Microsoft Surface review: Ripples of change

19 November 2012
Having powered anything from personal media players to enterprise servers, Redmond once again has a little something to call its own. It must wish it's bigger than the Xbox and sure hopes no one remembers the Kin phone. The Microsoft Surface...

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  • Oncom
  • 61n
  • 20 Nov 2012

Can I make call, send SMS and USSD from this device..?

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    • owl
    • thu
    • 20 Nov 2012

    Yaaaks for da type cover
    I wonder how that carpet will looks like after several times

    At least stay away from black color

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      • owl
      • thu
      • 20 Nov 2012

      Yaaaks for da type cover
      I wonder how that carpet will looks like after several times

      At least stay away from black color

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        • Terrible
        • kS$
        • 20 Nov 2012

        Played with Surface at the Microsoft Store. The keyboard options are absolutely TERRIBLE. The colored keyboards have no tactile response and it feels like typing on a table mat. The second option, a black keyboard with chiclet keys, feels flimsy and has a delay between typing and the characters showing up on the screen. I noticed this on several different Surface devices, in their own store. I went in to make a purchase; I left unconvinced, and now I await Lenovo's Windows Tablet offering. They have the best keyboards around for laptops, so hopefully that translates well to their tablet product.

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          • sfG
          • 20 Nov 2012

          Anonymous, 20 Nov 2012But its bad for both, for tablet its awkward big and for la... moreI currently use a Fujitsu TH700 12 inch convertible tablet PC.

          The surface pro looks great! It has an active digitizer, aka the pen is like that of the galaxy note. It also has a 1080p screen, and screen size is not really a concern, I have been using small laptops for ages.

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            • Anonymous
            • PG5
            • 20 Nov 2012

            AnonD-45523, 19 Nov 2012sorry bnut I am not interested in surface RT... eagerly ... moreFor the price of a Surface Pro you could get a MacBook Air that runs both Mac OSX and Windows 8.

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              • Anonymous
              • p77
              • 20 Nov 2012

              AnonD-50083, 19 Nov 2012Because it is a tablet, AND a laptop. Why would you pay $10... moreBut its bad for both, for tablet its awkward big and for laptop its very small, i mean who want under 11" laptop.

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                • AnonD-50083
                • jBF
                • 19 Nov 2012

                Anonymous, 19 Nov 2012Why people want surface pro? It cost so much and do you rea... moreBecause it is a tablet, AND a laptop. Why would you pay $1000 for an Ultrabook that can't transform into a tablet anytime you want it? Core i5 CPU + the touch enabled screen make it superior to any Ultrabook.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • p77
                  • 19 Nov 2012

                  AnonD-45523, 19 Nov 2012sorry bnut I am not interested in surface RT... eagerly ... moreWhy people want surface pro? It cost so much and do you really think those normal windows softwares are easy to use with touchscreen? Those softwares are made before touchscreen.

                  Or are you going to use your pro with mouse and keyboard? If the answer is yes, why just dont buy much better laptop?

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                    • AnonD-45523
                    • YTE
                    • 19 Nov 2012

                    sorry bnut I am not interested in surface RT...

                    eagerly waiting for SURFACE PRO...I don't care how much it will cost...but I am ready to shell out 2000$ for surface pro rather than 1000$ for the stupid ipad 4 64GB version

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                      • AnonD-73984
                      • t7X
                      • 19 Nov 2012

                      Yeah baby

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                        • nF}
                        • 19 Nov 2012

                        soooooo beautiful :d

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                          • AnonD-77516
                          • 3pu
                          • 19 Nov 2012

                          finally