Surface Pro 3

  • Why you should get a Core i5 Surface Pro 3

    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…

  • New 30 Days series coming soon — two of them

    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…

  • OneNote gets more new tools and features from Microsoft

    OneNote gets more new tools and features from Microsoft

    OneNote is the crown jewel of Microsoft Office. It doesn’t get as much attention as the core four (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), but it has quietly become one of the most widely-used tools from the Office suite. That is partly a function of the power and diversity of what OneNote is capable of, and…

  • Does the Surface Pro 3 cost too much?

    Does the Surface Pro 3 cost too much?

    The Surface Pro 3 looks awesome, but it’s not cheap. It’s also not expensive, per se, compared against devices with similar features and functionality. Although the Surface Pro 3 is, in fact, a tablet, it has the form and function of an ultrabook–so Microsoft is attempting to re-position the device as a rival to the…

  • Surface Pro 3 really is ‘the tablet that can replace your laptop’

    Surface Pro 3 really is ‘the tablet that can replace your laptop’

    I called it. Vegas (and Wall Street) were probably taking odds on the pervasive rumors and speculation about a “Surface Mini”, but as a Surface Pro 2 user I couldn’t see any real value in a smaller model. A BIGGER model, though–now that is a device I want. Apparently Microsoft was listening to me…again. First…

  • Surface Mini? Give me a Surface XL

    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…