Zanth Posted January 29, 2013 Report Posted January 29, 2013 Yes, all windows 8 computers are like that. Just disable pagefile and hiberfile and that'll free up a bunch of space. An easier solution is to wipe Windows altogether and install something with balls.
TMoney Posted January 30, 2013 Report Posted January 30, 2013 Looks like we (mostly) have our answer. http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/01/surface-pro-disk-space-to-fall-a-long-way-short-of-what-youd-expect/
Dreadhead Posted February 10, 2013 Report Posted February 10, 2013 The Surface Pro is awesome. The stylus in particular is cool. The track pad on the type keyboard works well too.
grawk Posted February 10, 2013 Report Posted February 10, 2013 its good someone likes it It's definitely the product I wanted from microsoft in 1996
Dreadhead Posted February 10, 2013 Report Posted February 10, 2013 Or from anyone else for that matter.
shellylh Posted February 10, 2013 Author Report Posted February 10, 2013 Chris, Have you used any tablets with a Wacom digitizer stylus before? If so, how does the writing compare to them. If you haven't, no problem.
Dreadhead Posted February 10, 2013 Report Posted February 10, 2013 (edited) Shelly other than the Surface Pro (which is Wacom according to the recent reviews) no I have not. Example saying it has Wacom: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2415089,00.asp It is definitely pressure sensitive. Edited February 10, 2013 by Dreadhead
shellylh Posted February 10, 2013 Author Report Posted February 10, 2013 I went over to Best Buy to check out the Surface Pro. Unfortunately, the stylus was already stolen so I couldn't try out how smooth it writes/draws. I guess I should have realized that anything not bolted down at BB could not possibly last longer than a day. I ask the guy if they have another one, he tells me that you don't need it because it has touch capability. Then I proceed to tell him how the pen digitizer is different from the capacitive touch.... needless to say, he was not interested in the different technologies. He just says, here is a stylus (one that works with capacitive touch). Then I go around the store looking to see if they have any Wacom pens, which they don't and eventually leave. Sigh. Next time I will bring my own pen. Other than that, the screen is nice and it seems pretty zippy.
Dreadhead Posted February 10, 2013 Report Posted February 10, 2013 I really like it. Makes me want to get an RT for myself but of course that doesn't have the pen screen. I don't really have any use for one (work will never allow me to do anything useful on it). I'm getting a close to TOTL 15" i7 laptop for work though which will be nice though I will not be able to attach even surf the web on it. Hopefully it doesn't weigh too much.
shellylh Posted February 10, 2013 Author Report Posted February 10, 2013 If they weren't out of the 128GB (they seem to have the 64GB at MS.com), I would probably buy one today. It make my old tablet pc (Motion Computing LE1700) seems like a dinosaur.
cutestory Posted May 31, 2013 Report Posted May 31, 2013 Shelly, did you end up getting one? And Dread, you still liking yours?
shellylh Posted May 31, 2013 Author Report Posted May 31, 2013 I bought one but sent it back before opening it. I read complaints of the pen calibration being off (even after calibrating the pen) and when I tried it at Best Buy, it was way off (but probably not calibrated). i have a couple of friends who have one and like it. I am just sticking to my ancient Motion Computing LE 1700 (which is not a touch screen but I don't really need that feature as much as the pen).
Dreadhead Posted May 31, 2013 Report Posted May 31, 2013 (edited) My wife still loves hers but she doesn't really use the pen much so that is not that important to her. Edited May 31, 2013 by Dreadhead
tkam Posted May 31, 2013 Report Posted May 31, 2013 I'd expect to see a new or updated Surface Pro sometime later this year. I imagine they want to get the Haswell chips in there to help the battery life.
Nebby Posted May 31, 2013 Report Posted May 31, 2013 I'm looking forward to seeing whether Haswell will meet Intel's claims of power savings...
TMoney Posted May 31, 2013 Report Posted May 31, 2013 Haswell launches Monday so I doubt you'll have to wait long.
Nebby Posted May 31, 2013 Report Posted May 31, 2013 Haswell launches Monday so I doubt you'll have to wait long. True, but I reckon it'll take a little while before it actually trickles into mobile devices.
Nebby Posted May 31, 2013 Report Posted May 31, 2013 (edited) I'd expect it to start in mobile devices Right, but I expect them to release the retail motherboards and cpus first. When the devices show up, yeah, I'll expect the mobile devices to come first Edited May 31, 2013 by Nebby
grawk Posted May 31, 2013 Report Posted May 31, 2013 See, I think intel would prefer mobile devices to motherboards to start. Low power devices tend to not be aimed at hobbyists or enthusiasts.
Nebby Posted May 31, 2013 Report Posted May 31, 2013 The desktop version of Haswell has an increase in performance over Ivy Bridge while using less power, that's enough to perk the interest of enthusiasts since less power draw means less heat. On the flip side the Ivy Bridge packaging method isn't particularly great for overclocking and it's said that they used the same system in Haswell.
grawk Posted June 1, 2013 Report Posted June 1, 2013 Still, the number of enthusiasts is miniscule compared to the market for portable devices
Nebby Posted June 1, 2013 Report Posted June 1, 2013 Still, the number of enthusiasts is miniscule compared to the market for portable devices I guess we'll see how it goes on release date. I know enthusiast sites already have final or near-final samples of motherboards and cpus for review and it's fairly plausible that there will be reviews out after the NDA lifts. On the flip side I haven't heard any rumblings of portable devices other than Intel's own demo unit a while back.
luvdunhill Posted June 1, 2013 Report Posted June 1, 2013 I wonder if the Intel NUC will get an update... just bought a few and down the road a bump in power would be nice.
Dusty Chalk Posted August 15, 2013 Report Posted August 15, 2013 Wacom Intuos5 Is this something you'd be interested in, Shelly?
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