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Thanks Ants
May 21, 2004

#essereFerrari


they could have just made a laptop but nope they cant be seen to do anything that might send the message that touch on a desktop os is dumb

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Happy_Misanthrope
Aug 3, 2007

"I wanted to kill you, go to your funeral, and anyone who showed up to mourn you, I wanted to kill them too."


Basically in order to actually get the most touted feature - the GPU that actually makes it 'so much faster' than a Mbook pro - starts at $1800

that's the price of a 13" mbook pro with 2.9ghz i5 (3.3ghz turbo) and 512gb ssd

:psyduck:

Happy_Misanthrope
Aug 3, 2007

"I wanted to kill you, go to your funeral, and anyone who showed up to mourn you, I wanted to kill them too."


That's apparently as flat as it can be

Wiggly Wayne DDS
Sep 11, 2010



$1900, also wtf is with that screen res

e:

Phoenixan
Jan 16, 2010

Just Keep Cool-idge
did they ever specifically say what the model of the gpu is anyway?

they could have stuck the same 750m that's in my late 2013 mbp for all i know

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

ars claims 960m

Happy_Misanthrope
Aug 3, 2007

"I wanted to kill you, go to your funeral, and anyone who showed up to mourn you, I wanted to kill them too."

Wiggly Wayne DDS posted:

$1900, also wtf is with that screen res

e:


it's a 3:2 aspect ratio, basically a 'feature' of the surface line

every video I've seen of the book btw has the screen wobble at the slightest movement, lol

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

well yeah the screen has an entire laptop in it

kitten emergency
Jan 13, 2008

get meow this wack-ass crystal prison
laptop got a thigh gap #thinspo

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
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uncurable mlady posted:

laptop got a thigh gap #thinspo
nice!

triple sulk
Sep 17, 2014



Happy_Misanthrope posted:



That's apparently as flat as it can be

maybe it's just me but that picture screams fujitsu lifebook

Happy_Misanthrope
Aug 3, 2007

"I wanted to kill you, go to your funeral, and anyone who showed up to mourn you, I wanted to kill them too."

triple sulk posted:

maybe it's just me but that picture screams fujitsu lifebook

the sales figures likely will as well

pseudorandom name
May 6, 2007

I'm assuming the Surface Popoid has a keyboard eject button controlling a physical locking mechanism because they haven't figured out to cope with surprise removal of PCI Express GPUs?

refleks
Nov 21, 2006



Happy_Misanthrope posted:



That's apparently as flat as it can be

jesus christ

imagine all the gunk that can get stuck in that huge gap

Space-Pope
Aug 13, 2003

by zen death robot

refleks posted:

jesus christ

imagine all the gunk that can get stuck in that huge gap
that's not a nice way to describe your conception

shadow puppet of a
Jan 10, 2007

NO TENGO SCORPIO


refleks posted:

jesus christ

imagine all the gunk that can get stuck in that huge gap

oh my god Siri,
look at that gunk

Juul-Whip
Mar 10, 2008

triple sulk posted:

maybe it's just me but that picture screams fujitsu lifebook
at least those things have their center of gravity within a couple inches of the table you use them on

Phoenixan
Jan 16, 2010

Just Keep Cool-idge
well i hope shaggar is actually getting one so he can post a trip report

Thanks Ants
May 21, 2004

#essereFerrari


id rather have a pixel

Stux
Nov 17, 2006
Probation
Can't post for 21 hours!

carry on then posted:

it's faster than and has a better screen than a macbook pro, how would that piss garbage compete?

how is it faster lmao

Stux
Nov 17, 2006
Probation
Can't post for 21 hours!
baseline surfacebook $1499, 128gb SSD, 8gb ram, i5 that is either a 6200u or a 6300u, best case a 2.4ghz chip.

$1499 mbp: 256gb SSD, 8gb ram, 2.7ghz i5

lmao

Stux
Nov 17, 2006
Probation
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the penhaaghahahagahahaha

Amethyst
Mar 28, 2004

I CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE THE DCSS THREAD A FETID SWAMP OF UNFUN POSTING
plz notice me trunk-senpai
surface book looks good

MrMoo
Sep 14, 2000

Where's the Cortana button and the 1 TB+ SSD options?

Amethyst
Mar 28, 2004

I CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE THE DCSS THREAD A FETID SWAMP OF UNFUN POSTING
plz notice me trunk-senpai

Thanks Ants posted:

they could have just made a laptop but nope they cant be seen to do anything that might send the message that touch on a desktop os is dumb

if it actually works as well as a normal laptop, then being able to convert to a tablet is actually cool. that is if (and it's a big if) it has decent battery life comparable to an ipad

of course it may be a half rear end piece of poo poo like the original surface but that remains to be seen

Juul-Whip
Mar 10, 2008

Stux posted:

the penhaaghahahagahahaha


you can tell how hard they're trying to flatter it with these low DOF, mysterious angle macro photos. but it still looks like a cheap fujitsu or acer POS laptop lol

Amethyst
Mar 28, 2004

I CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE THE DCSS THREAD A FETID SWAMP OF UNFUN POSTING
plz notice me trunk-senpai

Wiggly Wayne DDS posted:

$1900, also wtf is with that screen res

e:


ok this is extremely bad nevermind

Thanks Ants
May 21, 2004

#essereFerrari


Amethyst posted:

if it actually works as well as a normal laptop, then being able to convert to a tablet is actually cool. that is if (and it's a big if) it has decent battery life comparable to an ipad

of course it may be a half rear end piece of poo poo like the original surface but that remains to be seen

the only windows tablet app is onenote though, so its a lot of effort for that.

ms have only had a few years to develop apps that adapt to the mode they are being used in but lol nope. the closest they can get is office that spaces the icons out a bit more.

Amethyst
Mar 28, 2004

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Thanks Ants posted:

the only windows tablet app is onenote though, so its a lot of effort for that.

ms have only had a few years to develop apps that adapt to the mode they are being used in but lol nope

yeah it's obviously not as good as an ipad unless the ecosystem catches up (lol), but tablets are still excellent for reading documents

Juul-Whip
Mar 10, 2008

someone will find a surface book keyboard without screen collecting dust in a closet, nobody knows what its for, can't even use it as a keyboard, it needs some kind of attachment but it's lost idk

Stux
Nov 17, 2006
Probation
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quote:

Can I run multiple programs at the same time?

A: Your Surface Book allows you to run up to two apps side by side on a screen at a time. You can schedule meetings on your calendar while you respond to email, or edit your PowerPoint deck while you listen to music.

lmao

Amethyst
Mar 28, 2004

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what the

why? I thought windows 10 was unified accross devices now?????

Stux
Nov 17, 2006
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Amethyst posted:

if it actually works as well as a normal laptop, then being able to convert to a tablet is actually cool. that is if (and it's a big if) it has decent battery life comparable to an ipad

of course it may be a half rear end piece of poo poo like the original surface but that remains to be seen

spoiler aler thtis is what is inside the keyboard:



thatswherhe the batteries live.

Amethyst
Mar 28, 2004

I CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE THE DCSS THREAD A FETID SWAMP OF UNFUN POSTING
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I think that two apps thing just bad copy writing honestly.

Stux
Nov 17, 2006
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how ohot is that keyboard going to get taking bets now

Stymie
Jan 9, 2001

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Stux posted:

the penhaaghahahagahahaha



at least it's not sticking straight out of a port ready to be snapped off

Thanks Ants
May 21, 2004

#essereFerrari


the failure rate on the keyboard battery gpu thing is going to be obscenely high.

bonus points if they charge separately or you can only charge one from the other and not whatever way round you want.

also they pretty much did a clone of the unibody process video from like 7 years ago without a hint of irony

Dolomite
Jul 26, 2000
Cars & Legs

Stux posted:

spoiler aler thtis is what is inside the keyboard:



thatswherhe the batteries live.

battery life in tablet mode: 15 minutes

Stux
Nov 17, 2006
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Stymie posted:

at least it's not sticking straight out of a port ready to be snapped off

one is a s torage solution, one is used for 30 seconds to get an hour of battery life

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Stymie
Jan 9, 2001

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Stux posted:

one is a s torage solution, one is used for 30 seconds to get an hour of battery life

both are terrible ideas

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