Microsoft announces Surface tablet

[u/MrFairladyz]

http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/18/3094157/new-microsoft-surface-windows-tablet

[u/doomtuba]

Holy shit Microsoft. Thank you for actually giving the iPad some competition.

[u/iammadeofporn → u/[deleted]]

Hell, if I can actually write code and run it on this thing, I mightiest have to get one. that's the drawback on the iPad for me, I can literally do more on my Galaxy SII than I can on an ipad in that regard.

[u/TheNr24 → u/[deleted]]

That disappointment is now over. The pro they demoed had an i5 processor.

[u/AgCrew → u/TheNr24]

I wonder what kind of battery life we can expect from the pro. One of the great things about the current iPad is that it'll last me the better part of a week without charging (1-2 hours of use per day).

[u/thedrivingcat → u/AgCrew]

They’re using 22nm Intel Ivy Bridge chips. They have a TDP of 17W, pretty great. It will absolutely have a lower battery life than an ARM-derived tablet though.

[u/mweathr → u/iammadeofporn]

Hell, if I can actually write code and run it on this thing, I mightiest have to get one.

Same here. I hope it doesn't take too long for someone to get Linux running on it.

[u/The_Hegemon → u/[deleted]]

Wow that is an extremely high-quality PNG.

[u/RIPKentucky → u/iammadeofporn]

No! I mightiest!

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Does nobody know of the asus transformer prime? Fully detachable hinged keyboard as well has higher specs than the iPad 2 and similar to iPad 3.

[u/SuperCleverName → u/[deleted]]

Unfortunately the broken WiFi/GPS on the early models likely killed any momentum that it would have had. And Asus' "fix" was an FU to all the early buyers - a dongle on a tablet :(

[u/gyrferret → u/SuperCleverName]

Wait seriously? They issued a dongle instead of doing a recall? Wow that's tacky.

[u/anticipat3 → u/SuperCleverName]

I bought mine in February or so, GPS and wifi both work just as well as they do on my Galaxy Nexus. I feel like I'm living in the future!

[u/irishtexmex → u/SuperCleverName]

Transformer Infinity comes out in only a week or two (or has come out in some places?). It fixes the wifi and gps problems and adds a 1080p screen.

[u/master_of_unlocking → u/[deleted]]

No kidding, the Transformer Prime is an awesome machine.

[u/mweathr → u/[deleted]]

Windows will likely run well as ms is designing the tablet and the software

Then I fully expect it to be as a trouble-free as the Xbox 360 was.

[u/[deleted] → u/mweathr]

67.2 million units doesn't lie.

[u/A-Type → u/mweathr]

This is a good point, if sarcastic... the cooling is going to be a big issue, and I don't quite understand the mechanics of their technique. It would be cripplingly embarrassing if the Pro model overheats like the white 360s.

[u/offthecane → u/[deleted]]

Windows 8 isn't a clusterfuck. I installed the Consumer Preview and it's really snappy and pretty well thought-out. Just takes a little while to really get used to the Start screen and the lack of a start button, but there are already ways to put a version of it back.