BTW I like the red alcantara keyboard! Thanks for your responses!! Good to know!
If there is a weakness, it's battery life, at least in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad, but coming from all my Apple devices that all have amazing battery life, the SP8 is no question a step or 2 down. It's not a device I'd ever leave my house with for the day without the charger unless you're doing light tasks. If I start the day off with a full charge, I usually need to find a charger around 3 or 4 pm, just short of a full work day. That's doing what I consider basic things I do on a big tablet like movies, YouTube, browsing with multiple tabs, maybe some excel/word, light gaming, etc. Now being realistic, I can easily take it to work with me and get through a full work day without the charger as most of the day I'm working and only pull it out for short breaks or lunch. But if you're a person who actually uses it for work, I am of the opinion that you'll need the charger unless you're only using Office or other light apps. I'll still use my iPad Air 4 when I need an all day battery life tablet. The SP8 gives me the flexibility I sometimes need. It's the device I'm more than likely to take with me when I go on vacations, long trips, or even day trips where I need the flexibility of both a tablet and full computer. Much easier than carrying both my MBP and IPA4. And as blasphemous as this sounds coming from an Apple fan, I just enjoy using the SP8 more. It's more fun to use. Maybe it's the newness factor, but so far that's how I feel.
Doesn't the SP8 have the ability to run/charge off an external USB-C battery pack?
You know what, I forgot about that. I think I did read that it can charge via the magnetic charging connector or via USBC. Just glancing at the Microsoft support document, you do have to make sure the USBC charger you're using has enough wattage or else it may charge very slowly. So as long as you have a strong enough battery pack, that's definitely a good option.
I think that's the crux of the matter. My aging Acer Switch 5 with it's lowly i3 CPU still gets the job done. I have no need or feeling to replace the Switch 5 as it does exactly as intended and then some....
Running with a Mac in many professional realms can be difficult, equally not impossible & needs flexibility. I opted for the Mac for battery runtime, it's paid dividends over the years. 2014 13" MBP paid for itself tenfold in a single click of the button with over 10 hours on battery. This is why I will always keep a Mac in my rotation, as this is something Apple has a master class in with a desktop OS...
Has anyone heard of any of these products?
Exactly what i said...this surface is for those stuck on windows
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Trust me, I use Scrivener as well, it is NOT Vellum. Neither are Reedsy and Atticus. Atticus at some point might be but you have to use the cloud.
Both platforms have their essential apps. Mac is now particularly strong in creative fields again (Vellum, DevonThink, Final Cut Pro, Bear, Logic Pro etc). The platform is even stronger when combined with the iPad to create a workflow involving, say, ProCreate, AstroPad or even built-in tools like Sidecar.
My thought's exactly. I don't get into the fight these day's and get the best out of both platforms as a result. Apple M1/M2 has killer perforce & battery longevity in a limited ecosystem. Window's is well Window's with all the legacy baggage, is what it is. Just use what serves you best
Me too we locked swords on occasion, equally I always respected his opinion & decisions. One of the best Mod's I've come across on the web. @maflynn chime in bro, it's been a while...
Don't do it. Surface Laptops are always one sale. I just gotfrom BestBuy a Surface Laptop 4 in black with Amd Ryzen 5, 16gb ram and 256gb ssd for $899. It will destroy the performance and build quality of the Go 2. The Intel models always have the fan running and blast through the battery while AMD models may not have as much single core performance make up for it in multi core performance and run cooler with much better battery life. The Surface laptop 4 is very nice but not as nice as the new M2 airs. There is a huge difference in price though. A Decent configured air is like $1800 or more while a Surface you can get a decent configuration for under $1000.
