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[Vashetti]

This video player is terrible btw. Keeps changing quality every second.

Yup, I had to close the video, it was driving me mad.

 

[Technosteve]

All those Apple laptops in the front row lol

Spoiler

journalists

how do you type with the surface on your lap + keyboard

 

[Majine]

The tablet is lighter than a laptop? Great job, I guess.

 

[Pooya]

 

[Anton Sugar]

This is thinner than surface RT?

Surface RT is 9.4mm, Surface 2 is 8.9mm; Pro 3 is 9.1mm.

 

[Jayayess1190]

Core i7 Y series or U series?

Edit: Still a fan, so probably a U series.

 

[FullMetaltech]

No price yet? Looks great but hopefully its not as expensive as before.

 

[kharma45]

Actually, I think it makes perfect sense. Whether I have the keyboard attached or not, my hands are always by the sides of the screen. Moving my hand to the center/bottom of the screen is way out of the way compared to the side.

I think the side is probably okay, more natural for your hand to be there when holding in landscape

Hm true. I can see the logic behind it, never really thought about it that way. Seems quite obvious now.

 

[Blackhead]

Fanless?! holy shit


Also did I see the new pen has two buttons in the product reveal?

Actually, I think it makes perfect sense. Whether I have the keyboard attached or not, my hands are always by the sides of the screen. Moving my hand to the center/bottom of the screen is way out of the way compared to the side.

I'd mostly use it in vertical mode. I want a keyboard to use in that orientation too

 

[Snaku]

But can it run Titanfall?

 

[Dead Prince]

so it's still going to get hot. i tried playing hearthstone with a SP2 lol.

 

[Anton Sugar]

Hm true. I can see the logic behind it, never really thought about it that way. Seems quite obvious now.

Yeah, it's definitely one of those things that I wouldn't have thought of on paper.

 

[Zhengi]

Just hook it to my veins!!!

 

[Vashetti]

Of course it has a fan, didn't you see the vents going around the side when he was showing it off?

 

[hwalker84]

Did the drop test again.

 

[GhostTrick]

12 inch, 800g, fan... no buy. :/

 

[Volimar]

Fuck you Joanna.

 

[chickdigger802]

whats the context of this?

 

[maliedoo]

I was thinking about it but then I've heard from multiple sources that the build quality on that thing is absolutely horrendous. : /

Build quality is actually pretty good for a $199 tablet. I'm very pleased with mine.

 

[luxarific]

LOFL at the drop. I'm going to get one of these, but drop it on to a tile surface please. An Ipad could weather a fall onto carpet as well.

 

[dorkimoe]

always thought these tablets were cool, love that size on the new one...but the price on their tablets have just been outrageous to me

I would like a tablet that could stream some steam games though ..ive seen some people do it

 

[Rourkey]

He's bloody good at presentations

 

[Complex Shadow]

the hell she write that as so great?

 

[djplaeskool]

 

[Divvy]

Not sure if Joanna Stern really small or tablet really big

 

[The Elite]

Oh fuck.

This is great.

 

[enzo_gt]

fuck I was gonna wait for the Surface 2 sales but this is too sexy

dat stand
DAT STAND

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

I have a Surface Pro 1 for work, I'd love to upgrade to a 3...

 

[Snaku]

Not exactly the reaction pic you'd want circulating from this event.

 

[lastflowers]

4K's cool guys.

 

[Technosteve]

whats the context of this?

he's hitting on my waifu

 

[hwalker84]

Going to push work to buy me one.

 

[killer rin]

the hell she write that as so great?

Diddo, I wonder.

 

[luxarific]

whats the context of this?

I've realized I want to be technology and gadgets reporter.

 

[Spitz]

please please have LTE and my iPad Air is History

 

[Vashetti]

 

[Blackhead]

Not exactly the reaction pic you'd want circulating from this event.

New 'Why Not?' image lol

 

[killer rin]

Oh, so those mentions actually meant something

 

[cheezcake]

As great as this tablet is as an engineering feat, it's not going to replace MBA's and other high end laptops as long as it cant provide as good a typing experience as them on the go.

 

[Pooya]

Doesn't look like there will be a 'mini' here, lol

 

[D4Danger]

so he spent about half an hour talking about the laptops in the crowd and how tablets never replaced the laptop and so on. How exactly does this change things? the keyboard is still a flimsy cover so you still can't use it on your lap, right?

 

[Anton Sugar]

Photoshop optimized for touch!

 

[dem]

lol @ pinch and zoom not working for shit..

 

[Complex Shadow]

holy shit. sit down twitchy.

 

[djplaeskool]

Going whole hog on the laptop-replacement ideology.
This thing is going to be pricey.

 

[Blackhead]

so he spent about half an hour talking about the laptops in the crowd and how tablets never replaced the laptop and so on. How exactly does this change things? the keyboard is still a flimsy cover so you still can't use it on your lap, right?

The problem was not with the the keyboard cover (the type cover is actually very good) but with the kickstand

 

[lastflowers]

This might be the article panos was talking about? http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/...k-air-review-can-the-best-get-better/?mod=ST1

 

[mrklaw]

As great as this tablet is as an engineering feat, it's not going to replace MBA's and other high end laptops as long as it cant provide as good a typing experience as them on the go.

thats what I don't fully understand. Unless your work particularly benefits from pen input or touch - so data capture or photoshop etc, then why wouldn't a MBA be more useful? You have similar screen size, full keyboard, protection from the clamshell design, not much heavier. Assuming most people would add something like the type cover too.

 

[Majine]

Jesus, dude. TMI.

 

[DMczaf]

This got awkward.