Surface Pro 3

[AB]

As a die hard Apple fan (iPad/iPhone/Macbook), this was donated to me today;




I think the keyboard is German, I reset it to factory settings and couldn't work out how to get the @ key to work. Disconnecting the keyboard and using the onscreen one worked fine.

I thought I knew a bit about computers and could work most things out, it's got Windows 8.1 but it's so counterintuitive it's become frustrating.

The last time I used Windows was probably XP.

Is this a replacement for a laptop/PC?

[zippy3x]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA3s8NOPhnk

[randlemarcus]

If Windows thinks it has a UK keyboard, try using shift and the A with dots on over by the return key.

You could try upgrading to 10.

And yes, it was a reasonably specced laptop replacement back then.

[Mammasaid]

randlemarcus said:

If Windows thinks it has a UK keyboard, try using shift and the A with dots on over by the return key.

You could try upgrading to 10.

And yes, it was a reasonably specced laptop replacement back then.

This ^^^

And less of the 'back then', I'm still using mine currently, hooked up to a SP4 dock running 2 monitors.

Runs Visual Studio 2017 fine, in fact I'm going to upgrade to VS2019 shortly.

[randlemarcus]

Mammasaid said:

This ^^^

And less of the 'back then', I'm still using mine currently, hooked up to a SP4 dock running 2 monitors.

Runs Visual Studio 2017 fine, in fact I'm going to upgrade to VS2019 shortly.

I still have a Surface Pro in use. Granted, it was an Ebay error that I thought was a very cheap Pro 3, but it serves

[Yell_M3]

Mammasaid said:

This ^^^

And less of the 'back then', I'm still using mine currently, hooked up to a SP4 dock running 2 monitors.

Runs Visual Studio 2017 fine, in fact I'm going to upgrade to VS2019 shortly.

Stil using mine too, have VS2017 and doing SQL Server data warehouse applications on it. Great piece of kit.

[Freakuk]

I'm delivering a project at my current employer to uplift some of the estate and I've just upgraded to a Surface Pro 6 (from a 4), not that there's much difference TBH.

First time I'd used one last year and it's been a great experience, extremely versatile I'd probably buy one of I was in the market for a Windows machine.

[Tycho]

I'd give the keyboard a clean out and send it to CEX:

https://uk.webuy.com/search?stext=surface%20pro%20...

You could get £18 for it to go to an English cover. I love my SP4 and regularly have it connected to a dock and it works a treat.

[clonmult]

Mammasaid said:

randlemarcus said:

If Windows thinks it has a UK keyboard, try using shift and the A with dots on over by the return key.

You could try upgrading to 10.

And yes, it was a reasonably specced laptop replacement back then.

This ^^^

And less of the 'back then', I'm still using mine currently, hooked up to a SP4 dock running 2 monitors.

Runs Visual Studio 2017 fine, in fact I'm going to upgrade to VS2019 shortly.

I've got a Surface 3, bought pretty cheap, primarily for browsing, my sons homework and comic book reading - turns out that it is a truly excellent all round form factor.

I'm hoping to be picking up an i7 Surface 3 or Surface 4 at some point for occasional light gaming (specifically fortnite - doesn't look like it'll be playable on the i5 variants), plus they have a bigger/higher res screen that'll make for better comic reading.

Form factor - at least for me - seems to be leagues ahead of iPads and other tablets.