Hi,
is anyone here using XYplorer on one of those machines?
I yes,
- how is "touching" XY (at least the major moves like drag & drop)
- how is using XY with those high DPI screens?
Thanks,
FH
Surface Pro 4/ Book with Windows 10?
Re: Surface Pro 4/ Book with Windows 10?
Really no one with a Surface (Pro)?
Re: Surface Pro 4/ Book with Windows 10?
SP4 arrived.
Very first look at XY doesn't look too bad.
Very first look at XY doesn't look too bad.
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Re: Surface Pro 4/ Book with Windows 10?
I used to have ASUS Transformer (Windows 10). When detach the keyboard, XY is not touch-friendly at all:
- Small buttons
- XY feels lame without right click, KB shortcut, drag-drop
- Small buttons
- XY feels lame without right click, KB shortcut, drag-drop
I'm a casual coder using AHK language. All of my xys scripts:
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 243#p82488
http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... 243#p82488
Re: Surface Pro 4/ Book with Windows 10?
Well, not out of the box, indeed.binocular222 wrote:When detach the keyboard, XY is not touch-friendly at all:
I haven't bought this gem to mainly run XY without keyboard and mouse on the road. But I will test this, once the workspace is fully set up (I have time ).
FH
Re: Surface Pro 4/ Book with Windows 10?
Both of them work principially (right click is a looong touch).binocular222 wrote: without right click, drag-drop
But it takes a while until I'll come up with suggestions to optimize XY for touch devices.
Re: Surface Pro 4/ Book with Windows 10?
Some initial SP4 impressions:
- I'm still baffled by having a tablet that runs XY, Vivaldi, Notepad++ or LightRoom
- it is well designed and build quality is top notch (on par with Apple)
- the cpu power is quite good (even for simple Lightroom tasks) and sufficient for presumably 90% of my usual workloads, Windows 10 feels absolutely fluid
- on the other hand, if set up properly it seems I could get towards 6-8 hours of Vivaldi-Surfing in battery mode. If so, this will be much more than expected from my upfront readings (and my iPad2 experiences). but needs to be confirmed by experience
- I'm sure, the PENififcation will turn out to be a great thingie for me (especially after the Anniversary Update with Windows Ink -> creating annotated screenshots never was easier).
- given what it offers and how huge it is (compared to iPad2) it feels surprisingly lightweight (even though it is ~ 800gr tablet only)
- the Windows Cover keyboard is better than it looks or feels. When it is positioned completely flat, it's almost like a notebook keyboard
- Windows Hello (face recognition logon) is cool as well
It won't replace my desktop power machine - but it will reduce my needs to require my desktop when using Windows. ;-)
FH
- I'm still baffled by having a tablet that runs XY, Vivaldi, Notepad++ or LightRoom
- it is well designed and build quality is top notch (on par with Apple)
- the cpu power is quite good (even for simple Lightroom tasks) and sufficient for presumably 90% of my usual workloads, Windows 10 feels absolutely fluid
- on the other hand, if set up properly it seems I could get towards 6-8 hours of Vivaldi-Surfing in battery mode. If so, this will be much more than expected from my upfront readings (and my iPad2 experiences). but needs to be confirmed by experience
- I'm sure, the PENififcation will turn out to be a great thingie for me (especially after the Anniversary Update with Windows Ink -> creating annotated screenshots never was easier).
- given what it offers and how huge it is (compared to iPad2) it feels surprisingly lightweight (even though it is ~ 800gr tablet only)
- the Windows Cover keyboard is better than it looks or feels. When it is positioned completely flat, it's almost like a notebook keyboard
- Windows Hello (face recognition logon) is cool as well
It won't replace my desktop power machine - but it will reduce my needs to require my desktop when using Windows. ;-)
FH
Re: Surface Pro 4/ Book with Windows 10?
Thanks Filehero for posting your Surface Pro 4 impressions. I'm still debating between a 2 in 1 versus a sleek light weight laptop like a Dell XPS 13. By the way, what did you get for the Surface Pro an i3, i5 or i7?
Windows 11, 23H2 Build 22631.3447 at 100% 2560x1440
Re: Surface Pro 4/ Book with Windows 10?
i5 / 256 GB.klownboy wrote:By the way, what did you get for the Surface Pro an i3, i5 or i7?
An i7 just offers a simple - and rather minor - cpu frequency increase, which is by no means worth the addon price tag. Besides that, due to the implicit power target resulting from the SP4 design most reviews found cpu throttling to occur quite often. So in practice the maximum frequency turns out to remain a rather theoretical promise.
Is it supposed to be your only machine? Then I would take ultra-notebook. Or the Surface Book which is the bet breed of both worlds.
Re: Surface Pro 4/ Book with Windows 10?
Yes, I heard from a few sources that going with the i7 wasn't worth it at least for the Surface Pro...too big of a price difference for what you're getting.
A new laptop/Surface/Book would be my only mobile computer other than my ageing Sony laptop, but I do have 2 desktops. I tend to use my existing laptop only when I travel or away from home.
Thanks Filehero.
A new laptop/Surface/Book would be my only mobile computer other than my ageing Sony laptop, but I do have 2 desktops. I tend to use my existing laptop only when I travel or away from home.
Thanks Filehero.
Windows 11, 23H2 Build 22631.3447 at 100% 2560x1440