I have not tried recording yet as been very busy working recently but here are a few observations on it. I want it to be good so bad and I try so hard to like it as great idea but MS still isn't quite there yet and I find myself wasting time researching computer 101 issues constantly.
most of what my heartache are not Win 8.1 issues... Personally I can tolerate Win8.1 and even like it over Win7 at times on the surface as long as have classic shell installed as I'm primarily in the desktop and it augments touch nicely.
-Ships with zoom at 150%, if I recall you need to reduce to 125% to see entire axe-edit screen (or use to ).
-No connectivity problems with AxeFX ever, never an issue with Axe-Edit or AxeFX firmware updates
-I have zero problems with my eyes up close but I needed to reduce zoom and it's even small to me at times, there is no simple pinch to zoom in desktop so it's seems all or nothing
-Get the type keyboard and you will likely need a mouse, touchpad is responsive but clicking difficult if not on solid surface
-It's very powerful... I've had Netflix, Visual Studio, Xojo, and Ableton all doing things without flinching
-Single USB port so likely need to get hub or docking station ( no experience with either )
-Get the 256 model or higher... 128GB is very small plus you get an extra 4gb of memory bringing it to 8gb
I like it for the most part but here are some major flaws... Maybe third generation will be the charm...
-Single USB port... Okay get a Bluetooth mouse right? Wrong! What a POS, it will become unusable under even the slightest wifi network load or slightly moderate CPU load. Search google for surface pro 2 mouse lag... I finally had to get a USB mouse the other day couldn't stand it anymore...
-adaptive brightness... Wth, screen brightness abruptly changes, this isn't a subtle fade in/out. You can turn it off and still does it to lesser amount So then you have to go into power management and fix the brightness for AC/battery and still does it sometimes. Like when apps with white background opens it gets brighter... Good what I need is a brighter white and darker black.
-MS finally resolved the shutdown toaster issue (mostly)
-Every flipping patch Tuesday/surface firmware update is a major issue of some sorts... really how hard is it to qa your own flipping hardware... I would think the surface would be a tier one platform for MS being their only platform... assuming it is teir one their qa team simply sucks floppy donkey dicks.
-frequently after reboots keyboard doesn't work until you pull it off and reattach
Alright enough... I do like it and the form factor, I would probably get again even with all the imperfections. It's my main PC these days, however have seriously considered jumping ship for the Lenovo yoga line many times. It's powerful, works extremely well when it works, but even being a serious power user I get dumbfounded on the amount of effort sometime required for things that should just work.
