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Microsoft Says Its New Surface Book 2 is Twice as Powerful as Latest MacBook Pro
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What’s the track pad like on these things? Because Apple’s track pad is the gold standard. And every time I touch a PC laptop, within seconds I want to break my own fingers because every single track pad on a PC that my fingers have ever touched has been absolute garbage.
So, have they put as much effort into the trackpad or does my unofficial law of input devices hold true?
So, have they put as much effort into the trackpad or does my unofficial law of input devices hold true?
I hate my 13" non touch MacBook Pro. I really miss my old MacBook Air 2013. It got better battery life, was just as fast for what I use it for, much better keyboard (already had the keyboard on my pro replaced and they have to replace the keyboard, top shell and battery to the tune of $550 Canadian although it was under warranty). Full size USB ports are a pain, but until anything is available in USB C I am tired of trying to figure out where my dongle is so that I can use anything and STILL have to figure out which side is up and which side is down anyway since I still have to use USB A for everything just through a dongle. Oh and it was extremely expensive and the only real advantage over a 4 year old computer is the screen, which is nice, but I would be just as happy with an air with an IPS screen at the same low resolution
...allegedly. I still haven’t seen my 2016 rMBP last that long.
It’s rather that Microsoft overcharges as much as Apple.
You confused "people" with "sheeple". The latter just keeps spouting the same crap with no experience in what they are spouting about. Windows 10 is a great OS.
And JD Power and Associates rated customer satisfaction higher on Surface than iPad.
OK, so you are comparing a "specialist video card" in use with Windows, that you can't use with any Mac, and complaining that if the driver and OS are not kept in sync that it doesn't work? At least you can even do it with Windows. I don't use specialized hardware and I've not had a problem like that since the days of Windows 95.
Not sure. My sister and her husband have been lifetime Windows users. They got a new laptop with Windows 10, complained bitterly about the 'Big Brother' and being forced into programs they did not want and suddenly switched to a Mac. And their daughter is a IT person who maintains Windows computers. She, btw, still talks about 'Windows rot' - that they slow down with time and she spends half her time using an image to reload OS from scratch.
Those experiences scared me away from even trying Win10. I think they came closest with 7.
I like the way Apple fans love to bash Android users over the fact that Apple supports and updates their devices for years but take that pocket computer, make it laptop-sized and by a different manufacturer and all of a sudden auto-updates are the devils work.
Makes no difference? Sure it does. That's like saying 10.13 High Sierra and 10.5 Leopard are the same.
WOW! I didn't notice that. M$ is comparing a 6 year old laptop with their newest creation. Very very clever M$.
Unless you're into UWP apps or care about the veneer, Windows really hasn't changed that much since 2007, i.e. since Vista was released which laid much of the groundwork for Windows 7.
Yes, touchscreen and pen/pencil on a real computer is a great thing. Apple has chosen for you not to have it. You are stuck with iOS if you want to do those things.
Microsoft is also rolling out some new AR capability in Fall Creator's Update today.
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I'm sorry, but that is probably one of the most ridiculous statements I've seen on this forum.... Windows 10 isn't much different from Windows Vista? Seriously?
But just to humor you a bit, then how has OSX changed during that time?
You should probably read the article and not simply look at a (marketing) picture.
Yes, 10.13 and 10.5 ARE the same - you get NO blue screens, malware, viruses and inconsistent M$ software. ;-)
Yeah, this is area that really needs work, I'm dealing with it right this very second, using MS tools of all things ...
It's a _touch_ low on the performance side, it would be effective, but just not optimal. Most of the AR/VR I've been involved with targets a little more GPU, but in the context of Mac hardware, I'd *love* a 1060 powered MBP. Certainly for most gaming needs, it would be outstanding.
Agreed. Win XP was super stable. Win 7 is super stable. Vista and Win 8? Wouldn’t touch with a 20 foot pole. Windows 10, well it broke my neighbor’s laptop by force installing then one of the upgrades made it inoperable. Makes MS sort of crap in my book. I’d switch to OSX except Apple forces you to use their case, their monitor, their outdated cpu, etc. Plus MS Office really is not the same. I have an ipad pro 12.9, watch series 1, and iphone se. You’d think I’d have an imac but apple doen’t offer what I need (big case for 6 hard drives, standard 4k monitor capable, twain scanner capable, etc).
And I get none of those on my Windows 10, which was upgraded from Windows 7. Keep parroting though, it's cute.
More than it should have, probably. OS X Tiger was a great OS at the time. Still love using it today.
With a 25% failure rate within the first 2 years of ownership… Thanks, but no thanks.
The only usable touch pads I've used on windows machines are a few here and there that still use left and right click.
Clicking and dragging on a non-apple touchpad with no dedicated buttons is near impossible, and it's just as bad on a Mac using boot camp. (Parallels works great though!)