Microsoft Surface Pro

Discussion in 'Hardware and Software Tips and Suggestions' started by Graham, Apr 29, 2014.

  1. Graham

    Graham Developer Staff Member

    I bought one of these, greatly reduced since Surface Pro 2 is now out.
    128Gb SSD, Windows 8 Pro (64 bit) and all touch.
    Needs a keyboard and mice though.
    And so far Synapse has installed just fine.
    Hope to use it soon in clinics.
    Last edited: Apr 29, 2014
  2. Graham

    Graham Developer Staff Member

    Working well .. printing is just fine.
    Some of the screen bottom widgets are obscured by the task bar, so that has had to be put onto auto-hide.
  3. Jason

    Jason Developer / Handyman Staff Member

    I have a Windows 8 box at home.
    Haven't tried Synapse yet.

    Microsoft Surface Pro + keyboard = a Windows 8 laptop !
  4. Graham

    Graham Developer Staff Member

    Sure .. the Surface Pro ( and Pro 2 ) are both full featured Windows tablets, and are nice machines.
    Instant on/off as a result of Windows 8 technology.
    Surface Pro 2 gives you a much longer battery life .. else little difference.

    Surface RT - ARM processor, and won't run x86 binaries.
  5. Graham

    Graham Developer Staff Member

    Also windows 8 has Miracast technology so you can wirelessly stream your screen to any TV/monitor with an HDMI input using Netgear's Push2TV.
    So, you can have a 60 inch display in front of you :)
    I was at a meeting and the speaker used a Surface Pro to give his presentation this way while walking around the room
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  6. Graham

    Graham Developer Staff Member

    Working well so far .. just need to make a few screens a little smaller ...
  7. Graham

    Graham Developer Staff Member

    Had a few crashes today in Adobe Acrobat .. not so good :mad:
  8. Graham

    Graham Developer Staff Member

    And there seems to be some problems with HL7 import .. not sure why. Need to do some testing on this one. Perhaps a permissions problem.

    Edit: Nope, it was because I had not configured the HL7 client correctly. Working now.
    Last edited: May 14, 2014
  9. Jason

    Jason Developer / Handyman Staff Member

    Thinking of getting a Surface Pro 3.
    I tried the palm cancelling feature ... worked amazing.
    Looking at the 256 Gig with 8 Gig RAM / i5. They are all Dual Core (not quad core).

    Will have to see how my digital notes look on it first.

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  10. Graham

    Graham Developer Staff Member

    Just need to accept that once a component fails inside, it's either replace under warranty, or buy another one.
    They're not repairable.
  11. Jason

    Jason Developer / Handyman Staff Member

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    Bought this one.
    Going to try synapse. :)
  12. Graham

    Graham Developer Staff Member

    Let me know if there are any issues. I need to reload Synapse onto mine. I've had the replacement unit back for a month but haven't had time so far.

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