I need a Surface, but which one to get?

[Olivertheguy]

I am in need of a new mobile computing device and have looked at all the options. I have come to the conclusion that a Surface Pro 3 would suit my need well, but the first question is Skylake? Should I wait until the Pro 4 comes out or snatch up a 3 while there cheap? Secondly what spec, the best bang of buck seems to be the i5 with 4GB of ram, but I don't know if this will be fast enough for what I want to do:

 

Adobe CC mostly Photoshop, Lightroom, Muse and Premiere Pro (nothing hardcore, no rendering and only basic editing and effects in Premier and Photoshop)

Blender (Low Poly 3D modeling)

Programing (C#, Python, Java .etc only small(ish) projects for the web and windows store)

(Very) Light Gaming, Minecraft, Prison Architect and that sort of 2D and basic 3D games

Web Browsing, Chrome with lots of tabs 10-20 on a usual day (is 4gb enough or do I need 8gb)

Basic 2D Game Development in Unity

 

Thats all of the intensive stuff I will be doing but 60% of the time it will be OneNote, Excel, Word and 5-10 Chrome Tabs

 

Thanks 

 

 

[smeek14]

The Surface 4 will be released shortly... I would wait for that.

[xboxonthego3]

I would wait for the Surface Pro 4 as well. It will only make the Surface Pro 3 cheaper. If you are in immediate need of a Surface. A Surface Pro 3 is great. I have had the i5 8GB of RAM 256GB model for over a year. Still runs great.

[Dackzy]

I am in need of a new mobile computing device and have looked at all the options. I have come to the conclusion that a Surface Pro 3 would suit my need well, but the first question is Skylake? Should I wait until the Pro 4 comes out or snatch up a 3 while there cheap? Secondly what spec, the best bang of buck seems to be the i5 with 4GB of ram, but I don't know if this will be fast enough for what I want to do:

 

Adobe CC mostly Photoshop, Lightroom, Muse and Premiere Pro (nothing hardcore, no rendering and only basic editing and effects in Premier and Photoshop)

Blender (Low Poly 3D modeling)

Programing (C#, Python, Java .etc only small(ish) projects for the web and windows store)

(Very) Light Gaming, Minecraft, Prison Architect and that sort of 2D and basic 3D games

Web Browsing, Chrome with lots of tabs 10-20 on a usual day (is 4gb enough or do I need 8gb)

Basic 2D Game Development in Unity

 

Thats all of the intensive stuff I will be doing but 60% of the time it will be OneNote, Excel, Word and 5-10 Chrome Tabs

 

Thanks 

if had to buy a new pc ( i do many of the same things as you do) i would go for the surface pro 3 8gb ram 256gb ssd, just for all the nice features it has, and if you are a student it would be awesome. But if you can wait go for the pro 4 unless it has a core m cpu.