My review of the Surface Book 2016!
The config I got was the 2.6Ghz i7 / 16GB RAM / 512GB SSD with GeForce 965m
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Ring Video Doorbell Pro Review
I picked this up because we have a package theft problem in our neighborhood as well as occasional unwanted solicitors. Overall, it does a great job and is a great value for what it’s supposed to do and the cloud service is very affordable at $30 a year.
Likes:
– Works great as a doorbell, outdoor surveillance system and motion detector
– Easy to setup as long as you read the manual!!!
– Two way talk sound quality sounds works very well
– Ability to download the recorded videos
Don’t Like:
– video quality could be better
– audio and video sync are a little off
– slight lag when pushing the button and the physical doorbell ringing
You can buy it here: http://amzn.to/1Sd2LW4
Successfully Installed Samsung 950 Pro M.2 on Razer Blade Stealth
I am happy to report that I have successfully replaced the stock 256GB PM951 drive with the 512GB Samsung 950 PRO using the steps below taken from the Notebook Review forums here:http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr…-review-swapping-instructions-cloning.771316/
Before you start, just remember that opening the bottom panel to access the hard drive may VOID YOUR WARRANTY so please do this at your own risk. You are going to need a Torx 5 screwdriver and the set I used can be purchased here from Amazon: http://amzn.to/1SYcbZO
The Samsung 950 PRO can be purchased here: http://amzn.to/1SYcjIU
How I cloned to these drives:
- Use Macrium to create WinPE bootable recovery USB key flash drive.
- Use Macrium to create a FULL PARTITION BACKUP of your Blade’s original drive onto anexternal USB drive that can hold it.
- Put the new empty drive in the blade, as above.
- Boot the Macrium WinPE USB key: (hold F12 on boot when prompted to choose boot drive)
- Select “Restore”, Choose the backup file on the USB drive from step 2.
- Choose the empty drive you installed in the Razer as the destination.
- Restore away, will take some time depending on the speed of your USB drive.
- Power down, disconnect all the USB stuff and try to boot.
- If it works, YAY, if it doesn’t.. I had to do this other stuff as well…
- Reconnect your Macrium USB recovery KEY, boot from that again, this time without the old drive connected over USB
- Attempt to fix the Windows boot problems again (same menu option). This time, it should actually work with all green checks.
- Try to boot again, should work this time.
- Thanks @mario64, they had to use AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition 5.6 to extend the new partition to the full free space of the drive.
Things to note:
- Macium reflex makes backup and restore incredibly easy. It will back up all the partitions, INCLUDING a PERFECT copy of the Recovery partition on the stock drive
- When booting into the Macrium WinPE USB drive, the mouse for some reason doesn’t work. You will need to do everything on the touch screen. Don’t worry! It is touch friendly!!!
- After successfully restoring, you will notice that your new drive will have only 256GB instead of 512GB… Don’t worry! Follow Step 13 above to fix that! Just Merge the partitions using the Partition Assistant Software!
- New drive is screaming fast!
The “Lunch at Work” Workspace
Eating MacDonald’s while watching Naruto at work during lunch… doesn’t get any better than that. Even geeks need to regenerate chakra!
Microsoft Surface Pro 3 First Impressions
Sold my MacBook Air 13″ 2013 i7. I am loving the Surface Pro 3. I’ve had the Surface Pro 1 and 2 and returned those after trying them out for two weeks. However with the Surface Pro 3 I am instantly in love with this thing.
Here are my thoughts on it so far…
Good
- Much thinner form factor than it’s predecessors. Also lighter
- Screen is much easier to read in desktop mode thanks to the 3:2 ratio
- Windows 8.1 still has it’s quirks but has come a long way
- My work involves a lot of travel – don’t have to take this out of the bag at the airports
- The Surface Pro 3’s pen is the best that it has ever been for note taking. Love how well executed One Note is too
- Don’t need to worry about the compromises of an iOS or Android tablet
- You get the full working desktop experience of a desktop in the form of a tablet
- Battery life isn’t as good as the MacBook Air but it does last through an 8-hour workday
- Really cool when using this hooked up with another monitor and mouse. It knows to use natural scrolling in Metro mode, and standard scrolling in desktop mode!
- Very good overall performance – I have several apps open at once and it has not slowed down
- Kickstand is very well executed and has flexible viewing angles
- Keyboard is great, although not as good as the MacBook Air’s but it’s pretty darn close
- Touchscreen makes a huge difference in working on a computer. Super useful and more efficient to navigate through the OS, websites, etc
- Touch interface for Microsoft Office is well done
- Thanks to the cloud, syncing between my iMac and Surface has been pretty seamless such as One Note, Evernote, and DropBox
Bad
- Swinging back and forth between my iMac and Surface Pro due to different OS took some time to get used to… like 2 hours. For a geek, that’s an eternity.
- It sometimes gets warm depending on the intensity of your applications so I wouldn’t recommend using this on your lap for long periods of time. Look for a desk or table if you are doing serious work, if not tablet mode works great. I value the longevity of my huevos.
- Metro mode still needs more time to develop. For simple apps and to use as a consumption device, the iPad Air is still the best, which is why I am keeping it for bed and couch surfing.
- Third party Metro apps suck for the most part, you are better off using the desktop version
- If you rely heavily on Google calendar, either use the web version or switch to Outlook
Stay tuned for a full review!
Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse Review
The launch of the Windows 8 touched based operating system makes a very blatant statement that the computer industry is heading in the direction where the computer mouse will be irrelevant. Ironically, Microsoft has released the Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse to compliment Windows 8 devices such as laptops, tablets, and desktops. With the starting price point of $69.99, lets see how well the Wedge handles on both Windows 8 and OSX Mountain Lion.
Check out my review at Put That Back!