{"id":192,"date":"2015-04-02T02:11:49","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T09:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jimubc\/?p=192"},"modified":"2015-04-26T02:12:31","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T09:12:31","slug":"surface-3-side-by-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/jimubc\/surface-3-side-by-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Surface 3: Side By Side"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay \u2013 you might be expecting a side by side comparison of Surface 3 to Surface Pro 3 or Surface 2.\u00a0 I might do that later, perhaps in May when they are shipping. For now you can join me as I look at this picture and try to imagine how much smaller the Surface 3\u00a0 will feel compared to the Surface Pro 3.<\/p>\n

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Back to Side By Side<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to think about working two-up: that is working with two machines side by side. I like to work with multiple screens. I do that now with my Surface Pro 3 and my Surface Pro 2. I run Mouse Without Borders<\/a> (a virtual keyboard and mouse sharing application) that gives me most of the utility of running a single machine with an external monitor, AND I\u00a0 have both processors working for me. This is great when I\u2019m doing solid heads-down work at a remote location.\u00a0 Usually I\u2019m doing research or viewing outcomes on one machine and creating content on the other. I can imagine using the Surface Pro 3 and Surface 3 side by side. Assuming that I won\u2019t have to think about power management with the Surface 3\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019d probably use the keyboard on the Surface 3 and use the Power Cover<\/a> with the Surface Pro 3.\u00a0 That should get me through a very long day of remote work.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t want to suggest that the Surface 3 or Surface Pro 3 are not up to the task of productive work alone. It\u2019s just that I really like to have a couple of screens going for certain kinds of work. The portable monitors that I\u2019ve seen are expensive, heavy, and have much lower screen resolution than I want for this application.\u00a0 To get anything comparable to the Surface 3, you\u2019d have to spend nearly the same money,\u00a0 and then you\u2019d still just have a monitor not a second computer.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m thinking that a Surface 3 would make a great companion for my Surface Pro 3 for those side-by-side applications.\u00a0 I would get much\u00a0 longer battery life\u00a0 than I get with the Surface Pro 2 I\u2019m using now. And how nice it would be that they use the same Pen.<\/p>\n

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