Maybe when it came out, but not anymore. I use mine to hand write sheet music among other things. Can’t do that on the phone, or Mac.
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Microsoft Pits Surface Pro 7 Against iPad Pro, Says Surface is 'Still the Better Choice'
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I’d be curious to know how many people use a Surface Pro without the keyboard or in portrait mode. Microsoft never shows the product without the keyboard or the kickstand or in portrait mode. I have a 12.9” iPad Pro with magic keyboard. I use it all the time. Obviously there are limitations with the device and it wouldn‘t be a desktop or laptop replacement for everyone, but for a lot of people it is. There isn’t one device that can be the perfect everything.One with icons that can be organized in little pictures of folders on a desktop, I’m guessing.
I have lost 100% respect for that crap of a company called Microsoft.
Is this a real issue on iPads? I'd think it a major flaw of the app if it doesn't save your work when it receives a memory warning, or better yet, save it a few seconds after you make a change.
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That was a foregone conclusion on a couple levels, though. if you have a system that is configured the way you like and it works for you, AND you try any other system that’s not configured the same, then of course you’re gonna go back to the system that you started with, or something like it. Also,“I tried to switch to iPad for a month… and this happened!!” is some of the tastiest click bait, ever! Just the ad views alone would pay for the iPad that was purchased, AND the reviewer can sell the iPad. Score!
To get a useful Surface though, it's WAY more than these silly ads let on. My Surface Pro 4 was nearly $2K. The $899 or whatever model it is they're talking about is so underpowered it's barely useful as a web browser, IMHO.
After my 2014 Macbook Pro broke down I bought a Surface tablet with keyboard. Boy was that a mistake. Windows is so slow and laggy and it is not optimised for touch input to the extent that iPad OS is. Brought it back. And now here I am clicking away on my 2018 Macbook Pro - all be it while deleting double e's and l's because of the infamous keyboard. Apple makes the best smartphones and tablets that are better than Android and Windows. While OS X is so underrated - it is light years ahead of Windows. Can't wait for the 2021 MacBook Pro 16 with the M1...
I use my Mac to edit photos. I definitely don’t want fingerprints all over it.
If I didn’t edit photos I can’t imagine a single reason I wouldn’t use my iPad Pro exclusively.
If I didn’t edit photos I can’t imagine a single reason I wouldn’t use my iPad Pro exclusively.
To be even fairer, the iPhone is a computer and with the split between iOS and iPadOS it is hard to even take a statement like this seriously. I'm not saying that iPadOS is the equivalent to MacOS or Windows but the number of users who would experience any meaningful limitations are shrinking with each OS update.
Me, too. I would guess that, since few applications on Windows are fully touch enabled, the majority use the device with a keyboard. From the developer’s perspective, they would probably tend to develop with a keyboard assumption as well, because they know that everyone either has one, or has access to one that they can connect to the Surface.
I would absolutely welcome a touchscreen on a future MacBook, specifically for instances where my “tablet brain” tries to tap, swipe, pinch, or zoom (reading documents, news, map manipulation). Maybe I need a full-featured desktop OS - but maybe my touch devices have also made me a little handsy.
It should have as much touch functionality as an iPhone and forgo any stylus support - it’s there when you (subconsciously) try to use it, but stays the hell out of the way otherwise. Sometimes your fingers do a better job than a mouse cursor.
It should have as much touch functionality as an iPhone and forgo any stylus support - it’s there when you (subconsciously) try to use it, but stays the hell out of the way otherwise. Sometimes your fingers do a better job than a mouse cursor.
Same here. We deployed them department wide and within 6 months most people had returned them for a laptop (usually a Dell XPS model) and an iPad. While combining a tablet and a laptop into one device seems like a good idea, it just never did either job very well.
Surface Pro 7 or Surface Pro X? According to Microsoft’s product pages, the 7 doesn’t have an LTE option.
comments are turned off on microsoft youtube video. pretty much indicates that even microsoft is not confident in their own product when that happens.
I have a Surface Pro 6. Two years on and still going strong. Recently but a Mac Mini M1. Its nice but I just wanted to see what all the fuss is about. You really cant compare games on Mac... at ALL. I do like the ecosystem in the Mac, but for our needs the Surface has been great and no issues that have been stated previously. I dont get the purpose of the iPad if you have an iPhone.
Imagine having products so good that your competitors constantly produce comparison commercials.
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ad is too little too late. Microsoft got ROASTED for airing ad comparing MacBook Pro to surface to they scrambled to make this to compare Apple to Apples.
the ad STILL compares Apple to Oranges.
because ad FAILS To mention performance. Apple Silicon A12Z SMOKES what Surface has to offer. And they are only going to fall behind once A14X is announced in April.
plus, NO one wants to buy a tablet with a clunky and bloated operating system that is Windows. They want simple and easy to use OS like iPadOS where it’s straightforward and to the point.
You fail again Microsoft, you fail again. Come back when you have much more decent product. And stop bringing a kid to do a product comparison.
ad is too little too late. Microsoft got ROASTED for airing ad comparing MacBook Pro to surface to they scrambled to make this to compare Apple to Apples.
the ad STILL compares Apple to Oranges.
because ad FAILS To mention performance. Apple Silicon A12Z SMOKES what Surface has to offer. And they are only going to fall behind once A14X is announced in April.
plus, NO one wants to buy a tablet with a clunky and bloated operating system that is Windows. They want simple and easy to use OS like iPadOS where it’s straightforward and to the point.
You fail again Microsoft, you fail again. Come back when you have much more decent product. And stop bringing a kid to do a product comparison.
I think it’s more of a realization that there’s an army of Microsoft trolls, fingers at the ready for anything Microsoft related. The comments on a video such as this are fairly useless
Opinion is opinion which is fine. But, if we're going to call the iPad Pro a poor substitute for a computer because it lacks a desktop OS. Then lets call a spade a spade - the Surface Pro tablet is a poor computer and a poor tablet because it's trying to cater to both. Now, there *is* a niche for it. But, only that. It's had nearly 10 whole years, a decade, to prove or improve itself otherwise. If was anything more then niche - it'd have at least dented iPad or PC laptop sales.
That’s precisely where my head goes. Apple currently poses no real threat to either Intel or Microsoft BUT both must see something in their numbers that indicate that it’s wise for them to put out ads such as these at this time.
I really like the concept of the Surface... but the iPad is just immensely better as a tablet. That kinda forces me into having a tablet plus a computer.
Though, it's also made my choice of computer easier. I don't need to consider tradeoffs of laptop vs desktop anymore. I just use the tablet and can get a desktop instead.
Though, it's also made my choice of computer easier. I don't need to consider tradeoffs of laptop vs desktop anymore. I just use the tablet and can get a desktop instead.
There is only so much "growth potential" one is willing to wait for. I've been waiting since iPad 2 and it still isn't there. It's a great consumption device and some work can be done on it, just not MY work.