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Posted 8 April 2014
Upgrage from XP to Surface Pro 64GB Bundle inc Touch Keyboard & £10 Microsoft Store Voucher - £359.90 or £309 with TCB
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This deal will work if you buy from an XP PC.
use the link to non XP PC microsoftstore.com/sto…709
The Surface Pro 64GB is shown as £359. + if you go through TCB possibly you will get £50.50 cash-back + Touch Keyboard + £10 Microsoft Store Voucher.
Processor
3rd generation Intel Core i5 Processor with Intel HD Graphics 4000
Memory
4GB RAM--Dual Channel Memory
Operating System
Windows 8
Storage
64 GB (approximately 29 GB available for user content), 128 GB (approximately 89 GB available for user content), System software uses significant storage space. Available storage is subject to change based on system software updates and apps usage. 1 GB = 1 billion bytes. See surface.com/sto…age for more details.
Display
Screen: 10.6" ClearType HD Display, Resolution: 1920x1080, Aspect Ratio: 16:9 (widescreen), Touch: 10-point multi-touch
Audio
Stereo speakers and microphone
Ports
Full-size USB 3.0, microSDXC card reader, Headset jack, MiniDisplay port, Cover port
Exterior
Dimensions: 10.81 x 6.81 x 0.53 in (274.57 x 172.97 x 13.46 mm), Weight: 2 lbs (0.9 kg), Casing: VaporMg , Colour: Dark Titanium, Physical buttons: Volume and Power
Cameras
Two 720p HD cameras, front and rear-facing
Wireless
Wireless: Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n), Bluetooth 4.0 low energy technology
Sensors
Ambient light sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer
Warranty
1-year limited hardware warranty4
Included apps
Mail, Messaging, SkyDrive, Internet Explorer 10, Bing, Music, Video, Games, and more.
Touch Cover
Dimensions: 187 x 279 mm, 3 mm thin, Weight: 210 grams, Colour: Black, Additional colours (White, Cyan) sold separately, Keys: Activation: Pressure-sensing input, Layout: QWERTY, Interface: Magnetic, Sensors: Accelerometer, Hardware warranty: 1-year limited hardware warranty. Touch cover sold separately.
Surface Pen
Dimensions: 8.5 mm Diameter x 139.3 mm Length, Weight: 0.02 lbs (9.07 g), Hardware warranty: 1-year limited hardware warranty
In the box
Surface with Windows Pro, Power supply, Pen, Quickstart Guide, Safety and warranty documents, languages available on this device: English, French, Spanish
Expired
- sabz786
use the link to non XP PC microsoftstore.com/sto…709
The Surface Pro 64GB is shown as £359. + if you go through TCB possibly you will get £50.50 cash-back + Touch Keyboard + £10 Microsoft Store Voucher.
Processor
3rd generation Intel Core i5 Processor with Intel HD Graphics 4000
Memory
4GB RAM--Dual Channel Memory
Operating System
Windows 8
Storage
64 GB (approximately 29 GB available for user content), 128 GB (approximately 89 GB available for user content), System software uses significant storage space. Available storage is subject to change based on system software updates and apps usage. 1 GB = 1 billion bytes. See surface.com/sto…age for more details.
Display
Screen: 10.6" ClearType HD Display, Resolution: 1920x1080, Aspect Ratio: 16:9 (widescreen), Touch: 10-point multi-touch
Audio
Stereo speakers and microphone
Ports
Full-size USB 3.0, microSDXC card reader, Headset jack, MiniDisplay port, Cover port
Exterior
Dimensions: 10.81 x 6.81 x 0.53 in (274.57 x 172.97 x 13.46 mm), Weight: 2 lbs (0.9 kg), Casing: VaporMg , Colour: Dark Titanium, Physical buttons: Volume and Power
Cameras
Two 720p HD cameras, front and rear-facing
Wireless
Wireless: Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n), Bluetooth 4.0 low energy technology
Sensors
Ambient light sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer
Warranty
1-year limited hardware warranty4
Included apps
Mail, Messaging, SkyDrive, Internet Explorer 10, Bing, Music, Video, Games, and more.
Touch Cover
Dimensions: 187 x 279 mm, 3 mm thin, Weight: 210 grams, Colour: Black, Additional colours (White, Cyan) sold separately, Keys: Activation: Pressure-sensing input, Layout: QWERTY, Interface: Magnetic, Sensors: Accelerometer, Hardware warranty: 1-year limited hardware warranty. Touch cover sold separately.
Surface Pen
Dimensions: 8.5 mm Diameter x 139.3 mm Length, Weight: 0.02 lbs (9.07 g), Hardware warranty: 1-year limited hardware warranty
In the box
Surface with Windows Pro, Power supply, Pen, Quickstart Guide, Safety and warranty documents, languages available on this device: English, French, Spanish
Expired
- sabz786
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242 Comments
sorted byAt least they are being honest and upfront about the storage available unlike most of the mobile phone companies (yes I am looking at you Samsung). Also has a microSD slot and full USB for additional storage space
What 'bloatware'? There's no third party junk because Microsoft make both the hardware and the software. There's a ridiculous amount of ignorance around this space problem - it is a COMPUTER in a tablet shape, not a tablet. It runs Windows 8. This means it uses up space for Windows things, like recovery, hibernation, page file, and so on. Plenty of ways to reduce the space used, just search for 'Windows 8 more space'. Also, 64GB was considered much more reasonable as an OS drive when the Pro 1 was released. You CAN remove a fair few apps and features to save space, as with ANY Windows 8 PC.
Last few on here
or this
Been plugged in most of the time, but I went through a few guides online regarding increasing battery life, again, just search as if it were any Windows 8 laptop. I'd expect 5 - 6 hours of light use, maybe more, after the tweaks, but much less doing anything intense.
Good surface specific one, google for more general advice
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lmao, and once again Clarkson syndrome hits HUKD...this is YOUR opinion! please don't try stating it as fact
One thing I always find surprising is how many "power users" apparently used the start menu to launch notepad. But if you want to launch notepad without covering the entire screen then you can type Win+R, notepad or Win+S, notepad. Or pin notepad to the taskbar. Or put a shortcut on the desktop. There are plenty of options available already.
When you receive it and startup for the first time;
0. Select custom installation during the setup wizard!
1. During setup wizard please untick automatically install latest drivers and change the windows update settings to do not update
1a. Make sure the time and date are correct (very important).
2. Download+Install+Restart this update which is needed for Windows 8.1 being available in the app store;
support.microsoft.com/kb/…389
Download the 64-Bit package
2a. Make sure the tablet is at least 45% charged before doing this as the next step will not work otherwise.
3. Login and head over to Control Panel > Windows Update > Check for Updates
Install only the System Firmware Update and restart
NOTE: If you don't do this you will receive error when updating to Windows 8.1
4. Login and head over to App Store and hit the huge tab to update to Windows 8.1
NOTE: Sometimes it may give error saying try again just keeping trying until it downloads the update
5. After Windows 8.1 installs and brings the setup wizard please select custom installation
6. During setup wizard this time please untick automatically install drivers and continue with initial setup.
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Now when you login you will notice the correct drivers installed automatically including the intel graphics utility which will appear on the
Battery Optimising
First, create a new power profile. Battery settings are all you care about. Plugged in settings can be whatever you want, as we’re not concerned with energy consumption from the outlet. Here are the settings I used:
Name: Battery Max
Hard Disk: Turn off after 10 minutes on battery.
Internet Explorer?JavaScript timer: Max power savings
Desktop background settings: paused
Wireless Adapter Settings?Power Saving Mode: Maximum power savings.
Sleep
Sleep after: 3 Minutes
Allow Hybrid Sleep: Off
Hibernate after: 10 minutes
Allow wake timers: Off
USB?USB Selective Suspend setting: Enabled
Intel Graphics Settings?Intel graphics plan: Maximum battery life
Power buttons and lid?lid close action: Hibernate
Power buttons and lid?power button action: Hibernate (entails a brief 5 second resume penalty, but I think it’s worth the tradeoff)
PCI Express?Link state management: Maximum power savings.
Processor Power Management?Minimum State: 5%
Processor Power Management?Maximum State: 50%. This prevents the CPU from going into Turbo mode, which saves a LOT of juice. If you need more horsepower on battery, experiment with raising the max cap, but be aware that it’ll entail a battery life penalty.
System Cooling Policy: passive
Display?Dim Display After: 1 Minute
Display?Turn off displaye: 3 minutes
Display?Display Brightness: 30%
Display?Dimmed display brightness: 20%
Display: Enable adaptive brightness: on
Multimedia?When sharing media: allow the computer to sleep
Multimedia?When playing video: optimize power savings
- Pspvita
EDIT:
microsoftstore.com/sto…709
Found this link from the other Deal about this.
hotukdeals.com/dea…e=2 (edited)
Trolling? Sarcasm? Serious? I can't tell.
Windows 8 is a fine OS, but only because it's Windows 7 with some tweaks. The backlash is justified, because pretty much all of those tweaks have made it worse.
The new start menu is not an improvement. It's a distraction. If I'm working on the desktop I don't want the entire screen covered in some great big flash of colour just so that I can open notepad for a moment.
The live tiles that you rave about are beyond worthless. The start menu is used for launching apps, not previewing their content. What you need to launch apps is a reliable visual cue, not a rectangle that's the same shape and size as all the other rectangles and for which the content is constantly changing.
The idea that we're moving into a world of 4K monitor resolutions, and microsofts new interface style works on the assumption that I'll want to full screen everything, or clumsily run apps in a half screen is about as retrograde as it gets.
The adoption of two completely seperate control panel systems, and the less than seamless switches between them? Yuck.
The charms bar, and everything to do with it, is an insult to decades of computer interface design.
The way you're constantly badgered into turning a local machine account into a Microsoft cloud account was nearly enough to turn me off completely.
The surface pro is a fantastic product, and it shows Windows 8 in the best possible light, and I would not hestitate at this price.
But Windows 8 considered as a whole is a dreadful, awful, terrible series of bad design decisions implemented as a half finished UI overhaul that completely takes the polish off an otherwise very solid OS.
Exactly, and not only that, you can install a third party app and bring the old Start menu back if you want to, but when you mention that to the whiners they say "but I shouldn't need to do that!", which is just silly.
MS are bringing the Start menu back in the next major Windows 8.1 update anyway, only it will mix the one from Windows 7 with live tiles that display to the right. You'll also be able to run modern apps windowed, just like desktop apps.
Personally, I love the live tiles and notifications, for the same reason that I like Android widgets over the stale grid of lifeless icons that iOS offers. I can look at my calender live tile and see friend's birthdays and other events for the day without having to open an app. I can get notifications from eBay when I'm outbid on an item, or when an item I'm listing has sold. Things like that are useful to me.
excuse my rant, its just that Microsoft had lost its vision under Steve, the product is great, its super powerful but the battery life is still poor for to be considered as a full day tablet, even worse if you make it tour permanent computer for everything.
I'll pass on this one, I'll vote hot cause its a good deal but let's hope the new CEO can return Microsoft to its XP days.
Windows 8 on a desktop can be confusing (and they are bringing out an Update 1 which has the Start menu back)
but on this is would be lovely. A touchscreen i5 for potentially £309, very hot.
What the hell are you talking about? Each user has their own avatar and username, how could it be anything else but *their* opinion.
Their post is covered with reference to their-self: "and I would not hestitate" , " If I'm working on the desktop", "so that I can open"
So a user posts, explaining why it doesn't suit them and you feel the need to jump in with the "LOL IN UR OPINION" mentality?
Did you even read what he wrote?
The question is that vision was for "our" (i.e. users/developers)' benefit for theirs?
If you've developed any programs/apps you'll know that universal apps are hard to pull off - and in effect full of customisations for different devices that need a lot of testing for different devices / form-factors / etc. Sometimes you may be better off with different apps.
I'm also not an Apple fan - but from a developer's POV their sure make life easy - few devices, few OS versions (pretty much can move to new version for all user base soon after public update). This does mean better apps for users and fewer issues. This is what MS tried to do with their "same spec" Windows Phones - but that hasn't worked as OEMs need to differentiate.
Free OS updates are not primarily for users' benefit but developers - so that they can use add new features without work-arounds for older versions and decreasing testing load since older versions can effectively be ignored since the vast majority of users upgrade.
MS had the wrong idea trying to force users to upgrade OS by withholding features from older OS versions, in effect developers did not use them at all.
For simple apps that are just an overlay over a website (facebook, twitter, HUKD - universal apps will work for sure, but complex apps will have a devil of the time. Either you will end up with simple apps for desktops too or too heavy apps for phones/tablets.
The other issue big is cost - PC apps have always been more expensive - so what will you charge for an universal app? Desktop price or mobile price?
No substitute for having a look - take a trip out to Curry/PC World and have a look.
Still there
Goto home page and navigate from there (use this link and you don't need XP pc as well)
microsoftstore.com/sto…709
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youtube.com/wat…nU0 just make sure u change settings to 1080p when playing
I also tried some hd trailers fullhd like man of steel and crysis 3 engine game trailer and it play fine.
the sharp test was fine as well. I can assume that when it gets hot underside thats when it fails.
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Wonder if you can use the XP VM that comes with Windows 7 Pro?
I'm wondering if new installs of XP even work anymore - I've tried VBox VMs and clean installs to HDD and neither can achieve reliable internet connectivity.
I had an old XP laptop lying around that I hadn't used for ages. For some reason it made me reactivate windows when I started it up but still functioned ok online after.
Its a Surface Pro - which means full Windows. Surface RT runs RT
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You are correct, there is no office 365 with this.
that is 50 & 3% of 299