When it comes to getting a sleek portable PC (...laptop), there's always the contemplation of Tablet or Laptops which are bigger, usually heavier but pack more power under the hood (...CPU, GPU, battery etc) compared to Tablets with their portability, light weight and these days gets most basic jobs you need done without your PC via apps and all.
Tech companies have been slimming down laptops to blur the line with Tablets (...ultra-books) but Tablets still tend to have their distinct line as running full desktop version software is not their thing thus depending on your needs, a tablet could just do or it could not be enough.
Microsoft with their popular Surface line of products (...their Tablet PC, with a kickstand and detachable cover keyboard) have been working hard to close that gap for customers and though initially chose to separate the two via operating system (...Windows RT and proper Windows, yes you probably never heard of RT but it was designed to run mobile version apps alone of their desktop software counterparts, this did not do well in the market), now they have found a way to bridge a proper tablet and a full functional laptop.
Enter the Surface 3, dont confuse it with Surface Pro 3 which is more of a power house Ultra-book-Tablet hybrid device. The Surface 3 is designed as a Tablet, comfortable, light, handy but yet packs the full power of a complete computer system (...do not compare this to a mini-PC, worlds apart).
The Surface 3 features the following;
- a 10.8 inch display with a sharp and vivid resolution of 1920x1280 (...resolution basically explains the pixel density of a screen, how they are arranged vertically and horizontally. in effect, the number of pixels determine how sharp the screen will be in color details).
- a Quad Core Intel Atom x7 processor (...very new processor from Intel, will run without a hitch).
- it has a single USB 3.0 port, Bluetooth, Micro SD card reader and a micro USB port.
- the back features a 8.0 MP camera with a 3.5 MP camera in front.
- stereo speakers are fully on-board.
- up to 10 hrs battery life (...based on movie playback, which is a lot of hours then).
- Magnesium Alloy and Ceramic build design with a slim waist line of 8.7mm (...that is really thin).
- it will run Windows 8.1 plus Windows Pro for business user, the device will be upgraded to Windows 10 once released, a one year Office 365 Personal free subscription comes pre-installed with 1TB of free online storage (...this could not get any better).
- the device can and will run desktop apps and not mobile apps only (...any Windows software can be installed on it).
- the design is fan free thus no noise and annoying heat discharges (...it should feature the same cooling system as the Surface Pro 3).
- there will be two packages, $499 comes with 2GB of RAM and 64GB internal SSD storage while for $599 you get 4GB of RAM and128GB SSD storage. note that both are wi-fi models only.
- a 4G LTE version will be released later down the year.
There is more to know so a little stop at Microsoft's main site will satisfy your remaining curiosity.
Our thoughts:
We LOVE this Tablet PC and we definitely see it replacing a lot of students and casual business workers laptops soon. its compact, stylish, very well built, runs full windows OS without a hitch and the price is just perfect (...;note, some flagship phones if not all are in this same price range for comparison). Microsoft have probably created the best replacement Tablet PC for the year plus the price is hard to scuff at.
The accessories on the other hand do come quite expensive (...the stylus and type covers) but both combined with the Surface 3 will give you a near irreplaceable PC experience.
well done Microsoft.
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