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Surface Pro with a larger screen?

Anonymous
2013-05-30T10:26:15+00:00

All I really want is to not have to have these stupid trackpads anymore. Let's face it, they suck on all PCs. I want a tablet that I can use to accomplish everything, then attach a keyboard when I'm doing typing at any length. Of course, I would like to do all of this without having to squint at my 9"-10" display that I can cover with one hand. 13" laptops are just as portable as 10" tablets with far more (~30%) visual area. I'm just saying that that is the only windows 8 product I would buy. As much as I hate apple and macbooks, they have trackpads that don't suck. (for the record ipads REALLY suck)

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-01-30T16:18:18+00:00

    I think a Surface Pro desktop would be a good idea, like a 20" tablet. For designing it would be the dream PC as you can keep it at any angle for pen use. Hopefully this would happen someday.

    I agree, that a Surface Pro with a larger screen would be ideal.

    I like the features of the Surface Pro, especially the input panel for writing. Other larger screen touchscreens do not support a pointed stylus type pen, which I appreciate is available on the Surface Pro.

    I do wish for a larger screen however.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-11-04T15:08:33+00:00

    I think a Surface Pro desktop would be a good idea, like a 20" tablet. For designing it would be the dream PC as you can keep it at any angle for pen use. Hopefully this would happen someday.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-05-30T11:21:04+00:00

    At this time there's no plan to release a Surface with a larger screen. It sounds like you should definitely look at notebook or netbook products as, for the most part, the Tablet market device screen sizes are all pretty standard.

    Something may come down the pipes in the future but, unless market research indicates that consumers want the same portability in a slightly larger screen, it's not likely that we'll see anything in that variety. There is a significant and noticeable difference between the feel and portability of a device with a 10" display and a device with a 13" screen.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-05-30T12:11:06+00:00

    I kind of agree with you that I'd like to see a small laptop with a larger screen (still 16:9 widescreen ratio) and a good size keyboard without trackpad, in the new 'touch' world.  Get rid of the trackpad that compresses the keyboard space and offers dubious utility. 

    But like the last response, I don't see that as very reasonable in a 'tablet' formfactor. and any keyboard still needs a little bit of 'palm landing area' to be comfortable to use longer term, so I'm not sure how much space one would really gain. 

    The Surface Pro is about as big a 'tablet' I think it would be comfortable to use, at least until battery technology (or low-power processor and hardware demand)  lets things get much thinner and lighter.  Then something in the range of the size of a piece of standard 8.5 x 11 inch paper (or worst case, the size of a typical clipboard holding a piece of paper) in portrait mode might work as a tablet.

    EDIT - just read about the Acer Aspire R7.  Might supply the formfactor you're after.  15ish inch widescreen, touchpad *above* the keyboard, but the screen hinges and 'swings' forward at the base to hide it, and it can also flip around behind (flat) for tablet like formfactor.

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  5. Anonymous
    2013-05-31T01:03:09+00:00

    Well there seem to be several tablets with larger screens in the works.  Keep an eye on the tech sites like ubergizmo where you will see the anouncements and rumors for these.  Personally the Pro is as big as I'd want in a tablet but there are enough people who don't think so that it seems bigger ones are in the works.  When I want a bigger display I either hook it to one or just use the desktop, my first tablet had a 14" display and while it was nice I often wished for something a bit smaller that could still run full Windows...it only took a bit over a decade.  So I have touch screen on the Pro or the corded hires mouse on the desktop...no track pad ;). 

    I do disagree about the 13" laptops because when you use a tablet (as a tablet not with a keyboard attached) the balance and hand positions are quite different and getting bigger makes these more awkward (the actual point of too big would vary from person to person of course).  Still sounds to me like maybe what you really want is a convertable laptop where you can just ignore the trackpad like this 12.5":

    http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Convertible-Ultrabook-10-finger-multi-touch/dp/B004GAR91S/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1369961915&sr=1-4&keywords=touch+screen+laptop

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