With there rumoured to be a complete redesign next year for the Surface Pro, I’m intrigued as to how they are going to redesign it. I just hope they don’t do what Apple do and put up the price with a redesign. People are already speculating that the iPad Pro with Face ID will get a price hike.
The Surface Pro 6 now has a quad core processor, does that mean it can compete with Apple’s 13” MacBook Pro? In other words is a it proper intel quad core chip?
If I were to get one I’m unsure as to what specs I should get (won’t be making a decision until Apple have held their event later this month).
Yes but under a different philosophy
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The main difference is Apple use the 25w chip and MS (and most others) tend to use the 15w. Apple are alone in using their CPU as it's not enterprise ready (ie all the clever stuff your IT dept can in maintaining your laptop remotely) so it gets ruled out by many corporations.
Otherwise simply it's a balance on thermals and power management. Typically the 15w mobile CPU are all about burst speed and trying to sip power
😀 where the 25w can sustain higher clock speed for longer if designed correctly etc etc battery size etc and both do a good job
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Whilst it use to be true that quads had a lower single core speed this has largely caught up but you still need software that can take full advantage of all cores. You may be surprised how little software is designed for multiple cores and even then only certain aspects may use all cores.
For the average user most are not doing continuous sustained load on their laptops. This is why you see so much chat on MR about rendering and video's as it plays to the strength of the 25w chip but they stray away from more balanced software or progs or games that use graphic as it's a lessor strength of MBP's.
As always we see example of it saved me 10mins on export time and I could meet my deadline which I think is complete waffle and irrelevant for more that 85% of Apple owners who are not professionals, go and get a cup of tea.
Lets face it the number of pro's working in a remote field is negligible Q-6 being a notable exception who works literally in the jungle LOL. Most Pro's will have a verity of devices and if time is that's critical they would be doing final prep on a stonking great luggable or desktop or cloud rendering services
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It's easy to build what if scenarios but reality is different. Don't get me wrong I am all for over spec'ing and have done for years as it comes part and parcel with most premium devices. Although it was nice too stretch the rMB it did get tiresome being a low spec premium device but I gained some valuable insight to my daily usage.
The surface range (SP/SB) to me is all about flexibility in both physical and practical use at home. I do not want to keep swapping devices to do little jobs on occasion. I can afford but can't justify buying a Wacom or even $1500 IPP just to do the occasional touch-up on a photo or picture with a pen that's far easier than a mouse or TP or send comments on a PDF file/drawing.
The value of the surface's is undeniable if you cannot justify spending $1000 or more for a separate standalone device that may only get you 5 or 10% better experience IMO. If the SP/SB2 was $1000 more than the equivalent MBP because of touch, pen and detachable tablet I could understand, but moaning about lack of USB-C or even TB3
🙄 considering what is bundled is just
😛. Wishing and hopefully thinking is a different matter
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