Anyone try playing games on this thing off of an external HDD? If so, what was the performance like?
I was curious about this too, about the microsd card though. I figure load times would obviously be longer but unless the game streams assets mid gameplay I wouldn't think it would affect gameplay too much?
You might of had a faulty i3 cause the one I have doesn't heat up and get loud. It gets warm in the upper right hand corner on the back at times but not hot and loud. I am going to jump up to the i5 since hdd space is lacking on the i3.
Any recommendation for a 32/64GB micro SD card? Would only be for document/photo storage, not games. I don't know if a particular class is preferred or can be taken advantage of.
Only 128GB but still a steal...
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I've only heard of heat being a particular issue with the i7. I have an i5, I dunno, it gets warm, fan turns on, but it's pretty low noise compared to most any laptop. I'm amazed the jet engines some people's laptops have.
I'd recommend the Surface Pro personally. 4GB ram is surprisingly capable--yes Chrome is a RAM hog, but it's easy to overestimate ram requirements since ram is *meant* to be used and a lot of programs will use a ton of ram if you give it to 'em but still work fine without it. 60 FPS high quality streams are about the only perf issue I have with Chrome on the SP3. I had to give up and watch Evo on the desktop because framedrops bug me, I don't usually have issues with video though.
I'd recommend the typecover over the dock personally--you can add a second monitor easy with the mini displayport (I have a mini DP->HDMI, works great), add a mouse ideally with bluetooth or with USB if you must, and you can always add a keyboard yourself at a desk, but the typecover is really great when moving around with it. Biggest advantage of the typecover is it's practically weightless and almost never gets in the way.
IIRC there are active offers on the SP3 right now, at least in the US.
If space is all you need you can expand with the internal SD card--you can get a 64GB quite cheap and a 128GB isn't too expensive, cheaper than upgrading for sure. Depends if you need high speed storage though, the microsd will of course be fairly slow for IO intensive stuff but for just pictures/video/music I would think it'd do the trick. I have a 128GB + 64 and space isn't an issue (but then my desktop does my gaming and recording)
I cannot believe how no ad network seems to give a shit about performance--adsense with text only seems okay, but holy shit, even GAF has a second or two of loading lag thanks to display ads. I would be a lot more willing to completely remove adblock instead of whitelisting if ads weren't such a major performance issue. I'm pretty sure most of the performance issues I had when testing Edge vs Chrome were simply due to ads.
Thing with the Surface units is they are essentially a Mac; Sell off the old one to someone who wants it and buy the SP4. That's my intent.
Is there a way to properly display 1920x1080 on the SP3? I'd like to start streaming my steam games from my desktop to play anywhere else in the house, but the black bars are annoying :/
nothing to fix here, it's already displaying properly.Is there a way to improperly display 1920x1080 on the SP3? I'd like to start streaming my steam games from my desktop to play anywhere else in the house, but the black bars are annoying :/
I own it, and I think it's really nice, but $150 is a lot for some USB ports and a stand.Does anyone own the desktop stand? Is it work $150?
I have a gaming desktop PC, but was thinking it would be cool to have the docking station for the SP3 for when I'm streaming steam games.
I own it, and I think it's really nice, but $150 is a lot for some USB ports and a stand.
Picked up an i3/64 and just about finished setting it up for my wife. 33GB free after installing office is pretty good. I added a 64GB SD card which I'll use just for her music and backups.
I really like it, just the form factor is really nice. Type cover is great, and for reviewing/annotating pdfs it seems about A4 size in portrait which is great. Kind of want one myself now
Speaking of which, what is good software for annotating pdfs, and is the pen an advantage? My wife usually uses PDF xchange but would be open to suggestions if they would be more productive.
Got two questions.
1. Is it possible to put a boot password on the surface? On a laptop i use truecrypt to secure the laptop, but you can't seem to use that on a surface and at the moment the windows login pin doesn't seem super secure.
2. Is there anything like find my iphone or remote wipe for the surface? Seen project prey but they want $15 a month which is a bit much for something thats free on other devices.
I really like it, just the form factor is really nice. Type cover is great, and for reviewing/annotating pdfs it seems about A4 size in portrait which is great. Kind of want one myself now might consider a surface or surface pro 4 instead of an iPad air 3..
Speaking of which, what is good software for annotating pdfs, and is the pen an advantage? My wife usually uses PDF xchange but would be open to suggestions if they would be more productive.
Only 128GB but still a steal...
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Should I do this? Looks like a GREAT deal. I've recently started a apparel company and I NEED a new laptop for graphics and design. I was holding out for Surface Pro 4, but it doesn't seem to be on the way... decision decision
I exchanged the SP3 i3 model for the SP3 i5 over the weekend. Last night I was doing some light web surfing while also installing windows updates. The darn thing was getting pretty hot. I did also notice that the battery was draining much faster than the i3 model even at these smaller tasks. Is this stuff pretty normal on the i5 model?
I will say that I do love having that extra 60gb of HDD space that the i3 lacks.
I'm leaving the surface pro on to hopefully preload win 10. Is there any way to turn the screen off but leave the computer on? I can change sleep to 'never' when plugged in, but can't find anywhere to turn the screen off.
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Question, if I'm just using a surface for word processing and programming is the 3 fine or should I spring for the pro 3?
Windows 10 available for the Surface yet?
The screen real estate alone I would think would be much better on the Pro for programming. Personally I'd spring for the Pro.
The thing is I have a larger laptop, but it's huge and heavy, this would mainly be for work too and from class and I can work on my main laptop outside of class/lab.
I'd still go for the Pro 3. Resolution in addition to screen real estate is a big thing for me on mine when it comes to VS/ brackets.
Probably have been asked many times but....
Do any of your surface pro 3s have any kind of yellow tinting/bleeding on any part of the screen?
Anyone tried to enquire on a unit exchange because of it?
I have about 1/5 of the yellow tint on the left upper corner of my SP3. Heard its a very rampant issue.
Have it on my SP3 now and it seems to work good so far. Only annoyance is Onedrive where I cant see the folders if I dont want to sync all folders. But thats a general W10 thing it seems.