{"id":122,"date":"2013-11-10T16:14:04","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T23:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jimubc\/?p=122"},"modified":"2014-04-27T17:01:58","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T00:01:58","slug":"surface-pro-2-comparison-to-surface-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jimubc\/surface-pro-2-comparison-to-surface-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Surface Pro 2 comparison to Surface Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/surface.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"Microsoft Surface Pro\" src=\"http:\/\/dotnet.tech.ubc.ca\/hope\/images\/mvp\/SurfacePro03.png\" width=\"160\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI got the Surface Pro as soon as it was available in February 2013.  It seemed almost premature to get the Surface Pro 2 when it came out in October 2013 but I got it anyway. The main reason: For many of my classes I like to have two screens up while I&#8217;m teaching. Up to this point I had been using the Surface RT as my second screen, but my must-have applications (Mouse Without Borders, Sketchbook Pro) do not run on that machine. When the Surface Pro 2 came out &#8211; I was ready to make the jump. The intent was not to replace the original Surface Pro, but to get another full-function tablet to use with it. In short &#8211; it&#8217;s exactly what I needed. I want to add that if you have a Surface Pro, I wouldn&#8217;t be looking to replace it with a Surface Pro 2. There are advantages to the new unit but the original Surface Pro is still a wonderful machine and by no means obsolete.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest advantages of the Surface Pro 2 over the original Surface Pro:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Battery life.<br \/>\nFor my typical applications: Surface Pro runs 3.5 hours. The Surface Pro 2 runs 5.5 hours.  This difference matters when I need to spend extended time away from AC power but when I&#8217;m teaching the Surface Pro lasts long enough.<\/li>\n<li>Kick Stand angle<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a small thing but the Surface Pro 2 has a two step kick stand that allows it to sit tilted both at the original angle of the Surface Pro, and also a second position &#8211; tilted a little farther back. If I have the Surface Pro 2 on a desktop, lectern, or hand-held, this does not matter at all. The only time I use the new second position is when I have the Surface Pro 2 on a flat surface that is low, but not low enough to lay it flat. <\/li>\n<li>Processor Speed<br \/>\nIn all the reviews that I&#8217;ve read much has been made of the faster processor in the Surface Pro 2.<br \/>\nFor what I do when I&#8217;m teaching and day to day computing, I don&#8217;t notice the difference when I have the machines side-by-side.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enjoy your Surface Pro if you have one, but if you don&#8217;t take a really good look at the Surface Pro 2. It&#8217;s a wonderful machine.<\/p>\n<p>References:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/surface\/en-ca\/products\/surface-pro-2\" title=\"Surface Pro 2\" target=\"_blank\">Surface Pro 2<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-ca\/download\/details.aspx?id=35460\" title=\"Mouse Without Borders\" target=\"_blank\">Mouse Without Borders<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got the Surface Pro as soon as it was available in February 2013. It seemed almost premature to get the Surface Pro 2 when it came out in October 2013 but I got it anyway. The main reason: For many of my classes I like to have two screens up while I&#8217;m teaching. 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