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what's up everyone John render from TechnoBuffalo here at they for review for you of the Microsoft Surface pro 3 it's Microsoft's third foray into creating the perfect tablet laptop hybrid they always envisioned with Windows 8 I put through phases for the better part of two weeks to go and see if it's worth your laptop tablet buying buck let me give my disclaimers I do with all my reviews I use this as my only computer and tablet at home and I use it at the office as well as a secondary device so I really spent some time with it to get a chance to know it I've been a big fan of the surface non RT line since inception about two years ago I really like what Microsoft is trying to do here but those first devices had issues they had sort of a weird screen size they had poor resolution that kind of meant battery life over time they had kind of questionable utility in value for the price now though Microsoft has brought what I think is the absolute best representation of Windows 8.1 on the market but is that good enough for you and what I keep using this thing so it's into the tablet let's just start with this thing the screen I love the bigger size it's now twelve inches and better than HD at 2160 by 1440 and it looks friggin awesome pictures video games everything looks ridiculous on it when I went back look to the surface pro 2 just for comparison it looked beyond last gen they did sort of a move to 3.2 Stech ratio it seemed kind of odd seeing at first but now I totally get it it's really nice middle ground above portrait and landscape modes no matter how you want to use the thing this screen can compete with the best tablet and laptop screens on the market and for my money it looks better than a Retina display on a macbook pro which previously i think was the benchmark for laptop screens design at surface pro 3 is like four leaps forward can print the surface pro 2 it feels a lot like a thicker tablet not sort of a thin down squeaky computer you get a full powerful computer in this thing i'm you can get it with an i7 chip although for the price my opinion the i5 2056 gig model that we've got right here is perfect view more storage though you can bump it up to 512 gigabyte to pick between 4 and 8 this guy here has gigs of RAM but those specs you aren't really compromising that much with a few caveats the Microsoft engineers did some super crazy magic here but they aren't wizards lack of a dedicated video card is understandable but that does mean if you want to play games on better than low setting to do a lot of video editing and most importantly exporting this might not be the best choice if that's not you though then it D you'll dig this microsoft claims this is a one device fits all thing it's a tablet it's laptop it's kind of both but never the complete package for either so at home I work a lot on my macbook pro I work with it on my lap and like most laptops gets hot so the surface pro 3 does get hot but not on the back so it's not gonna vent you from having kids since you've got it served up this way and got the keyboard on your lap Spartans getting hot isn't touching your skin at all which is kind of nice but in order to use this thing as a laptop you need 129 dollar type cover which really just be included since without it you're left with kind of a neutered device no offense Duluth is looking at me over there typing is a really nice experience so I want to put this two together the second magnetic latch is a huge help I can't overstate how big difference that makes also speaking of big differences the trackpad here is way way way better for use the trackpad and previous tab covers it was a mess this one actually works really well they did they'll get rid of the left click and right click but instead we're just clicking around happens to be near the left or right corners you're going to get the left or right click actions kind of a small annoyance you get used to it but be aware itself that going to happen with that second hinge o-type you're on your lap is way more lap talk like but not exactly there well rigid the keyboard solo some Gibbs when you're typing so kind of bends a little bit don't feel like you've got sort of a thick piece of metal right there so keep that in mind in order to work on your lap though you're gonna get to use that pretty badass new friction hinge instead of to predetermine angles you can pick where you want it to be it's really nice and just works as advertised the surface patent is a nice touch rich did a whole video on that put the link down below the best pen experience I've ever used but I still won't use it much so recycle Microsoft once I'm still bringing a pad of paper to meetings Microsoft clings about nine hours battery life - that's pretty close I was brightness set at normal setting - using just a regular computer I went seven days without charging it and all in now it's probably just shy seven and a half hours that was playing video games if you stretch this thing out and turn the brightness down you can easily get to that nine hour mark or more so nice they did here sister with a thin device you can probably get the hint that the more I use this kind of weird device more I became enamored with it there in order to enjoy it though you're obviously gonna have to like Windows 8 and I've learned to appreciate it if I was looking at a MacBook Air I'd seriously consider the surface pro 3 instead it's still more expensive than I liked the range of 800 to 1950 and that's before that type cover so this is hands-down the best Windows 8 Windows 8.1 experience I have ever used I can wholeheartedly recommend this in fact I would buy this which is best endorsed but I can only give to a product it gets a very solid nine on the TechnoBuffalo score if I'm thinking about an ideal world which @m ret to be a perfect device integrated video card would have been a really nice option and this thing would have to be included I mean it's so silly that's an extra cost put those two together you've got a really solid device capable doing ever you want to do it's got USB ports it's got output to 4k monitors you can do anything you want including expandable storage there's an incredible device and what I really enjoyed using and I'm excited to keep using it well passes tests so many guys think do you agree disagree left hear your thoughts over in the comments located right down below so next time I'm John Ranger from Technion buffle of course check out SATA TechnoBuffalo calm till then see you next video bye bye thank you guys for watching if you haven't yet please subscribe we'll be the first one to know and every upload new content we've got new stuff coming every single day we want to make sure you see what's new in the world of consumer electronics