I recently shifted from a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon over to a Surface pro 3 (i7 512GB and 8GB ram) and here are 10 thoughts after a few months with it…
1) it’s fast.
2) I don’t carry my ipad any longer, as it’s a great weight and size.
3) the pen, I just don’t use it, can’t get with writing on the screen, have used Evernote, must try harder here.
4) the keyboard, it’s less bouncy and more ‘notebook-like’ flat on the desk, rather than inclined, grown to like it, it’s not a ‘buttery’ smooth as the X1’s but it’s good enough (flat)
5) the screen adjusts brightness according to ambient light, so no additional app like on a mac needed.
6) battery life is great, not sure it’s 10hrs but beats an X1.
7) trying to unlock the device without the keyboard attached is a game of chance, a really annoying and bad experience.
8) the usb slot on the power brick is a great touch.
9) the screen quality is very good, better than the X1’s.
10) no sim card slot ..that’s a very odd omission for a ‘mobile tablet/hybrid’ and I miss that from my X1 which had a 4G SIM in it.
11) sorry.. only one control key (it’s on the left) means hitting CTRL-Home in spreadsheets is a two handed affair.
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