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I love my Surface! Having true multitasking, file management, Office, and a full size usb is amazing.
I think i'll be getting a touch cover with mine for 3 reasons - 1) typing on the screen means you can't see half the screen 2) a keyboard means you don't have to look down at a flat tablet (all you see is reflections of ceiling lights if you do that) 3) i don't need a keyboard all the time so would much rather have the thinner/lighter/integrated keyboard.
I like the fact that he brought out the good points in all the tablet OSs instead of beating any down.
I want a surface pro. The ability to have a full office suite after having to use Docs 2 Go integrated into Microsoft Office will be a breath of fresh air.
I think you cannot install typical software on surface RT cuz it uses arm-based cpu. But you can install on pro version cuz it will use i5 core 3rd gen.
I'm Using Windows 8 Dev Preview on my laptop and honestly it's amazing. The split screen feature is something I've been using constantly, and everything runs buttery smooth. Can't wait to use Windows 8 on a tablet.
Yes, I'm a Surface owner myself. I also have an iPad2 and an Acer Iconia A500 Android Tab running ICS. Internet Explorer 10 beats all other browsers hands-down! It's so fluid and responsive, loads up flash videos great.. overall an amazing browsing experience. I installed Chrome on my Android Tablet and you would think that Google would get their own browser right on their own platform! It's a piece of crap! Having more than 1 tab open is useless because all other tabs start crashing!
apparently you are confused too. RT will only run apps from the windows store. That is, it runs apps that are written and compiled for ARM processors. Windows 8 (home premium OR pro, doesn't matter) will run all the programs that you have used in the past on windows 7, vista, or xp PLUS all the programs in the windows store.
Brandon, the touch cover is pressure sensitive... Try placing your hand over the cover without actually typing like you would on a regular keyboard... I know still feels like typing on a touch screen, but you can relax and your hands over it without worrying that it's gonna type random stuff.
I love how it has a kickstand, but you're holding it up 7:10
Yes. It will run any apps that run on a Windows RT device, and well as any software that runs on a Windows PC
Definitely the best tablet of this year. i am looking forward to buy this one over the nexus 10 or iPad 4.
'oh yeh, that's good stuff....that's real good stuff' @4:30 lool
The type cover makes more sense because its a pain to take a tab from viewing angle and "try" to type on the same screen your doing work on. He did seem to understand their pressure sensitive so you can rest your hands on it like a normal keyboard. I tried on out and the multi touch pad works surprisingly good for a mouse and there was no learning curve for me in the keyboard you just have to remember it works like normal keyboard (not a capacitive screen) and let your muscle memory take control
and you have usb slot for external hard drives, using a usb extender, you can have 4 usb ports + sdxc card, that's plenty of storage options. Let's not forget skydrive.
Surface looks like it would be a great fit for my needs as I've decided remoting into my All-in-one PC to occasionally run desktop applications other than Office will be more than sufficient. The one thing that Surface Pro has going for it is the stylus so I might be waiting a few more months until that arrives.
Ofc, you can use it however u like while powering up. Keyboard attached and all...
I think this is very cool, the tablet interface and the productivity of windows it is a powerfull combination
Your "unboxing and first impressions" beats most other sites review. Great done. Looking forword to learning more ;-)
Like I said, up to you. They're both going to do the same thing anyway, just comes down to which one has better specs/suits you better.
I don't know of any mobile devices made in recent years that can't be used while charging. No company would make a device that it useless for hours at a time while it charges. It used to be advised that devices should be turned off while charging, but modern rechargable batteries are more versatile than ones from 10-15 year ago.
i agree, and if the device does not have flash, it should have a way of obtaining it like for example the nexus 10 doesn't have flash, what do you do? install boat browser and install flash, done.
I love the idea of the Surface! I've been curious since i heard of it. i think it looks like a great product!
I can explain the reason of two Internet Explorers, one of them (touch enchanced) is like for tablet use while the internet explorer in desktop, is for mouse and keyboard, i think it makes alot sense :D
Great review. I'm so excited for this. I will definitely get the Surface Pro with the touch cover.
I've actually had the windows 8 developer preview installed on my old Asus eeepc that has like 256 or 500mb of ram and it actually ran faster than my windows 7 desktop. The thing with windows 8 is that its meant to be more memory efficient and therefore faster.
Yes...def getting the type cover....makes more since!
Brandon, if you want more access, install ViStart so you can have a stat menu for much more access.
Actually, alot of tablets use a proprietary charging cable. My TF201 has a proprietary cable. The only tablet i know to use MicroUSB is the Nexus 7
I can't believe people are too stubborn and don't give this a chance. This tablet is amazing!!!! There's not one thing that iPad can do that this can't. Yet there are a hundred things this can do that an iPad can't.
I freaking love this, completely surprised with it, the only thing is that i don't really know how many apps there are going to be for it. Also, in the video the screen had a white thingy, and I was like "clean the screen, clean the screen, oh c,mon clean the screen!" It was driving me crazy! Other than that, awesome video and awesome tablet!
Ok. Thank you for your help.
Awesome Box and incredible device...I waiting the Microsoft's Surface Pro.
The desktop is for managing files. Imagine sorting through gigs and gigs of data on an external HD without it. See, because the Surface has a USB port, you can plug in thumb drives and hard drives, and you'll want the classic file explorer to find what you're looking for.
If it is faster than any other tablet in browsing, i will buy one!
Awesome !!
Finally someone other Adam Lien talking in windows 8's videos !!
The desktop app might seem pointless on RT but I understand why its there, even on RT. On Windows 8 it, of course, functions like DOS-mode did on Windows 98: it's there to use legacy apps. Right now there is no modern UI version of Office so right now even Windows RT benefits from having a desktop. On top of that the modern UI is new and not as fleshed out as the good old desktop. So the desktop includes many advanced functions that arent available in the new UI yet.
Just for curiosity... What do you produce with your tablet? Do you paint pictures? Make music? Edit videos? Write articles? What? Because I've never seen any content produced on any tablet that I know of.
Hope the keyboard experience is excellent after practice. It's one of the big draws for me to the Surface.
"I wanna feel this thing" "oh yeah" "oh yeah" "oh yeah" " that's good" " that's really good" lol
Because when i'm not moving , just use at home , i want to remove the battery , And plug it back in when i'm go outside , just like my laptops . But as you said , its not replaceable so i guess i can't do that anymore :D
8:23 they made a type and touch cover for a reason. Touch- touch screen. Type- regular keyboard
It's a tablet feature though. It's not a full-on computer-OS... but it has the desktop! Nice!
i am getting one since the price dropped recently. I'm so excited :DD
always love brandon's review. fast and to the point. like me i care quite a bit on the quality of my devices. :P
wicked nice cant wait to upgrade my laptop from windows 7 to windows 8
Ok. Should I get a Vivo Tab or a Vivobook? I think Vivobook will be cheaper but after playing around with the hybrids, I love using the tablet hybrid.
Awesome!!
Finally someone other than boring Adam Lien talking in windows 8's videos
The reason for RT is because of ARM processors. ARM processors are better on battery and cheaper than putting a x86 processor into a tablet. ARM processors can not run x86 programs, so it has nothing to do with Microsoft not letting you do it. The processors are the reasoning for it.
high grade neodymium magnets won't lose their magnetism much for at least decades, even then they'd still work fine.
Microsoft had their own Tablet back in 2001. Still, they had the idea way before the 2000s.
This is awesome... You want to do something. Not an emulator, no poor android app, no crap mac app... just THE app you always run . To do ALLLLLLLL the things you do, often in your pc o laptop.
This is really nice... I'm goona buy one too. the PRO is the one.
Yes yes right ok, in my haste i wrote that but yes that is right. What i was trying to say was, that some people just dont understand that RT is the "Home" edition of Win8 with aforementioned features. I just dont get why they're confused
Hi brandon, can you plz..let us knw the apps..music and video playing..other features it got?? That would give clear idea abt it.
It looks very nice!!
But I think I'm gonna wait for the Microsoft Surface pro!!!
are there two different kinds of touch covers for the surface? I was surprised to hear that bad reaction to it in this video, I had the impression the keys had a minor throw distance sort of like rubberized chiclet keys.
I was talking about the shape of the adapter and the pins and stuff not just the magnet
Excellent video, thanks for sharing!
the asus transformer with keyboard dock had a both a usb and a sd card slot a year before the surface even came out
and the third internet explorer you need to download file, another one for youtube and a few more for different search engines ... makes a lot of sense )
i don't know abt windows rt...windows 8 is really a step forward for microsoft....it works perfectly...it's fast and responsive...works gr8 without touchscreen too......i don't ever miss d start screen.....good job microsoft
Great unboxing... next time, draw the curtains. The glare makes it difficult to see what's on the screen.
A lot are waiting for the Pro. But mind you people are thinking the price will be around $1000-$1100 - similar to other i7 ultrabooks that are currently on the market.
Windows 8 has a lot of cool, new features, and a lot of sweet shortcuts... But in day-to-day usage, I don't think it'll keep up. Multitasking just isn't as smooth, but I guess I'll get used to it.
hi there! nice unboxing' i wonder if this needs needs antivirus? and if does is it pre loaded? thanks
Can we plug power connector to it and using at the same time like Laptop ? Or we must let it charge until full and then unplug ? Like Mobile devices ?
I would buy this over the iPad only for the USB port. That would be so helpful.
If you'd live near Brandon's house, you would hear him say: "...oh yeah, that's real goodstuff.. oh yeah..." all night long. :D
I also must admit, the "clicky-sound" is pretty awesome. ;)
Hey I have a question which has nothing to do with this video, has youtube changed the design of there site? Because I am seeing a lot of changed and they dont look nice!
Ok, that's what I thought. I've got Win8 Pro on my laptop now so I'll keep an eye on how much space the Metro apps take up and how the store develops. My Laptop has a 60Gb SSD boot drive which with just an OS and Office 2007 installed was left with 21Gb free so I had to ask about Surface before I'd consider buying.
Tis rather nice though :)
Looks good the only problem right now is that there isnt many apps for it.
It has an internal battery that's not user replaceable. How or why would you attempt to use it without a battery installed?
Hw can we connect j5 create ethernet adapter to it. Any suggestion frens...
Decisions! Technology is really great right now :D
Sorry i dont understand, what third file? i use both internet Explorers, before i used Google chrom, but i think Internet Explorer has advanced, in for example, the size of the screen, where you can actually view whats on the page, and i found it easy to set Google as my search engine, evertthing else worked fine :D
do you think arm chips and even windows rt in the future will be the future of computing?
5:40 says "lets power this bad BOY on" then says there SHE comes LOL
if you jailbreak it you can install frash, but jailbreaking is stupid, takes too long for them to come out with a new jailbreak for the OS, and in my tests, frash did not even work properly
So am I, mate. The only bad part is, 64GB surface pro + touch cover + sandisk 64GB microSDXC + Screen protector + Carrying sleeve = $1200 but thank God for teaching us humans on how to save money :)
So when a person is disappointed on a hyped device he becomes an ifag automatically? Wow! What a mind you have there.
windows rt reminds me of windows starter on the dell mini.....it was slow and it was missing ( or hard to find ) some features ( might have been slow due to its atom processor ).
Thank you for explaining it. I used to wrack my brain. Seriously Thank you.
The windows 8 pro version of the surface tablet will fully support regular desktop applications!
Super reflective glossy screen! yaaaak.
But windows 8 Pro is aweosme. I am using it daily on my main machine. The release preview
I know th meaning for the touch cover! You get more screen because the screen keyboard isn't there! :) Cool
Looks good so far, very fast and responsive.
If I'm getting a laptop for school, is it a good idea to buy an RT tablet with Office in it?
That actually looks pretty cool.
What productivity can you get on an Android tablet? A couple of examples please..
Anytime. :) Good luck on choosing!
The video already tell why it's good though. You don't have to repeat again as to why it's good. But why do you think it's not good when you don't even give it a try.
Can it run portable apps? Might be the only option given that normal windows progs.can't b installed
Windows RT with Office 2013 takes about 8 GB of space... so 32-8= 24 Gb of free space... you can add 64GB of Micro SDXC card to surface
You need to verify why you are not satisfied with it. You cannot just say it's bad.
Hi please i want to know if the RT's browser can download content from other sites,it will be dumb for microsoft not to add this but am just been onthe saver side here since windows phone browser cant do this,pls reply
this is looks like a great idea. i wont buy it but i can see how some will. I have high resolution on my mac and on my nexus 7, even my xperia s and have come to really appreciate the density and quality delivered by having more pixels. While i havent had a chance to try this, based on reviews such as this one, the word on the street is that microsoft didnt really put a top notch screen on these surfaces. anyways, other than that i like the design and the docking sound of the magnetic doc port
I know we can use the device while charging , i just want to know . Is it usable without a battery ? Like Laptops or Notebooks v.v.v...
honestly, probably not yet, if you're buying a laptop, buy a laptop and not a tablet. If you're looking for a good laptop I'd recommend a mac, they're durable but pricy, If you're not doing any heavy duty work get the macbook air. On the other hand, if you are going to do heavy duty work, go ahead and get a PC, for a similar price to a mac you will get better specs, IF you already have a desktop, then you (could) go buy a tablet and do PC stuff on your desktop.
If you were to decide you dont enjoy the surface and want to be an awesome guy i think this would be great for school and would love a gift.
I'm just waiting to see what apps it gets. I got rid of my windows phone becuz of the lack of apps available, so if the tablet is lacking in apps too, I'm not interested.