Microsoft Surface Pro 2 evaluation compared to previous generation

Reading] Surface Pro 2 has increased by 75% in standby time, with weight and size still a big burden. Tencent Digital Message (compiled: Jones rice) I began to use the first generation of Surface Pro, although I would like to use this tablet to replace the work of the notebook, but after a while I found that the idea is not realistic. Admittedly, it is powerful and impressive, but as a notebook, its function is too limited, and as a flat panel, it is too heavy. I use a tablet for a long time every day, and when I work using a notebook with a physical keyboard, it sounds like Surface Pro is a good integrated solution, but it doesn't. Its standby is not as good as flat, and comfort is not comparable to notebooks. Microsoft's comeback comes nine months after the first generation of Surface Pro was released. Surface Pro 2 has increased by 75% in standby time, and has also improved performance in the experience of using notebooks. Microsoft's new tablet is priced at 899 dollars (about 5479 yuan), and if it can meet my needs as a laptop, the price is fairly acceptable. Small computer, large flat appearance, Surface Pro 2 and the first generation of Surface pro basically no difference. But the new Surface Pro 2 feel more like a real tablet, in weight and volume, Surface Pro 2 and 1 generations almost exactly the same, the material is always Microsoft's "VAPORMG" material, in addition, and Surface 2 added a beautiful silver version is different, Pro 2 still offers only black models. If you put the old Surface Pro with the new Surface Pro 2, you can hardly differentiate the two machines from the front. Two devices are identical to the interface. At the bottom of the screen there is a Windows logo, the top of the fuselage has a power button, a USB 3.0 interface, a volume key and the fuselage to the left of a headphone jack. As with the original model, the machine is still difficult to support in the vertical case, the single hand operation is still difficult to achieve. Microsoft claims that the Pro 2 screen has increased the color accuracy by 46% compared to the first generation, but honestly I didn't see any significant improvement. Resolution still retains the 1920x1080 Full HD resolution, Black is very black, white is very white. But given that rival Samsung's recent Galaxy Note 10.1 screen resolution has reached 2560x1600, and Apple's ipad has a higher resolution, it appears that Microsoft has a lot more room for improvement in this regard. Although Windows 8.1 supports a higher resolution, third-party applications do not fit at the first time. ManyThe application shows quite a pocket. In addition, although high resolution is excellent for Windows 8 style applications, if you are a heavy user of a desktop application, the traditional software is still very poorly used on this device. Surface Pro 2 screen support touch, stylus, keyboard, mouse and other operations, which is still quite rare for a flat panel. Slightly less significant is the use of finger manipulation and stylus switching operation is slightly more complicated, but the process of handwritten notes is still very satisfying. The stylus can only be attached to the design of the connector so that it often falls in the bag. It would be nice if Microsoft could put the stylus design inside the machine. The 55-degree support Surface Pro 2 is a larger change than the initial one: now the support bracket has two support angles. In the use of the first generation of Surface Pro, when the device is placed on the leg, often because it can not change the support angle, it is difficult to text input and so on. In the new pro bracket, it finally offers a second angle, which gives it a great boost in its experience with the legs. But then again, just two-point support is a big gap from any angle on the laptop screen. Before you add vinyl to surface Pro 2, it is at best an expensive tablet. Type vinyl 2 is connected to the bottom of surface Pro 2 by a magnet, and the new style is lighter and more colorful than the first generation type vinyl. When using bracket mode, it becomes one of the most powerful assistants to the tablet. and type vinyl 2 and touch Vinyl 2, have added backlight support, another user can freely customize the function of F1 and F2 keys. In the touch vinyl, Microsoft has added many unseen changes, and Microsoft has placed more than 1000 tactile areas in touches vinyl 2, making the vinyl a lot of new gesture features. For example, on the numeric keypad double pointing up can highlight text. The increase in the number of sensors also makes this vinyl touch more accurate, but for heavy typing users, I still recommend type vinyl, the physical keyboard feel still unmatched. As far as the camera is concerned, I'm not usually overly demanding on a 10-inch panel, but what I don't understand is that the surface 2 front camera has been upgraded to a 3.5 million megapixel 1080p camera, but in surface Pro 2, Front-facing cameras still support only 720p video calls. Standby capability Surface Pro 2 may look like a tablet on the outside, but its essence is a notebook. Since the Pro 2 launch, Microsoft has been tirelessly promoting the performance of Pro 2: This isThe fastest-running tablet in the market differs from the limited surface 2 running Windows RT, with the Intel chips in Pro 2 making it possible to run desktop software like Photoshop and Chrome. Pro 2 is equipped with Intel's latest Haswell 1.6GHz I5-4200U processor, while integrating the RAM and 64GB or 128GB storage space of the Intel HD video card 4400,4GB. These data show that the device is highly functional. Whether it's a Windows 8-style application or a desktop application like Photoshop or Chrome, the response speed is no more than 4 seconds, from sleep to wake-up for no more than 2 seconds. This speed is much faster than the first generation of Surface Pro, and many Windows desktop computers will be fast. When you play a game on surface Pro 2, you'll soon be able to hear the fan spin, but the sound isn't as big as my MacBook Air. The fan is not audible when playing flash content, but the fan sound is more noticeable in some 3D applications and game usage. In the daily use, Surface Pro 2 is quite quiet, the problem of fever basically does not exist. On battery Standby, I am pleased to inform you that Microsoft claims that 75% of the electricity boost is basically reliable. Surface Pro 2 persisted for 7 hours and 33 minutes in the standby test, compared to the first generation of Surface Pro only for 3 hours and 59 minutes. It is clear that Intel's Haswell chip has dramatically improved battery standby. Although you haven't been able to reach the 10-hour standby time you've been waiting for, this performance is acceptable for a tablet with a notebook performance. Microsoft's Surface Pro 2 is equipped with the latest Windows 8.1, a new system that brings many new features, such as Bing search within the system, smarter SkyDrive synchronization. Although Windows 8.1 has performed brilliantly, the scarcity of Windows 8-style software remains serious. Fortunately surface Pro 2 is equipped with Intel's chips, which will ensure you continue to use thousands of apps on your desktop. Summing up in use, in order to have both the tablet and notebook features, Surface Pro made a lot of compromises, we can clearly see that Microsoft is through Surface Pro second to solve these legacy problems. The dual-angle bracket improves the feel of the use, and longer standby time allows you to use it as a flat panel. However, there are still some problems unresolved, such as weight and size is no different from the first generation, as a flat plate is still a big burden. Surface Pro 2 combines touch, keyboard, mouse and stylus. It basicallyMeet your requirements for a tablet all input, but for these four kinds of input way out of the word, each input method has failed to achieve perfection. But if you want to have these four types of devices at the same time, there seems to be no product to contend with. There are many devices in the market that combine tablets with notebooks, and Windows 8 systems have played a role in integrating the two devices, but for the actual experience of flat and notebook integration, no one has been able to do it perfectly, even if it is the Microsoft that developed the system. If you can accept a compromise on battery standby, fuselage weight and laptop usage, then Surface Pro 2 is definitely a pretty good device, but if you can't accept it, Surface Pro 2 will surely drown in many tablets and notebooks. It also takes time and effort to convince people that only one device is needed, and the device is produced by Microsoft.