New Surface 3 coming, full Win8.1/10, $499

[Eel O'Brian]

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us/products/surface-3

$499 64GB 2GB ram ($599 128GB 4GB ram option coming in June)
10.8" 1920x1280 3:2 (same aspect as SP3)
Latest Quad-core Atom x7 proc, runs full windows 8.1/10 (you'll be able to do some light gaming, if it's anything like the Asus T100 I used to have EDIT: it's more powerful, so depending on heat throttling you can actually run stuff like Fallout 3 on it)
uses same Pen as SP3
microUSB charging
comes with Office 365 1 year sub

I'm really happy with my SP2, this ain't a bad option for those wanting a tab PC

[Tasty]

Who cares, new Chromebooks announced today. ($149-249)



Also the Chromebit. ($99)

[Eel O'Brian]

lemme know when that shitbox can run a steam library and do anything besides suck $250 out of your wallet

[nudemacusers]

hmm, will probably get one for my MIL soon, her netbook is getting long in the tooth. well, it always sucked, but now it sucks even more.

[Tasty]

lemme know when that shitbox can run a steam library and do anything besides suck $250 out of your wallet

Yeah cause if you're looking to game, a $500 tablet is gonna do the trick.

[Human Snorenado]

Surface comes with Office tho, Excel is goty

[Eel O'Brian]

lemme know when that shitbox can run a steam library and do anything besides suck $250 out of your wallet

Yeah cause if you're looking to game, a $500 tablet is gonna do the trick.

$500 pc, fuckstick

and a $60 craptablet can do what a chromebook does, btw

[Eel O'Brian]

always got to come in and shit up my threads

am i gonna have to run you out of here again?

[bork]

Play nice.

Besides, we all know those Win 8 tablets shit all over everything else. 

Anyway, I love those little USB-Stick-PCs coming out.  I'd have to go with the Intel Compute Stick over the Chromebit though.  Plan on getting one when they're available for all my streaming needs and for fucking around with emulators.  Crazy that we're now getting full-on PCs in that small of a package.

[Tasty]

It's way too easy to stir this pot.

Anyways, looks like solid hardware.

[bork]

Wait...it comes with an Office 365 sub?  I thought the notebooks/tablets under 11" get the full Office suite, or is that 10" devices?

[ToxicAdam]

Does this console war mentality continue for the rest of our lives? Will I be on a septuagenarian forum one day watching people bicker over their favorite dick pills and fiber supplements?


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[Eel O'Brian]

I'm no hardware warrior, just about everything out there has passed through my hands at one time or another

anyhow, this is my tablet gaming results thread from last year's Asus T100 with an atom chipset, so with the spec bump in the S3 you'll probably get better results or be able to run more stuff (especially if you get the 4GB ram model):

http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=41593.msg1828048#msg1828048

[Human Snorenado]

I might look into the $599 model. I can always just write it off, and having something to lie in bed and play steam shit on is great.

As far as fandrex goes, chromebooks

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I really like my Surface Pro 2.  I think I'll get the Surface Pro 4 when it eventually comes out (I assume that will be coming out sometime this year).

[thisismyusername]

Getting to an acceptable price point. Maybe in the next... oh... two three years I'll finally buy one. :'(

[Kara]

Does this console war mentality continue for the rest of our lives? Will I be on a septuagenarian forum one day watching people bicker over their favorite dick pills and fiber supplements?


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I'm confident the first paragraph already happens.