Surface Pro 3 (Off-Topic)

by Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) , London, Ontario, Canada, Monday, August 10, 2015, 10:52 (3396 days ago) @ cheapLEY

I've used a Surface Pro (no number) for a couple of years now and am quite satisfied with it. I don't use the pen function at all, so I can't comment on now it works as a drawing pad (though the guys at Penny Arcade seem to have found a Pro 3 useful for drawing after getting some driver tweaks) but it's a good little laptop if you get the keyboard attachment and it's a great tablet without it.

Nice clear screen, fairly snappy performance, good touch controls, and I suspect it'll handle Windows 10 speech controls very well as it's a great platform for Skype. Battery life is great if doing browsing and paperwork, fair to middling if trying to do stuff that draws more horsepower, and sucks when playing AAA games but that is kinda outside the scope of a tablet's use-case anyway.

-- Steve mostly uses it for media stuff while commuting; the smaller footprint comes in immensely handy on buses and trains.