grawk Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 they're doing you a favor, giving you a chance to cancel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted October 24, 2013 Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 Thanks Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwood Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 I'm still waiting on my 512GB SP2, but my Type 2 cover already arrived, so I can stare at it in the meantime. Sigh. . Be fair, shipping estimate is still Oct 29. That they shipped the Type 2 cover early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 (edited) After 5+ phone calls Staples finally released mine to shipping and it supposedly shipped a couple hours ago. After learning that the sellers take on all the risk with fraud, I understand why, but I just wish they had more people dealing with the backlog. Supposed to arrive today but we will see. Edit: UPS says out for delivery. This plus 3D printer making it feel like Christmas. Edited October 25, 2013 by Dreadhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellylh Posted October 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 Awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted October 25, 2013 Report Share Posted October 25, 2013 (edited) It is light and responsive and awesome Edited October 25, 2013 by Dreadhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Congrat! It sounds like my MacBook Air 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Well played Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwood Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Still waiting on mine to ship, hopefully it at least makes the original Oct 29 estimate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 (edited) As far as I know they are still meeting their ship dates so you will not be waiting too long. I have to call Microsoft and cancel my order that will ship in a few weeks. Edit: done! Edited October 26, 2013 by Dreadhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cutestory Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Woohoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted October 26, 2013 Report Share Posted October 26, 2013 Since I still need to use Windows for SAS and Excel (with the Data Analysis plug-in), I will probably buy one of these when my little Acer laptop bites the dust. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted October 27, 2013 Report Share Posted October 27, 2013 (edited) I really like this bag as it has great padding and holds everything plus Blu-ray drive. http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B009RV2EOI Edited October 27, 2013 by Dreadhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopants Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 How often does the fan spin up? Is it noticeable under load? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 (edited) After reading about the fan I made a point of looking for it on my wife's one and it took me a while. I honestly had no clue it had one before that. I have never noticed it turn on on mine but I have not really done anything CPU intensive that I can think of other than installation of software and updates. Edit: I used it for a few hours yesterday and I could never hear any fan going etc. I'm still getting used to all the gestures etc and need to practice but all in all I am loving the device and OS. In particular the hand writing recognition is very good considering how terrible my hand writing is. I now have to figure out a way to get my work to purchase me one of these or similar. Edited October 29, 2013 by Dreadhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwood Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Got shipping notification, should have it tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwood Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 My 512GB SP2 arrived. Has about 450GB free in stock from. Man, this thing is beautiful. Quite the thick brick. But it's small when I realize it's a full power computer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Glad you are liking it. So I am going to have to wait for IT to approve windows 8.1 which will likely be a year or so but it looks like I might be able to get one of these on the work network which would be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwood Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 It looks like they didn't change the Wifi section, as it has the sleep of death problems when in Power Saver mode. But Power saver mode is annoyingly leggy because it keeps powering things on on and off constantly. Oh well, so for trying for 8+ hrs of power. But I bought the SP2 for power use, so Balanced Power is fine, keeping the screen brightness down to 50% puts battery life estimate at least to 5-6hrs, maybe more if I'm just doing light Internet browsing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted November 1, 2013 Report Share Posted November 1, 2013 (edited) I had not heard of the sleep of death thing before. Fingers crossed my wife and I don't hit it as it seems to have lots of possible sources. Edited November 1, 2013 by Dreadhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwood Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 (edited) Looks like Microsoft may have fixed the Wifi low power states which should fix the sleep of death problems, although I haven't had them since switching to Balanced Power mode. I would paste the Anandtech link about the firmware update. But Opera mobile on Android is not letting me on this forum. Sigh. Edited November 2, 2013 by Edwood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreadhead Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 (edited) I will have to track that down Edited November 2, 2013 by Dreadhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsavitsk Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Since I still need to use Windows for SAS and Excel (with the Data Analysis plug-in), I will probably buy one of these when my little Acer laptop bites the dust. Sounds like a job for VMWare ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphsci Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Sounds like a job for VMWare ... But then I couldn't buy a new computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwood Posted November 6, 2013 Report Share Posted November 6, 2013 (edited) After living with my Surface Pro 2 for a few days, it's overall a great experience. Battery life is fantastic, especially after the firmware update they pushed, or at least I think it was, all I know one of of the updates took a long time and required a few few reboots. Windows 8.1 still kind of sucks. I boot straight to Desktop mode now. Sick and tired of nanny bullshit of having change settings to run any older programs as administrator even though the primary account is the administrator. My biggest criticism of Surface Pro 2 is that it doesn't have instant on capabilities like my Atom based Lenovo Think pad Tablet 2 does. While the SP2 wakes from sleep and hibernation really fast, it's far from instant on. It's more like a few seconds. So you still have to treat it like a laptop rather than a tablet power management wise. Edited November 6, 2013 by Edwood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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