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Just now, GoodBytes said:

With the keyboard or not?

Actually, come to think about it, the Surface laptop doesn't include the pen. Surface Pro series does include one (beside he new base model)

Also, the Surface Laptop i7 contains Iris 640 Graphics and the i5 has HD 620 Graphics FYI

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This Surface Laptops seems more and more to be the successor of the Surface Pro line even if the Pro 4 is a pretty damn good device. I was expecting some kind of Pro 5 with Kaby lake but i suspect that would cannibalize the Surface Laptop sales.

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I have a question. Why would you buy this when you can get a business class ultrabook for same or less money (depending on specs)?

 

A business class ultrabook would be more durable, be better cooler, have more ports(for the most part), most likely a better keyboard, weigh about the same, have the same kind of form factor and come with that sweet sweet business support which is worlds better than any normal support.

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The S is not for school, it's for Slave.

 

Only store apps? Pls. If you intend to buy this do yourself a favour and install a linux distro

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8 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

Post High-School. But yea, you can buy it, upgrade to 10 Pro for free (until Dec 31st), and you have a nice premium laptop.

That seems like a better option for the schools themselves but for the college student not quite. For a student I would think options like; fingerprint sensors, hardware drive encryption, drop protection and higher build quality would be a better option, for the money that is.

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11 minutes ago, Dackzy said:

I have a question. Why would you buy this when you can get a business class ultrabook for same or less money (depending on specs)?

 

A business class ultrabook would be more durable, be better cooler, have more ports(for the most part), most likely a better keyboard, weigh about the same, have the same kind of form factor and come with that sweet sweet business support which is worlds better than any normal support.

Glad I wasn't the only one who thought this. Personally I used a 15" HP Elitebook when I was in school, options are a whole different level. Tracking module and WWAN support etc.

 

Edit: Forgot about dedicated graphics as well.

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32 minutes ago, Spenser1337 said:

rMacBook Pro 13"

Yes, it is a 4 year old laptop featuring:
>No Windows

>No Microsoft

>Twice the USB-ports

>2x Thunderbolt 2.0

>HDMI

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1 hour ago, GoodBytes said:

 It doesn’t have USB Type-C, but the price is low. 

 


And it is available starting: June 15, starting at $999 US

 

 

lol wut? I guess a low price is always different from person to person, but think the general consensus is that is fairly expensive for a laptop without a dGPU. However there are many laptops with similar specs around that price point, but I still think it wouldn't have killed them to put a type C port on it.

 

 

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6 minutes ago, Sauron said:

The S is not for school, it's for Slave.

 

Only store apps? Pls. If you intend to buy this do yourself a favour and install a linux distro

Or upgrade to 10 Pro for free. Or buy a laptop that comes with Linux based OS like the Dell XPS dev

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The high school that I am going to just got surface pro 3's. I wonder if Microsoft will allow for some sort of install of Windows 10 Student onto the laptops.

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Just now, Implosivetech said:

The high school that I am going to just got surface pro 3's. I wonder if Microsoft will allow for some sort of install of Windows 10 Student onto the laptops.

Yes. They can switch for free.

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1 minute ago, GoodBytes said:

Yes. They can switch for free.

I'm not entirely sure why someone would though.

 

Until Adobe puts their full suite into the Store and AutoDesk follows suite then a lot of students will be using Windows 10 Pro.

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Just now, GoodBytes said:

Yes. They can switch for free.

Yee

 

faster startup times

 

and maybe even improved battery life. I like how they want to avoid installs from the web, ven though somebody could just stall it on another computer, and then bring over the files. Eh. It's possible.

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Just now, Implosivetech said:

Yee

 

faster startup times

 

and maybe even improved battery life. I like how they want to avoid installs from the web, ven though somebody could just stall it on another computer, and then bring over the files. Eh. It's possible.

Nope. Windows 10 S prevents exes from being able to be run.

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I'll stick with my combo of $100 Intel Atom 2-in-one with full Windows + my home desktop than to shell out for just the Apple competitor. To a thief, my tablet/network looks like a toy compared to the Apple or Surface laptop next to it.

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Add thunderbolt 3 and it will be perfect. Even a type C port would have been awesome. It enables a whole lot more functionality that is useful for students of all kind. 

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6 minutes ago, NinerL said:

$1,000 and only 4GB of ram? LOL? 

that's so bad it's not even laughable, as retail it's £30 for a 4GB DDR4-2133 SODIMM, so soldered RAM sold at volume has to be around £10, which is ridiculous, as M$ could start at 16GB and it would barely make a dent in the profit margin.

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27 minutes ago, Claryn said:

Yes, it is a 4 year old laptop featuring:
>No Windows

>No Microsoft

>Twice the USB-ports

>2x Thunderbolt 2.0

>HDMI

>windows is a plus

>Microsoft is a much better company than apple for the consumer

>that is typically the case with old laptops

>id rather not have thunderbolt 2, thunderbolt 3 is a different story

>apple

>apple

>osx

>apple

 

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1 hour ago, GoodBytes said:

...the price is so very low starting at 999$...

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omg, it's actually WORSE an apple laptop.

 

1 hour ago, AluminiumTech said:

rip.

 

My Pro 4 was almost $1799 for i7 + 16GB RAM and I thought that was a damn ripoff.

You thought that cause it was.  Sorry *shrugs*

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2 minutes ago, Spenser1337 said:

>windows is a plus

>Microsoft is a much better company than apple for the consumer

>that is typically the case with old laptops

>id rather not have thunderbolt 2, thunderbolt 3 is a different story

>apple

>apple

>osx

>apple

 

>since when

>in what dream world

>do miss the good ol' days

>thunderbolt 2 still beter than no thunderbolt at all

>at least apple understands privacy

>osx evolution isn't as fucked up as windows evolution

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1 minute ago, suicidalfranco said:

>since when

>in what dream world

>do miss the good ol' days

>thunderbolt 2 still beter than no thunderbolt at all

>at least apple understands privacy

>osx evolution isn't as fucked up as windows evolution

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