Microsoft’s Surface Pro is getting very close to become the
laptop and pc replacement. The newest model, the Surface Pro 3, has taken along
with one giant leap. You’ll immediately see a larger display, which is 12
inches in diagonal width and the display is 38 percent bigger than the screen
of the Surface Pro 2. It have an eye popping 2160-by-1440-pixel resolution
display, an improvement over the Surface Pro 2’s 1920-by-1080 resolution, is
breathtakingly crisp and amazingly sharp. Just as important, Microsoft’s shift
to a 3:2 aspect ratio adds 1.12 inches of vertical real estate to what already
is a wider tablet. It feels more luxurious, useful work space—and that’s
critical when you’re multitasking in a desktop environment. Despite having a
12inch display, the Surface Pro 3 is quite slimmer than its predecessor, its
designers having trimmed 0.23 inch of width and 0.24 pound from the Surface Pro
2.
Performance
Still Microsoft is making it a powerhouse including a Core i7 that somehow
manages to live happily in a 0.3-inch-thick slate. Mircrosoft have made it in
five configurations. We got our hand on, containing a Core i5 processor, 8GB of
RAM, and 256GB of storage, costs $1300. The low-end Core i3 model costs $800, a
price that’s against the other laptops present in the market. But a high-end
Core i7 model costs more than $2000 after sales tax, and any other future
enhancement will make it price even more, mircrosoft have to take care of the
price for the better sales of the Surface pro.The new Type Cover costs another
$130, and it’s a must-have. Microsoft also moved to a new charger, breaking
compatibility with earlier models. And if you bought a docking station for the
Surface Pro 2, it won’t work with the Surface Pro 3 due to a port
reconfiguration.
Surface Pro running
The most amazing and interesting thing about the new Surface
Pro 3 is it’s boot speed. It boots very fast fast—so fast that I got confused
that I have putted it on sleep mode or I have shutted down it. Yes, I’ve been
reviewing a clean machine, and improved SSD technology plays a role, but
boot-to-password was on the order of 3 to 4 seconds. (You will notice it just hold
the power button a bit longer than normal on first boot, however, as a quick
press doesn’t seem to trigger it.) Microsoft claims 8 hours of battery life
during casual use, but in our battery tests, which entail a little works on the
office use and video playback, brought the Surface Pro 3 battery to its knees
after 4 hours, 18 minutes. Which is quite lower time period than the surface
pro 2.
Microsoft describes the chip as a “tuned” version of the Core i5-4300U, the
upgraded processor that Microsoft adopted midway through the Surface Pro 2 life
cycle. The Surface Pro 3’s WorldBench 9 score, however, was just 72, whereas
the Surface Pro 2 achieved a score of 74.
Microsoft has moved to the faster 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard, which
increases potential wireless throughput. The new tablet also sports a 5
megapixel front and rear camera that is enough for full 1080p Skype chats. The
Surface Pro 3 retains the MicroSD slot of previous generations, as well as the
single USB 3.0 port and Mini DisplayPort connector. The upcoming docking
station will include three USB 3.0 ports and two USB 2.0 connectors, as well as
gigabit ethernet.
Mircosft surface pro 3 ink pen
The Surface Pro 2 came with 200GB of free One Drive
storage, the Surface Pro 3 does not. Ditto for the year’s worth of Skype
Premium calling and Wi-Fi access that the Pro 2 offered. The Surface Pro 3 ships
with a chunky new N-trig pen that features what Microsoft calls decreased parallax;
the digital ink works very well white it is closer to the screen. And the quite
attracting trick is you can rouse the tablet from sleep by holding the button
on the top of the pen, which launches a new OneNote note without requiring a
password. Either you like digital ink or
you don’t, and the Surface Pro 3 is still too heavy and awkward for long-term
one-handed use. Microsoft wants Surface Pro 3 as a digital work pad, but doing
so requires setting the tablet down on a table. The pen’s storage loop in the
new Type Cover also needs work, as it makes removing and stowing the pen too
difficult. Securing the pen within the tablet would be a better solution—though
perhaps unfeasible, given that the Surface Pro 3’s internals are already packed
to capacity with components. One of the selling points of the line. In the
service of improved lapability,
Microsoft has reworked the kickstand and the
Type Cover for this model.
The New Cover
The tablet still clicks back to the 22-degree angle, but
beyond that the kickstand and its “friction hinge” can support any angle up to
150 degrees. Microsoft says it has tested the hinge to hold up over repeated
use. I used the Surface Pro 3 on a plane from New York to San Francisco, flying
in coach. The Surface Pro 3 fit fairly well on the tray table, with a bit
hanging off the edge. Typing was no problem. In key travel and spacing,
Microsoft claims, the Type Cover 3 is essentially the same as the
second-generation model, and the keys are still backlit. I can’t say, however,
whether the Surface Pro 3 will remain
comfortable to use if the person ahead of you reclines the seat—the
passenger in front of me slept with the seat in the upright position.
Thanks to Microsoft , you will be able to use the Surface Pro 3 with the Type Cover
comfortably on your lap, and I typed on it for extended periods. The best thing about the new Microsoft Surface pro 3 so-called lapability lies in a tweak that Microsoft made to the Type Cover 3. Click it in, and it
resembles the previous generation’s keyboard. You’ll notice, however, a narrow
strip on its long, connected edge that uses a second magnetic connection. When
you fold it down, this strip raises the keyboard to a slight angle, and it
reinforces the Type Cover’s connection across the entire tablet. Earlier Type
Cover designs feel flimsy on your lap, but the additional support of the Type
Cover 3 stabilizes the whole unit. The Type Cover 3 works with earlier Surface
models, too.
Comfort
When I used the Surface Pro 3 , the new tablet-keyboard combination offered enough stability,
flexibility, that i was totally get in love with it. I did encounter two bugs. First, after I folded up the Surface Pro
3 and then reopened it, the touchpad wouldn’t work and the cursor vanished.
Rebooting solved the problem. Second, when I snapped the Type Cover 3 onto my
older Surface Pro 2 to check connectivity, it worked fine—but after I reattached
the Type Cover 2 to the Surface Pro 2, the Type Cover 2 failed to connect, even
after several reboots. Another, older Type Cover failed to work as well.
Microsoft says software updates will fix such issues with the covers. Third
time’s the charm? For all of the Surface Pro 3’s attractive qualities, you may
be better served by exploring other Windows 8.1 options, be they hybrids or
traditional laptops. These competitors may not have the Surface Pro 3’s
gorgeous display, but they will likely cost a few hundred dollars less, boast
longer battery lives, and maybe face the challenges of the airplane tray table
with greater aplomb. Here is no doubt what Microsoft has accomplished with the Surface
Pro 3, however. The new model represents an improvement on all fronts. The
original Surface wasn’t much of a tablet. The Surface Pro 3 certainly is.
PROS:
• Larger screen offers 38 percent more real estate • New Type
Cover is much more stable • Stated battery life of 8 hours.
CONS:
• Pricing still gives one pause • No more free One Drive
cloud storage • Stylus holder is awkwardly placed.
BOTTOM LINE:
Microsoft Surface pro
3 is a very impressive and attractive replacement to the laptops and the
tablets. It is quite competitive for the laptops and tablets of this range, the
new surface pro 3 pro offers a very impressive ink pen which very useful as a
note pad. And on the performance line the new surface pro 3 is very fast and
amazingly fluid and the
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