60 of 61 people found the following review helpful
 I love it, but you might not., October 28, 2015
This review is from: Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (256 GB, 8 GB RAM, Intel Core i5) (Personal Computers)
It seems like the big question right now is, "Do I get the Surface Pro 4 or the Surface Book?" I'll explain why I chose the Surface Pro 4, but first, a quick about me. I am a college student majoring in EECS and I commute 4 hours a day by bus so having a light backpack is important to me. The S.Book is almost two times heavier than the SP4. It packs much more computing power than the SP4, but as an EECS major, I don't need the extra power that the S.Book has. I don't plan to play any intensive games or render/animate things so the SP4 fits my needs better. The S.Book also has a $400 higher price tag ($270 if you get the Type Cover for the SP4) that I'm not willing to pay for unneeded performance. I haven't tried the S.Book's keyboard, but the SP4's keyboard feels great to type on and other reviewers have said both keyboards are amazing. Reading textbooks or other PDF's feels much more natural with the SP4's tablet form. The S.Book without the keyboard... Read more
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53 of 57 people found the following review helpful
The Golden Question ➽ Surface Pro 4 or the Surface Book..?!!, October 27, 2015
This review is from: Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (256 GB, 8 GB RAM, Intel Core i5) (Personal Computers)
✓✓✓ You will love the Surface Pro 4 if: ☛ If you care about the using it as a tablet AND as a laptop. Surface Book screen is bit too large to serve as a tablet (“clipboard” as they call it), plus in the clipboard mode it has under 3 hours of battery life. So the Surface Book is going to stay as a laptop for the most part of its life, unless carrying around a 13.5” inch tablet (Oops, Sorry..Clipboard..!!) is one amongst your hobbies. NO, the keyboard won't charge the Surface Book Screen when docked - Don't let your imagination run wild..!! ☛ If you care about the light package that Surface Pro 4 offers. There is a difference in almost a pound on the weight between the two, plus the dimensions are smaller for SP4 compared to Surface Book, which adds to the ease of carrying it around. ☛ If you care about fact that Surface Pro 4 is the 4th iteration of surface devices, while the Surface Book is the... Read more
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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Surface Pro 4 i5 is the sweet spot for Surface., October 28, 2015
This review is from: Microsoft Surface Pro 4 (256 GB, 8 GB RAM, Intel Core i5) (Personal Computers)
I've owned the Surface Pro 1, and the Surface Pro 3. I used my Surface Pro 1 as an all-in-one computer (except for gaming), until I got the Surface 3. Then I used my Surface 1 for teaching (on the go almost every day), and kept my Surface 3 at home as a main computer. The Surface 1 served my purposes well, and I never had a problem with it. The Surface 3 was bigger and prettier, but the computer slowed down a lot when it got hot, which meant I couldn't even watch online videos without severe drops in frame rate for that video. Between the two, I like my Surface 1 better. It seemed like the Surface 3 was trying to improve upon the original formula without actually hitting the mark.
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