I doubt it. I thought the same about the Surface Pro. NOPE.
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Microsoft Says Its New Surface Book 2 is Twice as Powerful as Latest MacBook Pro
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i am sooo excited....
cant wait for the 15 inch, definitely making the switch.. I am fed up with the MacBook Pro both 2016 and 2017...working like garbage.
Not like the surface line is rock solid, but that 15 inch tablet is exciting for sure...and i need a change!!!
cant wait for the 15 inch, definitely making the switch.. I am fed up with the MacBook Pro both 2016 and 2017...working like garbage.
Not like the surface line is rock solid, but that 15 inch tablet is exciting for sure...and i need a change!!!
The fact that "Windows rot" is even a term should tell us something, and full-time AV programs go hand-in-hand with 'slowdown'.
Looks like the keyboard isn't 'optional' anymore?
So, it 'looks' faster. What hidden API's did they use for that, and faster doesn't mean better. Given the less than reliable history of the older Surface models, I'll reserve judgement until the DOA, and failure numbers start coming in.
Microsoft doesn't have a stellar record with their hardware attempts. They should just give it up and stick to shipping beta software to unsuspecting people that believe that macOS is too hard for normal humans to operate.
So, it 'looks' faster. What hidden API's did they use for that, and faster doesn't mean better. Given the less than reliable history of the older Surface models, I'll reserve judgement until the DOA, and failure numbers start coming in.
Microsoft doesn't have a stellar record with their hardware attempts. They should just give it up and stick to shipping beta software to unsuspecting people that believe that macOS is too hard for normal humans to operate.
And the term iSheep lives on too, but that doesn't mean it's true. Sorry, but I have had little issue with Windows Defender and other AV programs like Avast.
OMG my work MacBook Pro is beachballing and I can't change some settings, some setting are turned off!! macOS SUCKS!!
Do you know how ridiculous you sound slamming windows for the incompetence of your IT department to setup your machine ?
I took my MacBook Pro to the IT department and they offered to re-image it.... I'd be back there in a few weeks time with the same issues ..... do I go around complaining how macOS is??
Never compare a work laptop to a home laptop ...... it's a stupid comparison ....
That applies to macs....
For real. I have to run so much mandatory software on my Mac that it ruins the experience.
So you didn't even recognize any of the things in my list? These are all new terms you've never heard being discussed by anyone?
If you're using Windows, you're using the Registry, and that is probably the most disgusting thing about any OS that's ever existed.
Your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart. We’re just collecting some error info, and then we’ll restart for you
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Much better?
Looks like the keyboard isn't 'optional' anymore?
So, it 'looks' faster. What hidden API's did they use for that, and faster doesn't mean better. Given the less than reliable history of the older Surface models, I'll reserve judgement until the DOA, and failure numbers start coming in.
Microsoft doesn't have a stellar record with their hardware attempts. They should just give it up and stick to shipping beta software to unsuspecting people that believe that macOS is too hard for normal humans to operate.
This is the Surface Book not the Surface pro.
I never saw this message on my Mac
But....
https://www.reddit.com/r/Surface/comments/3qbmkf/surface_book_i7_512gb_blue_screen_on_reconnecting/
I know what you're talking about. I still don't and haven't had any of those issues in years and others are telling you this as well. As I said, sounds like your hardware is failing.
My ThinkPad BSODs without any corporate garbage on it at all, or even with no UAC running. I'm hardly the first person to notice that Windows boxes fill up with garbage files and start to slow down. You gonna tell me this is the first time you've heard of that? It's been a design flaw of the whole OS since the beginning, not a byproduct of control software that someone put on the machine.
It's hard to be a product "killer" when only selling a fraction as many per annum. Try comparing the product return percentages and public consumer satisfaction ratings.
If Apple made a laptop as powerful as this, then yes... but Apple doesn't so, no.
Because most computer users are idiots. My brother could tell you this, as he works in IT for a major hospital where I live. He and his department manage IT for thousands of the hospital's regional employees, many of which are PEBKAC issues, and that includes Mac users.
If the fingerprint hardware sucks, there isn't much the OS can do.
You do realize MacOS has malware protection? and its common sense to have anti-virus / malware protection in a corporate / company environment. Its recommended even for Macs.
Overblown = commenters like yourself making a mountain out of molehill, which you are doing. reality is: install virus / malware - forget about it. There's one even built into windows even...
I said, Windows is getting continuity features pretty soon.
You do realize MacOS has malware protection? and its common sense to have anti-virus / malware protection in a corporate / company environment. Its recommended even for Macs.
Overblown = commenters like yourself making a mountain out of molehill, which you are doing. reality is: install virus / malware - forget about it. There's one even built into windows even...
I said, Windows is getting continuity features pretty soon.