The Yoga Pro, which I otherwise liked, was kind of unusable in practice as a tablet just due to weight and size. 13.3" was too big, too heavy.<p>I worry that a 12" Surface (up from 10.6") might have the same problems. They'll need to really reduce the bezels and keep the weight way down.
This is quite interesting that Microsoft is rolling out new iterations so quickly. It was only a 8 month gap between the Surface Pro 1 and the Surface Pro 2. If a Surface Pro 3 makes a debut next week, that would be approximately 7-8 months since the last iteration yet again.<p>For comparison, it Apple refreshes the Macbook Air and iPad about every 12 months.
So far they've only lost money with Surface. And I remember they were saying to their partners initially "don't worry, this is just a reference product - it's like not like we're actually trying to compete with you or anything like that!" - yet they're now at the third iteration.
Why isn't the link to the original story<p><a href="http://www.wpcentral.com/surface-pro-3-real-specs-and-pricing-revealed" rel="nofollow">http://www.wpcentral.com/surface-pro-3-real-specs-and-pricin...</a><p>Is HN still autobanning wpcentral?
I was about to buy a Pro 2, might hold off on one of these.<p>For taking notes and digital art/illustration, these devices are amazing and I've been using my friends one a lot.
Just make a model with a fucking 4:3 screen. PLEASE!<p>Not everyone uses tablets for watching movies. I use my Surface 2 RT pretty much exclusively for reading, in portrait mode. A 4:3 model would be a immediate buy for me.
Surface keyboard design and the way screen gets docked into keyboard is plain terrible. MS need to get the right design clue from Acer where keyboard is still detachable but it remains firm like a normal laptop keyboard.<p>You can look at Acer surface tablet here - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Iconia-W510-1422-10-1-Inch-Keyboard/dp/B009P7JJEC/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1400483427&sr=8-5&keywords=acer+windows+8+tablet" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Iconia-W510-1422-10-1-Inch-Keyboa...</a>