4GB of ram???? hope you don't plan on having more than 8 tabs open...
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Microsoft Debuts $999 Surface Laptop, 'Streamlined' Windows 10 S, and More at Education Event
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Depends on the school. Many will jump at the no-nonsense config & deployments offered with Windows 10 S. It's for education, not playing games.
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I'll go for the 16GB config, maybe with the i7 CPU and 256GB drive (512GB bit overkill for my needs).
https://www.microsoftstore.com/stor...ductID.5102691100/VID.5102691200/config.true/
http://www.windowscentral.com/surface-laptop-specs
If you bought the latest macbook pro with touch strip, you should absolutely be ashamed. Microsoft has such a beautiful and fast laptop starting at 999.99. It beats the newest macbook pro laptop in all aspects.....
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Windows 10 does not need more than 4 gb ram to run well.....
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Windows 10 does not need more than 4 gb ram to run well.....
Yep the $999 price that has grabbed everyone's attention really gets you a crappy laptop. Clearly the $1299 model is the one they expect everyone to buy as it has all the colour options, but I personally wouldn't go for anything less than 16GB RAM and that costs $2199 before taxes.
"Why would I want my phone to play music? That's what iPods are for."
What's up with that mouse?!
At least it doesn't come with a spinner hard drive.
$1,000 and only 4GB of ram
At least it doesn't come with a spinner hard drive.
4GB is nowhere near enough in most use cases. Maybe if you are just writing articles in notepad, but who is dropping a grand on a laptop (before tax) to do that?
Wow, what a neat little laptop, aimed to the education market! MS has really knocked it out of the park with a small, cheap, well built machine that can run a variety of apps!
Wait... $999 for base model with 4gb ram and 128gb SSD?
$2199 for 16gb, and Integrated Graphics?
Locked to the Windows store?
Locked to a barren wasteland of nothingness?
How can schools use this when they can barely afford new textbooks? I force Chromebooks killing the competition again.
Wait... $999 for base model with 4gb ram and 128gb SSD?
$2199 for 16gb, and Integrated Graphics?
Locked to the Windows store?
Locked to a barren wasteland of nothingness?
How can schools use this when they can barely afford new textbooks? I force Chromebooks killing the competition again.
LOL. I didn't see the presentation. He really said that? MacOS already has gatekeeper installed if you want to control your kid. This isn't killing anything. Besides, to be honest, Apple isn't exactly killing it in education with Macs. MS picked the wrong ones to go after if they're trying to make more in roads there.
Came to say this. 4GB is fine but when the computer starts at $1000 4GB is completely unacceptable.
Yeah they really kept the true pricing hidden. Apple at least shows the pricing of different configurations during their events, Microsoft seemed ashamed to do so.
My God that design is sexy, and the price is ridiculously cheap. I wonder with the PD hardware inside how long it'll be before someone gets full blown Windows running on it...
Sorry, but when Apple is neglecting its computer range, Microsoft is killing it every...... single..... year....!
Sorry, but when Apple is neglecting its computer range, Microsoft is killing it every...... single..... year....!
Right.....and that is why the iPad together with the keyboard does not even have a touchpad on the keybord, forcing the user to constantly go between the keyboard for typing, and the touch screen for navigating ?
Most use cases require a good browser and microsoft office apps. I'm sure most use cases can do that with 4 GB of ram; you are not most use cases.