Yeah I have that spec Surface 2 pro for the same reasons (could have shelled out for an i7 laptop, didn't feel the need)
Must say playing with the 3 (colleague has one) I'm impressed with how much better the pen input feels over the 2 (which itself is pretty good). On 18 Sep 2014 08:53, "Mark Thompson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Probably should have added, mine is the i5 with 8Gb RAM and 256Gb SSD. The > i7 seemed too expensive to justify, and probably unnecessary for most > situations. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mark Thompson > *Sent:* Thursday, 18 September 2014 10:20 AM > *To:* 'ozDotNet' > *Subject:* RE: [OT] Surface > > > > 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] <[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? >
