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Surface Pro 2 is incredible

Haha, well, homework is in a separate notebook. Plus all of the answers are online somewhere. You should be looking for the explanations... but mine are pages long even with those small letters. Loving the Surface Pro for homework, by the way.
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- Post #284
- Nov 20, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Surface Pro 2 is incredible

That's yesterday's notes. I'm taking today's notes. But thanks! People have been looking at my notes and considering tablets for themselves around here. I'm involuntarily advertising the Surface for Microsoft.
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- Post #282
- Nov 20, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Surface Pro 2 is incredible

Buy the Wacom Bamboo Feel stylus, and then use the soft (felt) nib. Sample... For those who are wondering: yes, that's my friggin' handwriting and all. I wrote most of that in portrait as well. 16:9 or not, this thing has been SOLID for handwriting and sketching.
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- Post #269
- Nov 19, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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List of software that can utilize OpenCL ?

1) The dual graphics card configuration is there for future 4K displays. 4K displays run at such massive resolution that most graphics tasks would be noticeably slower than before. For perspective, 2 4K displays is akin to 8 1080p displays in pixel count. The new Mac Pro support up to 3 of...
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- Post #3
- Nov 19, 2013
- Forum: Apple
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My new Surface Pro Tablet

No problem! My main beef with the device was with battery life as well, but since I'm getting consistently 4-5 hours of heavy Photoshop and OneNote action, I can't quite complain. I'll wait and see if the Haswell version delivers on its battery life estimates (it has to be at least 7 hours...
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- Post #44
- Sep 5, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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My new Surface Pro Tablet

Because the future doesn't look like it's going to be much different. Surface Pro 2 with Haswell shows 7 hours of run time. That's not unexpected at all because in the end, the screen still consumes a fair amount of power. And if you want to compare, again, run Photoshop on the Haswell MBA...
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- Post #33
- Sep 5, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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My new Surface Pro Tablet

No. But it's comparable to Ivy Bridge Air. At least the 11.6" model. You're the one suggesting the MacBook Air can "easily" beat that battery life figure, with which I disagree because I have handled almost every generation since 2010, and the 11.6" model is hardly anything to write home...
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- Post #28
- Sep 3, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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My new Surface Pro Tablet

It's IntoCircuit. Technically it should charge the Surface Pro about 1.5 times, but I've found that it can only reliably push another full charge over. Not an issue either way. I must say... doubling the battery life of the Surface Pro is already more than enough for me to get by. Well...
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- Post #26
- Sep 3, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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My new Surface Pro Tablet

Make a new Power Profile with the "Power Saver" profile as the base. Make sure everything else is set to maximum power saving. And then set minimum processor state to 0%. You can leave maximum processor state at anything. I leave mine at 100% just because I figure I may need that extra headroom...
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- Post #19
- Aug 31, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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My new Surface Pro Tablet

If you downclock the CPU, you still get respectable performance, and the battery can last 5-6 hours instead of the usual 4. If all else fails, you can get an external battery pack from IntoCircuit that can charge the Surface Pro up to 2 times (more like 1.5) and extend runtime to 10-14 hours...
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- Post #13
- Aug 29, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Need help choosing a mini tablet for my son to take to school

I'm not sure you're getting me there. You can plug a Cintiq into a tablet PC, and it would work better than the built-in digitizer of that tablet PC. You don't need a full-size computer to realize the benefit of a better digitizer. Though enough processing power to not make the experience...
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- Post #35
- Aug 21, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Haswell/Intel HD 5000 with retina res?

Actually, even when the application is "HiDPI aware", there is still scaling going on in software. Weird, right? Basically, it is as TheStu has explained. No matter what the application does, OSX only gives out the scaled resolution of 1440x900 or 1280x800, and not 2880x1800 or 2560x1600...
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- Post #26
- Aug 21, 2013
- Forum: Apple
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Need help choosing a mini tablet for my son to take to school

It's not about performance. A Surface Pro with its puny ULV processor is more than enough for jotting things down with One Note. The main problem is with accuracy. People usually assume that a Cintiq is about the same as a tablet PC... until they actually sit down and use the Cintiq compared to...
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- Post #29
- Aug 20, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices
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Haswell/Intel HD 5000 with retina res?

Retina resolutions lag because Apple couldn't get their software algorithms right. The whole interface is actually driven almost entirely by the CPU since there is no dedicated hardware in the GPU for all that scaling and rendering. But Apple also limits the amount of CPU resources they use for...
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- Post #12
- Aug 20, 2013
- Forum: Apple
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Need help choosing a mini tablet for my son to take to school

I have also tried Galaxy Note devices. And I must say... for writing, you should actually avoid them. Screen size aside, there is always a slight lag for each stroke when you write at much faster speed... just because the CPU can't keep up. The best tablet device for writing I have worked with...
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- Post #27
- Aug 20, 2013
- Forum: Mobile Devices

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