Microsoft Surface event discussion

[George P Global Moderator]

While they say "by the end of August" that doesn't mean at the end of August all those 26markets will get it at the same time, it's going to be a rollout starting on June 20th with the US and Canada, so doing pre-orders now and hitting retail in one month to start it is good.  At least this time they'll have a better idea of demand with pre-orders, or should anyway.

 

I expect the big EU markets like UK, France, Germany, etc will get it in first half of July while the smaller ones in the list will get it throughout 2nd half of July and into August.  So really, some will probably wait 1 month and a few others 2.  Depends where you live, it's slow but they're not yet up to speed with the Nokia parts they've just taken in to really push things.  I bet next time around this will change though, Surface 3 and for the mini which I still expect to come to market, should be using the Nokia factories and channel to hit market, which will help things move faster.

[Osiris]

MS getting pretty bold with the direct apple comparison on the SP3 order page

 

http://surface.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Surface-Pro-3/productID.300190600

[George P Global Moderator]

MS getting pretty bold with the direct apple comparison on the SP3 order page

 

http://surface.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Surface-Pro-3/productID.300190600

 

Might as well, it's something people know of better than say, some HP or Dell device.

[Klownicle]

Hmm.  

 

I just noticed the i5 Surface Pro 3 vs the Surface Pro 2.  Has the same processor and video o_0.  (the second iteration of surface pro 2 at least).

[Sikh]

Hmm.

I just noticed the i5 Surface Pro 3 vs the Surface Pro 2. Has the same processor and video o_0. (the second iteration of surface pro 2 at least).

Where did you see detailed copy / video specs?

[BajiRav]

Did anyone else feel that Ms dropped certain hints that RT is dead? I have a feeling that there was a Surface Mini running RT but Ms decided to get rid of it and instead take all cool Note taking features and put it on Surface Pro 3.

 

I wish Ms also announced LTE Surface Pro 3.

I think that may have to do with the new Mobility division. They probably want to merge Lumia + WindowsRT + WP OS all in one single Windows version.

[Klownicle]

Where did you see detailed copy / video specs?

 

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/download/presskits/surface/docs/Surface3ProFS.docx 

[George P Global Moderator]

The only thing MS says about the CPU is that it's a 4th generation Core CPU, but it doesn't have to be exactly the same one, I think it's newer than the i5-4300U the Pro 2 has now. 

[Klownicle]

The only thing MS says about the CPU is that it's a 4th generation Core CPU, but it doesn't have to be exactly the same one, I think it's newer than the i5-4300U the Pro 2 has now. 

 

Although it appears the original factsheet for the event has since been removed.

 

 

4th-generation Intel^? Core? i5-4300U (1.6 GHz with Intel^? Turbo Boost up to 2.90 GHz) with Intel^? HD Graphics 4400

4 GB or 8 GB of RAM ? dual-channel LPDDR3

TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module ? for BitLocker encryption)

 

4th-generation Intel^? Core? i3/i5/i7 Processor

System memory: 4GB or 8GB memory options

TPM 2.0 chip for enterprise security

 

Is a direct quote from it.  It's the same processor for the i5 model.  As I referenced the newer iteration of the Surface Pro 2 (not the original).  I'll upload the factsheet somewhere.

 

Edit; http://www.docdroid.net/cglg/surface3profs.docx.html

[xboxfan50]

Is the i7 in this going to be a quad core?

[Klownicle]

Is the i7 in this going to be a quad core?

 

Aren't all i7 Quad Cores?

[Brandon H Supervisor]

Aren't all i7 Quad Cores?

yes (unless we're talking extreme editions and those definitely aren't gonna be in the surface)

[xboxfan50]

yes (unless we're talking extreme editions and those definitely aren't gonna be in the surface)

Could have sworn my Macbook Air from last year was a dual core i7?

[Brandon H Supervisor]

Could have sworn my Macbook Air from last year was a dual core i7?

my guess is apple probably has 2 cores locked down as i've never seen a duel core i7 anywhere else besides the Airs'