For work, yes it is my one and only device. Still have a MBP at home and until I found a good photo management s/w like Aperture and a Video Edit s/w like Final Cut X I'll probably keep it. Struggling so far to find s/w that does not have difficulties with the screen resolution. NO - Adobe Creative Cloud is not a option for me.
So...has the SP3 replaced your laptop?
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kristalsoldier
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Yeah 1400 quid is a lot of money and the tragedy are those accessories that came with the SP1 and 2 and their inability to work with the SP3. This is the reason why I am holding off buying the dock for my SP3 in the first place. If I would buy accessories - particularly the dock - I would probably buy "universal" ones that can work across at least across a couple of generations of devices.
megatronium
Active Member
No, Surface has not replaced my Laptop, but i purchased it as a tablet and not as a Laptop replacement
My Laptop is quite powerfull (Quad Core i7, 32GB RAM, SSD-Raid, Dedicated GPU GTX680m), Surface is no match, but i don't need to carry my Laptop around anymore, Laptop Weight is 4kg vs Surface 800g
1 hour battery life or 2?
It definitely has replaced my 2012 Dell XPS 15 (I rarely used it anyway) but it absolutly can't replace my Desktop PC. The Surface is fast for what it is but it can't compete with a proper overclocked i7 gaming rig. Everything just takes a bit longer to load and process, which is fine when I'm out and about but I could never use the Surface as my main machine a home.
ThatCoolBlueKid
New Member
Yes, and No.
Since getting my SP3 (i5/128) a week ago, I've not touched my macbook Pro. however, there are a lot of things that i still prefer on the older macbook pro to my SP3. which is dissapointing. Its mainly the typing experience and the transition to Windows 8 from Mac OS. The trackpad kinda kills the experience on the SP3 in my opinion, Apple did it better.
Since getting my SP3 (i5/128) a week ago, I've not touched my macbook Pro. however, there are a lot of things that i still prefer on the older macbook pro to my SP3. which is dissapointing. Its mainly the typing experience and the transition to Windows 8 from Mac OS. The trackpad kinda kills the experience on the SP3 in my opinion, Apple did it better.
InspectHerGadget
Active Member
There is little doubt that both the keyboard and trackpad are better on the MacBooks.
I personally find it a case of 'not that much better though'. It is something you have to weigh up against the handwriting capability and whether you prefer Windows 8 or OS X. It isn't a competition, just a personal preference at the end of the day and I've gone back and forth between the two operating systems.
I find I rarely use the trackpad as I generally interact via the screen either with finger or pen for more accuracy even when I'm typing on the keyboard. I find it so much quicker.
InspectHerGadget
Active Member
I find touch almost useless on the desktop. On my SP2 where the trackpad really was rubbish, I had to buy a mouse and I carried it in my pocket everywhere.
The trackpad on this one is good enough I don't bother carrying a mouse.
Kurt Kragh Sørensen
New Member
My Surface Pro 3 i7/514Gb has replaced my HP laptop and my iPad. I love being able to do everything on one and the same device. I love it.
I'm noticing that more of them are slowly creeping into my uni. Most still have a macbook though. It still amuses me seeing folk in lectures with a cramped powerpoint/pdf open in one screen, and a word document open next to it for notes, or in most cases, the lecture material on their shiny macbook and a pen and paper alongside. It is still early days, and there is a long road ahead, but i think that MS havea winner here, and before long apple is going to be forced to offer some kind of alternative else become redundant. I've had tablets for a long time, and never once found a use for my stylus, but with the sp3, the pen is a complete game changer.
