The real gamechanger was the Apple app store. The PocketPC relied on third party app stores to sell apps, used serial codes to register software, etc. What a PITA.
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Microsoft Pits Surface Pro 7 Against iPad Pro, Says Surface is 'Still the Better Choice'
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The real gamechanger was the Apple app store. The PocketPC relied on third party app stores to sell apps, used serial codes to register software, etc. What a PITA.
I thought the SP would be a good choice as a 2in1. I had an iPad and a MBA at the time. There were some times (few not many)a tablet would be best due to the environment I was working it. But found I still needed to use the SP in laptop mode because as a tablet, it sucks. So if I was forced to use a laptop... might as well get a good one.
Sufrace Pro is so much slower any other feature pales in comparison.
Its not slow at all. Like any hardware, the more you pay, the more performance you get.
It doesn't surprise me one bit that Microsoft put out this really stupid ad. It's because Microsoft is do dumb they don't even realize they are being so counterproductive since iPads and Macs use Office 365. Telling people not to buy a Mac and not to buy an iPad is destroying their own Mac Office business. MS's CEO is pathetic at best. Obviously he can't force anyone to buy a Surface. 😂
iPad Pro 2020 all have an A12Z and same amount of RAM.
iPad Air 2020 has an A14 which is fast for something but not on others and has 2GB less RAM and costs a bit less.
M1 MBA 8/8 has the same Silicon specs as M1 MBP. Paying more for performance differs depending on Silicon and platforms. RAM performance similar to single or multi thread applications is dependable on tasks but general usage it won’t be noticeable by most.
Surprising why the iPad Air 2020 was not used and instead the iPad Pro 2020, maybe the price shock even with the MagicKB cover would still make it a more competitive device compared to Surface i3.
I have a Surface Pro for 4 years. I think in theory the idea behind it is the future. On top of that it's well-designed, the kickstand is well-engineered, keyboard is good and overall the package looks great.
However once you start actually using it the shortcomings become apparent. Essentially it's an OS designed for cursor and keyboard input put inside a tablet. The best use case I found for a tablet mode is watching films and videos. With the keyboard detached it's quite a good experience if you don't have a bigger screen at hand.Otherwise it's not even very good for web browsing, let alone any even basic productivity (maybe except drawing if you're into that). Like even dragging and dropping files is next to impossible.
I hope that Apple or someone else will someday come up with a proper 2-in-1, where the experience in tablet and laptop mode is great and the transition between the two is seamless. It's mostly a software problem.
However once you start actually using it the shortcomings become apparent. Essentially it's an OS designed for cursor and keyboard input put inside a tablet. The best use case I found for a tablet mode is watching films and videos. With the keyboard detached it's quite a good experience if you don't have a bigger screen at hand.Otherwise it's not even very good for web browsing, let alone any even basic productivity (maybe except drawing if you're into that). Like even dragging and dropping files is next to impossible.
I hope that Apple or someone else will someday come up with a proper 2-in-1, where the experience in tablet and laptop mode is great and the transition between the two is seamless. It's mostly a software problem.
This is an exaggeration, people are using BT earphones more than likely some AirPods versions. About the only things I can think of connecting is a USB-C thumb drive, SD card and maybe HDMI. But I have not used an SD card and thumb drive in years and wireless display of need be.
Now if a future iOS included built-in support for ChromeCast then an AppleTV will not be needed or if AirPlay was released on AndroidOS officially.
Apple needs to build upon iPadOS, the hardware is solid. I believe MagicKB cover will incorporate a dock method for expandability. Just a guess.
Even my extremely underpowered MacBook 2017 from a few years ago with Intel m3 (low power chip) is faster than this i3 which Microsoft is selling in a NEW Surface... because macOS is so efficient and optimised for Macbooks. Hardware and software optimisations really make all the difference in the world.
macOS combined with a slow interface is STILL a slow interface though. There’s nothing about macOS that would have made that problem go away. Anyway, if the file transfer from a device is slow, it’s not a limitation of the filesystem, it’s a limitation of the interface (macOS and iPadOS’s file systems are similar anyway).
Is that for connecting to HDMI? IF so, then Surface would have the same…actually, no, the one made by Microsoft for Surface is a far heftier than that little thing.
I have colleagues on a Surface who are unhappy. Does drawing worse than ipad, and still not strong enough to handle a smooth Adobe workflow.
I wasn’t able to get a lag-free workflow when dongling my 2017 ipad and 2012 Mac Mini. I expect I might this month - new Mac Mini coming this week, waiting for the new iPad Pro to be announced. And my 2017 iPad is still working fine, it just has some screen cracks... and I rather replace now before it unexpectedly quits on me.
But the iPad does what I expect it to do. It is my everyday browser, and has replaced my Wacom. I do all of my illustration ok on it. Nothing beats Procreate there. I have the Mac for all other work. I wouldn’t be mad if Adobe got better on iPad. But I am fine spending some time at my desk occasionally.
I wasn’t able to get a lag-free workflow when dongling my 2017 ipad and 2012 Mac Mini. I expect I might this month - new Mac Mini coming this week, waiting for the new iPad Pro to be announced. And my 2017 iPad is still working fine, it just has some screen cracks... and I rather replace now before it unexpectedly quits on me.
But the iPad does what I expect it to do. It is my everyday browser, and has replaced my Wacom. I do all of my illustration ok on it. Nothing beats Procreate there. I have the Mac for all other work. I wouldn’t be mad if Adobe got better on iPad. But I am fine spending some time at my desk occasionally.
The i5 does have active cooling using a fan for the GPU.
Surface 7 i5 with FAN
Hello, my Surface 7 i5 16GB Ram arrived today - YES - i was so happy. But whats this? The i5 (16Gb RAM) has a FAN - and creates a constant fu.... noise noise noise noise... the fan never goes out - not even without a network plug. The surface 6 i5 hasn´t a fan - or? Why has the surface 7 a...
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Surface pro 7 with intel i3 is not Superior than ipad pro, ipad pro is easy more easy to use and more powerful, even ipad display is better, they should have compared intel i7 version with ipad pro
Apple have only sold 400 million iPads , obviously they have no idea what they’re doing 🤦♀️
They're right too. I'd go even further and say the Surface Go is a far better device than the iPad Pro simply by virtue of having a desktop OS rather than a toy OS so if you only buy one device, the Surface is a much better choice.
Except for gaming. If you try to run any game at all on the Surface Pro, the device will immediately become hotter than the sun even if it's a device with a fan (which will make a sound like an industrial strength vacuum cleaner in its futile attempt to cool the processor). Unlike an M1 Mac which will happily run Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign on one screen and Tomb Raider on another and won't even get warm to the touch.
There may be more games available on the Surface, but you can't run them without the machine getting unacceptably hot.
Except for gaming. If you try to run any game at all on the Surface Pro, the device will immediately become hotter than the sun even if it's a device with a fan (which will make a sound like an industrial strength vacuum cleaner in its futile attempt to cool the processor). Unlike an M1 Mac which will happily run Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign on one screen and Tomb Raider on another and won't even get warm to the touch.
There may be more games available on the Surface, but you can't run them without the machine getting unacceptably hot.