Microsoft Surface Pro - it's not a good Notebook replacement!
Apple has a bunch of cool products and they are easy to identify and purchase. PC world has lots of products but many are not great and very few are cool. Whats even harder to find is great and cool PC products. All these old PC guys see and want something cool but also something that runs all their crappy business apps. Not talking about office and other general purpose apps. No - I am talking about the business app that are not getting ported to Apple devices. These Apps that hardly work on Windows to begin with. The apps that were written 20 years ago and have been patched over the years to run on Microsoft's latest OS.
The Surface Pro - the most impractical Notebook sold as a Tablet. It's not a tablet - nobody uses it like that. Nobody can use this device as it's sold. You need to purchase a flimsy keyboard and attach a mouse. And because the OS in desktop mode doesn't scale properly to the high def display you need to attach to an external monitor. You can pretend it doesn't bother you and struggle using without an external monitor but you know deep inside you are not fooling anyone.
With a decent notebook i can pickup adjust the angle of the display - not with the surface pro. Microsoft has figured the angle should be one position and it's the best position for everyone. The kickstand is either in or out - no other options. How about walking across the room with your surface pro - not going to happen. nobody picks up their surface pro because the flimsy keyboard and mouse connected makes it impossible to consider picking up once you got everything set on your desk.
The surface pro is very portable when it's off. You can take it anywhere and be less productive than you would be if just bought yourself a decent notebook to begin. What really upsets me is when I see someone who has wasted their money thinking they have something cool and productive. It's not cool or productive - you do not have anything that compares with an Apple product. You have a small portable device with a really good display. The rest of the device is horrible - it's not the best of both worlds - it's not even a decent notebook or decent Tablet. I will take a number of Notebooks over the surface pro and most iPads and Android tablets are better suited for the tasks they are designed for.
Not an Apple fan - do own a few products and support many types of PC's and in real life the surface pro just doesn't do anything better than a decent notebook. You are just paying so much more for something you think is cool. Please stop wasting your money. Just buy a Notebook with an SSD drive and a good display.
And if you say it doesn't exist you can always buy a Mac notebook and install Windows 10. You can run all your Windows apps and be cool with your Mac hardware.
The Surface Pro - the most impractical Notebook sold as a Tablet. It's not a tablet - nobody uses it like that. Nobody can use this device as it's sold. You need to purchase a flimsy keyboard and attach a mouse. And because the OS in desktop mode doesn't scale properly to the high def display you need to attach to an external monitor. You can pretend it doesn't bother you and struggle using without an external monitor but you know deep inside you are not fooling anyone.
With a decent notebook i can pickup adjust the angle of the display - not with the surface pro. Microsoft has figured the angle should be one position and it's the best position for everyone. The kickstand is either in or out - no other options. How about walking across the room with your surface pro - not going to happen. nobody picks up their surface pro because the flimsy keyboard and mouse connected makes it impossible to consider picking up once you got everything set on your desk.
The surface pro is very portable when it's off. You can take it anywhere and be less productive than you would be if just bought yourself a decent notebook to begin. What really upsets me is when I see someone who has wasted their money thinking they have something cool and productive. It's not cool or productive - you do not have anything that compares with an Apple product. You have a small portable device with a really good display. The rest of the device is horrible - it's not the best of both worlds - it's not even a decent notebook or decent Tablet. I will take a number of Notebooks over the surface pro and most iPads and Android tablets are better suited for the tasks they are designed for.
Not an Apple fan - do own a few products and support many types of PC's and in real life the surface pro just doesn't do anything better than a decent notebook. You are just paying so much more for something you think is cool. Please stop wasting your money. Just buy a Notebook with an SSD drive and a good display.
And if you say it doesn't exist you can always buy a Mac notebook and install Windows 10. You can run all your Windows apps and be cool with your Mac hardware.
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