the keyboard cover or going back and forth between portrait and landscape mode to restore touch.
The main problem that I've raised in this thread, however, is that I'm not confident that this will last given past history. How many weeks until Microsoft breaks something else again? I guess we'll find out.
The main problem that I've raised in this thread, however, is that I'm not confident that this will last given past history. How many weeks until Microsoft breaks something else again? I guess we'll find out.
No_ax_to_grind
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When you say "putting it to sleep" are you talking about CS or hibernate? I've had so many on and off problems with CS through the builds and patches that I always just hibernate to err on the side of battery charge.
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Philtastic
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I'm not sure what CS is but not hibernate.
Philtastic said "The main problem that I've raised in this thread, however, is that I'm not confident that this will last given past history. How many weeks until Microsoft breaks something else again? I guess we'll find out."
Hey, join the club and be happy. That's life when you live on the leading edge of technology. Love it, even with the frustrations at times. If your technology is needed to put bacon on the table, than use and older technology for that and the new technology to experiment and have fun with.
Hey, join the club and be happy. That's life when you live on the leading edge of technology. Love it, even with the frustrations at times. If your technology is needed to put bacon on the table, than use and older technology for that and the new technology to experiment and have fun with.
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