The bottom line: the additional performance and battery life are unquestionably significant strides forward for the Surface tablet. If you’re an audiophile or DJ, however, it’s worth checking out. Honestly, I didn’t really play with the ”Surface Remix” project that Microsoft had on hand, both because of a lack of time and without knowing if it would be a finished product. I’m hoping a more rigid Battery Cover changes that impression. Seriously: “lapability”? What does that mean, exactly? If it means the ability to work with the Surface in a lap - maaaayybee. Neither the Touch nor Type Cover nor the dual kickstand gives me the feeling of working with a notebook in my lap.
Quite frankly, Panos Panay, the Microsoft executive in charge of the Surface launch, oversold it a bit. (In a nice touch, Microsoft employees told me that the Power Cover charges the Surface’s internal battery, so that you can grab it and go if need be.) If Microsoft plays its cards right, the Docking Station could transform the Surface into the engine powering something like a desktop, while the Power Cover could add the stability to make the Surface a true convertible tablet or two-in-one. I suspect-well, hope-that Microsoft’s on to something here, though.
But I’ve always felt that the Type Cover nearly provided a full keyboard experience, with satisfactory tactile feedback and a travel distance that made me feel like I was using a desktop keyboard. I’ve never liked using the Touch Cover, for example, if only because the relative lack of tactile feedback slows me down and forces me to hunt and peck more than usual. Let’s be clear: Typing is a personal activity, and most users have their own set of subjective preferences regarding their own keyboards, mice, and monitors. It felt speedy enough, but that’s a very basic impression. Since our tests are confined to x86 processors, we didn’t benchmark the ARM processor-based Surface 2. That’s not earth-shattering, but we are talking about generational improvements from one set of integrated GPUs to the next. The new Surface Pro 2 (256 GB/8 GB RAM) returned a score of 4,888 using the identical benchmark-just 9 percent better. We re-benchmarked the original Surface Pro (128 GB/4 GB RAM) and generated a score of 4,447. I slipped in a USB key with FutureMark’s PCMark 7 suite (the Surface won’t run a test or two in our more recent WorldBench 8 and 8.1 tests). Microsoft showed off World of Warcraft and Portal 2 running smoothly-yes, these games are several years old, but they do run, and well.Ī face-down Surface 2 shows off the new kickstand angle. What is clear, however, is that the Surface Pro 2 is definitely a gaming machine of some sort.
0 kommentar(er)
