Surface Pro
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Why you should get a Core i5 Surface Pro 3
The Surface Pro 3 is available today…sort of. Actually, only two of the five Surface Pro 3 models are available today. The other three won’t be available until August. The good news, though, is that the two models that offer the best overall value are the Core i5 models, and those are the…
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New 30 Days series coming soon — two of them
It’s been a while since I have done a 30 Days series, but I am getting to ready to launch two of them simultaneously. I will be conducting an extensive, real-world review of the Surface Pro 3, and a Nokia Lumia smartphone running Windows Phone 8.1 for the next couple months. I decided to do…
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Surface Mini? Give me a Surface XL
Microsoft is holding a big media event tomorrow focused on its Surface tablet line. Most of the rumors and speculation suggest we can expect some sort or smaller “Surface Mini”. That has some benefits, but a larger Surface Pro would be much more valuable from a productivity perspective. Here is a little of what I…
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All tablets are PCs, but not all PCs are tablets
There’s a debate going on over the affect of tablets on the PC market. Tablets are taking over, and killing PC sales…or so the story goes. We need to start out, though, by examining what defines the “PC” market. The term PC has traditionally been associated with Intel-based hardware running some version of the Windows…
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Surface Pro, Day 30: Should you buy a Surface Pro?
30 Days with Surface Pro: Day 30 Well, it’s Day 30 of 30 Days with Surface Pro. That means it’s time to reflect on the overall experience, and summarize my thoughts on the Microsoft tablet. The goal is to decide whether or not the Surface Pro is capable of replacing both a traditional desktop /…
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Surface Pro, Day 29: The five things I love most about the Surface Pro
30 Days with Surface Pro: Day 29 Following established 30 Days series tradition, I spent Day 28 listing the five things I liked least about the Surface Pro. For Day 29 of the 30 Days with Surface Pro series I offer the opposite end of the spectrum–the five things I like the most about the…