Oh nice, thank's for sharing that tip about the Hyper-V. I noticed mine takes ages to wake up. Hadn't annoyed me enough to figure out a solution but will look into a dual-boot config.
My first high res scaling issues were experienced with Samsung quad hd laptop, so I'm glad the SP3 isn't quad hd. It's high enough to be awesome but not have as bad scaling issues. They need to work that out which will come with time. Making a Difference Perth, Western Australia +61 (0) 428 028 599 [email protected] @lythixdesigns | @lyynx www.lythixdesigns.com www.linkedin.com/in/lyynx On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Mark Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > I pre-ordered mine through the Microsoft Store with docking station, and > it works great as a dev machine. Bought 2x mini-displayPort to HDMI > adapters off eBay for $5 each, and am running two external Full-HD displays > off it, plus the built-in screen on the Surface. My only complaint with > this setup is that when running the native text enlargement size (150% I > think), some apps look ‘blurry’ on the external display – something to do > with Windows trying to scale the content down to fit I think. Takes a bit > of getting used to, but dropping the scaling to 100% would make text > unreadable on the Surface screen. > > > > Otherwise though, it’s great on the bus for doing light work or watching > the odd PluralSight course, and I bought an inexpensive 13” laptop bag > which is big enough to carry the Surface, related cords and a paper > notebook – everything I need when going to clients, and so much lighter > than an equivalent laptop setup – one of my justifications for getting the > Surface in the first place. > > > > One thing to watch out for if running Visual Studio on it though, is that > if you install the Windows Phone components, Hyper-V gets enabled and as I > discovered after much head-scratching, this disables the ‘instant-on’ > feature of the Surface, and reverts it to a ‘resume from hibernate’ > scenario, which means it takes a good 10-15 seconds to get up and running > when you hit the power button. Google/Bing for a solution, so you can set > up a dual-boot configuration that enables or disables Hyper-V as required, > and leave it in the disabled mode unless you really need it and everything > runs fine! > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Bec Carter > *Sent:* Thursday, 18 September 2014 9:11 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* [OT] Surface > > > > Awfully quiet on here. Have people left? > > > > Anyway anybody have a surface pro 3? Thoughts so far? Ok for dev work? >
