The entry-level Surface book (e.g. the $1,500 version) doesn't come with a dedicated GPU. So I'd think it ought to perform pretty much the same with and without the keyboard. The CPU in the entry-level Book is the same as the mid-level Pro (which is also the one you get with 8GB RAM), making that probably the best comparison.
I see $1499 for the model you list. Are you outside the US, or rounding heavily?
Canada sorry, thought I had put it in the message.
Microsoft - you want expensive, we'll give you so expensive your kids will be bankrupt!I don't know where Luthair is from, but yeah $1949 in Canada is way expensive for a I5, 8GB, 128GB.
Macbook Pro with Retina Display., I5 8GB, 128GB for $1549.
They are definitely going after Apple at those price
Not really equivalent though are they?... If Apple came out with a true equivalent (which they would never do until being pushed by the rest of the industry because they'd cannibalize their own sales) you know they'd charge at least as much. Touchscreen with stylus support + tablet mode has to cost you something extra. This is a MacBook Pro + iPad Pro all in one, so the closest Apple equivalent really costs $2200+ (in USD) compared to $1500 USD.
We're a petro/commodity currency. The past year has suuuuuuucked. Unless you own significant investments outside the country, in which case it's been lovely. In any case, it cuts both ways. When the currency goes up, prices don't go down in lockstep. But when the currency goes down, it also takes awhile for prices to go up. At least for things that have fairly firm MSRP's.
Depends on what you mean, are they 1;1 features? Nope. But the market for 2-in-1s and transformers have't proven to be a large market so far, so I'd suggest that the target audience is essentially the same.
Only because Harper ignored other industries for the past 9-years ^.^
Guy has a billion posts, half abut TV shows. There a tag specifically for those Chinese tabs to search? Or just the Android or iPad Mini Clones tags?
Yeah, don't really need a keyboard and stuff. Ended up ordering a new 8" Tab S2. Anandtech's review outlined some of it's flaws, but on the whole I don't really see anything else out there in the Android space that would be better. Mainly I like that it's nice and thin and light. Not too thrilled about the 4:3 form factor, as I've always liked the 16:10 (or 9?) on the Nexus 10 for watching movies on flights. But the Tab S2 should be better for laying on the couch reading articles/web pages because of the weight and form factor, which is probably 90% of my tablet usage day to day. Biggest problem with the Nexus 10 has always been that it's heavy as all fuck. 8" Tab S2 is less than half as heavy. Maybe I'll keep the Nexus 10 around strictly for watching movies on long flights. For whatever reason, it's still great for that, the performance issues don't seem to impact the video playback.
