Building a better Surface Pro 4
The Surface Pro 4 is coming. More accurately, it seems safe to assume that one should be coming soon. There were only 8 months between the launch of the Surface Pro and the Surface Pro 2. There were only 8 …
Surface Pro 3
Surface Pro 3, Day 13: Managing limited storage capacity
30 Days with Surface Pro 3: Day 13 Super slim ultrabooks, and next-generation devices like a Surface Pro 3 tablet bring many advances to computing technology. There are also some tradeoffs, though, to enable vendors to pack an entire computer …
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Surface Pro 3, Day 12: Loving the new Type cover
30 Days with Surface Pro 3: Day 12 There is one Surface Pro 3 accessory that is indispensable in my opinion: the Type keyboard cover. As far as I’m concerned, the Type cover should be bundled with the Surface Pro …
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Surface Pro 3, Day 11: Longer battery life
30 Days with Surface Pro 3: Day 11 One of the defining features of the Surface Pro 3—in fact arguably THE defining feature—is the fact that it’s a tablet. It is thin, and light, and designed for portability. In order …
Surface Pro 3, Day 10: Setting up the Start menu / screen
30 Days with Surface Pro 3: Day 10 The Start button—or lack thereof—has been a controversy since Microsoft launched Windows 8. It has continued to evolve through Windows 8.1 and now throughout the Windows 10 Technical Preview builds. The Start …
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Surface Pro 3, Day 9: Shifting gears to Windows 10
30 Days with Surface Pro 3: Day 9 The 30 Days with Surface Pro 3 series is about the device itself—as the name implies. The operating system, however, plays a significant role in the 30-day experience. With that in mind, …
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Surface Pro 3, Day 8: How to install software on a Surface Pro 3
30 Days with Surface Pro 3: Day 8 When it comes to devices like the Surface Pro 3, or even hybrid 2-in-1 devices like the Dell Latitude 13 7000 2-in-1, there is a tradeoff made between functionality and size. In …
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Surface Pro 3, Day 7: Finding what you need in the Windows Store
30 Days with Surface Pro 3: Day 7 When I conducted the 30 Days with Surface Pro experiment with the original Surface Pro almost two years ago, the Windows Store was still in its infancy, and had a mere 40,000 …
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Surface Pro 3, Day 6: Surface Pro 3 as a tablet
30 Days with Surface Pro 3: Day 6 For Day 5 of the 30 Days with Surface Pro 3 series, I focused on how the Surface Pro 3 is—first and foremost—a Windows PC. Today, I am going to take a …
Surface Pro 3, Day 5: Surface Pro 3 as a PC
30 Days with Surface Pro 3: Day 5 The Surface Pro 3 appears to be the device that is finally earning some respect and credibility for the Surface Pro line. Even, though it seems to be gaining some traction, though, …