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Originally Posted by menendez1293
I personally have the Surface Pro 3 in my house and honestly I would not purchase one for myself. They are extremely over price, uncomfortable to use on anything that is not a table, the touch button is in a horrible place since I put my hand there, it only has one usb port, there is no where to place the pen they include, and they included a Micro SD card slot in the oddest place possible when it could have been a normal SD.
I just had to get a second one yesterday because the touch screen stopped working 13 days into ownership. It is a nice device and well made, but is to overpriced for my likes and has some things I don't like. I will say that I have used all versions of the Surface for extended periods of time and the three is worlds better than the previous generation in my opinion.
My recommendation for something that runs a full copy of windows, has a decent build quality, and can be used as a tablet and a laptop would be the Dell XPS 12. Used one long term and in my opinion blows the surface out of the water in almost every category I look for.
If you have any questions about, feel free to ask. I have the Surface Pro 3 i5 128GB/4GB of Ram.
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We've resold a number of XPS12 convertible tablets to some local doctor's, and they love them. I like them too, spending quite a bit of time on them prior to deployment.
The cheapest XPS is ~$1000 and isn't quite as slick as the SP3. I would also hedge a bet that the flip screen lock on the XPS12 eventually breaks with enough turns. On the other hand, I'd rather deal with Dell for support than Micro$oft anyday. Extended 3 year warranties from Dell are a must with such a fragile and complicated device, further increasing cost but giving the product a longer life span for support.