mykeyb Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Is it true that Windows RT takes up 16gig of a 32gig tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 Yep, only 16gb available. Though you can merge an sd card to the devices storage. I've done that with my 32gb card. So now I've 48gb. I'm getting irritated by the screen res when browsing the web. It's fine when you use is in laptop mode as the screen is further away, but when used as a touchscreen device the 16:9 aspect ratio and screen res become irritating to browse the web with. Though reviewing doc's and adding comments in office worked great even without the keyboard. So it wins points there for productivity as I needed to do some work. Also the screen looks good for video, colours are vibrant and the screen is higher than 720p so perfectly suited to video watching. Though strangely I had some lag when watching an avi the other day. I'd like a 3rd party video player, but will have to wait it seems. App store is so deserted of any remotely useful app that I can't imagine it'll have anything useful this side of christmas. It's really a mixed bag this atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted November 9, 2012 Author Share Posted November 9, 2012 http://www.theverge....er-audio-issues I haven't had the sound issues, but my touch cover was split a day after I got it, exactly like the picture. They are replacing it for me though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 They are advertising the **** out of this on billboards around Birmingham, arent they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 Christmas time, microsoft are going to flood the world with advertisements. The new updates have sped the surface up fast and the app store is growing very fast. I'm using it quite a bit now instead of my laptop. A year down the line it will be a very good experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 18, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted November 18, 2012 The TV advert for this grinds my gears. Infuriatingly annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Should I expect the second incarnation of this thing (with fully fledged windows 8 on it) to be able to run top spec PC games? I'm a bit confused about the marketing of this thing, saw an advert in the paper today of a surface playing what seemed to be a FPS, but I'm not techy enough to know whether it'd would be capable of running them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted January 30, 2013 Moderator Share Posted January 30, 2013 Microsoft's 64GB Surface Pro will only have 23GB usable storageMicrosoft's Surface Pro tablet, due on February 9th, will have a smaller amount of storage space than expected. A company spokesperson has confirmed to The Verge that the 64GB edition of Surface Pro will have 23GB of free storage out of the box. The 128GB model will have 83GB of free storage. It appears that the Windows 8 install, built-in apps, and a recovery partition will make up the 41GB total on the base Surface Pro model.Microsoft says users will be able to free up additional storage space by "creating a backup bootable USB and deleting the recovery partition," but out of the box they'll be left with as little as 36 percent of the advertised storage available. The storage situation is similar to Microsoft's Surface RT tablet. The Windows RT operating system, that powers Surface RT, accounts for half of the 32GB disk space on the entry model. Microsoft's Surface Pro supports USB 3.0 hard drives and microSDXC cards, meaning there are ways to extend the storage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted January 30, 2013 Administrator Share Posted January 30, 2013 Ha ha ha ha. USB sticks for system backups. Just wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Thread necromancy... 3 years down the line... has anyone got any day to day experience of a Surface/Surface Pro? My iPad is 3 years old and thinking a refresh is needed... as I own a Macbook i was thinking of a Surface. Not a heavy user (just films, browsing, odd bit of note taking) so any thoughts on this welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted October 24, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted October 24, 2016 I have a Surface Pro 3. It's been awesome and the best piece of kit i've ever bought I think. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 2 hours ago, PieFacE said: I have a Surface Pro 3. It's been awesome and the best piece of kit i've ever bought I think. I love it. Do you use it as your main device, or just a secondary device? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted October 24, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted October 24, 2016 3 hours ago, Xela said: Do you use it as your main device, or just a secondary device? I use it as my main laptop. Which is primarily used for web browsing to be honest, I don't do much else on it other than use Putty. Storage is a bit small if you like downloading stuff, but I have a NAS for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 (edited) I had had a windows tablet for a while, obviously not a competitor for the surface but it was a well made 8" tablet. I found it horrific to use as a tablet when compared to ipad or Android tablet. Everything was just tricky, niggly, slightly harder or convoluted that I felt it should be. I bought an ipad mini 2 after it and it felt like a breath of fresh air. Edited October 27, 2016 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted October 26, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2016 To be fair, I use my pro as a laptop rather than a tablet, I'm not too keen on the tablet interface for Windows.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted October 31, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2016 I was given a Surface2 (some sort of business card draw iirc). Went out and spent on the keyboard and a swanky new leather case for it. Gave it all away within a week. Hateful thing is was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 The surface pro 4 is a beautiful bit of kit. Fast, responsive, functional. But I use it as a secondary work laptop rather than as a tablet, I wouldn't recommend it as a tablet. Microsoft still haven't nailed that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted January 13, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted January 13, 2017 The kickstand broke on my Surface Pro 3. Tis only a flimsy thing which could easily break. My SP3 was out of warranty by 4 months... so I contacted them about repair costs.... £400! They can't actually repair the device, and have to just swap it out for a new one, how ridiculous. The device itself only cost me £500, and it's only a kickstand which is broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted January 13, 2017 Administrator Share Posted January 13, 2017 1 hour ago, PieFacE said: The kickstand broke on my Surface Pro 3. Tis only a flimsy thing which could easily break. My SP3 was out of warranty by 4 months... so I contacted them about repair costs.... £400! They can't actually repair the device, and have to just swap it out for a new one, how ridiculous. The device itself only cost me £500, and it's only a kickstand which is broken. If it failed under normal usage you are covered up to six years by the law. After six month the onus is on you to prove the flaw was present since purchase. You just need an expert opinion. Find out your rights, then contact the retailer and then if necessary contact your CC bank. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 On 26/10/2016 at 13:30, Genie said: I had had a windows tablet for a while, obviously not a competitor for the surface but it was a well made 8" tablet. I found it horrific to use as a tablet when compared to ipad or Android tablet. Everything was just tricky, niggly, slightly harder or convoluted that I felt it should be. I bought an ipad mini 2 after it and it felt like a breath of fresh air. I got one for work, only for emails and using work specific programs. Total pain in the ass. No matter what I tried I couldnt get rid of the log in screen which I have managed to disable on all other windows 10 devices we run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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