Plus, I can run whatever software I want, whatever VMs I want, and whatever OSes I want. Can Apple’s locked down hardware do that these days? I can install whatever SSDs I want (higher performing ones like Samsung 990 Pro), however much RAM I want (64GB currently), and even whatever network card I want. Can I upgrade my Apple computer these days? That’s the advantage of not being stuck in Apple purgatory.
But you still miss my point - you can’t do all of those things with the mighty AMD in the Surface Pro thermal envelope. And that Surface Pro casing stops expansion at 2230 ssd’s at 2tb, IF you can get the 2tb working without random crashes/BSOD.
So theoretically the AMD can mop the floor with all comers, but if you’re not in boxes, or only home brew, that’s a small mop.
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Not quite. Uh, yes, you can. The Steam Deck is living proof of this. I was speaking to M2 Max and Pro which are larger chips and fit into the 35W TDP of the MacBook Pro. The 7945HX fits more into the power user, desktop replacement bracket of the MacBook Pro line. Even though they have been forced to use 28W TDP chips, Microsoft’s Surface Pro’s power curve aims for the 15W TDP and lower when on battery. At the end of the day, Surface Pro is more an M series non-Pro competitor given the limitations of its form factor. AMD has solutions for both MacBook Pro and for Surface Pro tablet use cases. Whether or not Microsoft is game for to use them is another story entirely. Instead, Microsoft seems to have their heads up their rumps in the Wintel past which is insanity and foolhardy.
You could have just stopped after “rumps” because it’s not just the Wintel past that is ruining MS - but, now that the world is salivating at AI-ChapGPT everything, they are king of the mountain (for at least one news cycle) which will permanently implant that head…
Well, I’m going to give the Pro X a real try. I’m just finishing up the last details and syncing the documents. The lack of graphic power is really troubling but I’m going to see just how troubling.
I feel they gave AMD a fair shot with the Laptop 3 & 4. Its not Microsoft Fault that those AMD Ryzen 7 chips overheat and BSOD like crazy. In the commercial field this is still very much an active issue with no real recourse other then swap to an Intel model
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Wow, what a totally different experience from what I have seen with AMD systems. I would say that it probably is Microsoft’s fault or an aberration from the norm. Outside of Surface too, the Lenovo and HP AMD systems I have seen out in the field have been among the most rock-solid of devices. In fact, I saw complaints in the Surface subreddit about them dropping the AMD models, not the former. I will just say that I strongly disagree with this sentiment.
It does. We have 5G virtually everywhere. I live out in the woods where there are still some dead zones, but anything closer into the Philadelphia metro area is saturated with 5G signal. It’s the thing that has been drawing me to upgrade my Note 10 to the S23Ultra. I do find the Note 10 to be perfectly sized, however, making it hard to give up.
I got this a few years ago, when my aunt passed away. My cousin said her mom always felt that lawyers should have a roll top desk.
I remember when partners would get new furniture upon making partner. By the time I came along, (graduated in '88) that practice was dying.
Oh, and one more gripe about the Pro X - No SD Card Slot!! I know that the replaceable drive makes the lack of SD card slot less important, but I like having an easily removable drive that I can have loaded with whatever files I’m working on and just plug it in. They’re less obstrusive than USB (thumb) drives and you can put your tablet away in the briefcase without having to pack the drive somewhere else.
Same with the switch to Surface Pro 8 & 9 (in the SPX design theme). A VERY bad mistake if you ask me. If you are still a DSLR enthusiast you can use an mSDX card in a SDX adapter and offload pictures quickly. Even macro-stubborn Apple brought back the SD card slot on the Pro laptops.
PS - your aunt was spot on!
PPS - out here, we had to buy our own when we made partner -
Noticed that SQ1, 8 GB RAM and 128 GB SSD is now going for around $400 on sites like Woot. If you only use it for Word, e-mail, web browsing you don’t really need more than that do you? Or is there some hidden gotcha that I’m missing?
I know that the replaceable drive makes the lack of SD card slot less important, but I like having an easily removable drive that I can have loaded with whatever files I’m working on and just plug it in. They’re less obstrusive than USB (thumb) drives and you can put your tablet away in the briefcase without having to pack the drive somewhere else.