r/Surface

I have a SP7 and between battery life (2-3 hours max) and a struggling processor (take 30-50s to open a PDF these days), I need to replace it sooner rather than later. I was looking at the SP11, but it really seems Microsoft is not interested in this line anymore, and innovation has massively stagnated. In an ideal world, the surface studio laptop with updated specs would be amazing, but unfortunately there's nothing in that space with any brand including MS.

Given that I need a touchscreen for working (e.g. referring to excerpts from large PDFs on the fly), and a stylus is very handy for underlining notes etc. what are my options for a similar device? (I really don't want one of those devices that folds 'backwards' i.e. the keyboard goes on the bottom).

The only one that seems suitable is the Asus ProArt pz13, but it seems not available online for sure, and even Asus says they have no idea if it's available anywhere offline. Its successor, the pz14, isn't available yet for purchase in any country.

Appreciate any recommendations.

This has been a problem for a couple of weeks now and I don't know why... while it's not giving overheating errors or anything like that, I use it for drawing a lot, and the touchscreen becomes unbearable to use very quickly, usually within a half hour. There are also times when I'm using it normally (scrolling the internet, discord, spotify, etc.) and happen to touch the screen and it's very hot to the touch. Possibly unrelated, but I've also noticed it restarting much more frequently; where I previously noticed that I could close my surface and open it again the next day to have my apps still open where I'd left off, lately I feel like it's been closing everything more often. (Lots of my art program opening restored files, lots of "Chrome didn't shut down correctly," all that good stuff.)

My initial thought was that I have some background processes that are overloading my computer, however nothing is particularly new save for the Adobe Creative Cloud, which I recently installed for school. I can't delete it, but did stop it from starting upon turning my computer on just in case. When looking at my task manager, my memory seems very high (85% - 90%), but I don't know if that would cause overheating, or if that's even considered high. Beyond that, I don't know why it would even be high, considering I'm not doing anything I don't do normally.

I am not well versed in computers, and I recognize that I might be missing something altogether. I've attached a screenshot of my task manager just in case someone has insight that I don't.

Thank you for your help!

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Hey guys, I just bought a new Surface Laptop 7, 13.8 inch, Snapdragon X Elite, 32 GB ram, 1 tb ssd for $1,400 at best buy. I'm wanting to use it for web browsing, data analysis (Excel, powerBi) and, finance/accounting softwares (QuickBooks).

Did I overpay or get a good deal? The original price per best buy is $2,800 which I think is overstated, lol. Not sure when the next surface laptop is coming, but I wanted to get one within the next month so grabbed this deal. What you guys think?

I use my Surface Pro as a laptop/tablet. The touchscreen on Windows seems usable, but it’s not really a good experience.

Since my Surface uses an ARM processor (similar to mobile devices), I was planning to run Android apps instead. However, I heard that Windows has already ended support for the Windows Subsystem for Android.

I’d prefer running apps natively, especially since most Android apps are built for ARM. I don’t like using x86-based emulators like BlueStacks because of performance issues.

Is it possible to dual boot Android and Windows on the Surface Pro? Also, what do you use or install to improve the Windows touch experience in general, not just within apps?

I feel like Surface devices get a lot of "it's not quite a laptop and not quite a tablet" criticism from people who've never actually used one daily. But there are things this form factor just nails that nothing else does the same way. What's a use case or feature that you think gets completely overlooked when people talk about these devices? The thing that makes you glad you went Surface instead of something else.

I wonder how accurate these prices are. No way they're increasing them that much.

So I just got a Surface Laptop 13 inch. Solid metal body and nice keyboard, but for the rest I'm not very happy. I have doubts about a few software issues.

Task manager. The last column is architecture

1. I installed GeForce Now and little more. I chose the 'ARM64 Windows beta' from the Nvidia website. Office and ELANFPSService (I suppose these are touchpad drivers?) were preinstalled. Why are there two preinstalled pieces of software in x64 instead of ARM64? Can this be fixed? Also, why is Nvidia's GeForce ARM64 beta in x64 too?

2. I can't properly change the UI language. It's strange. I'm a Windows 11 veteran. My main PC (x64) runs Windows 11 in Catalan. Around 80% of the interface is translated into Catalan, but when I changed the Surface to Catalan in the same way, only around 20% switched to Catalan. Most of the menus that are in Catalan on my gaming PC remain in English on the Surface, and I can't figure out why.

3. I created a custom keyboard layout with Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator (MSKLC), which I have used for years. How can I install it in my Surface? Is there any way to make Microsoft Keyboard Layout compatible? Or simply bring my layout from my gaming PC to my Surface Laptop?

4. Is there any pen compatible with Surface Laptop 13 inch? Or that's just for the pricier models?

I have a SQ2 Pro X that I don't have much use for and was wondering if there are any custom OS's I could play around with on it? Maybe something like a Chrome OS or anything else interesting? Or a way to install a newer unsupported version of Windows onto it?

I just wanted to ask, whats every good and bad thing about it since im considering buying it because its really cheap on ebay for me as a student.

Thanks

I just turned it on after like half a year but it runs so badly that I'm struggling to update the damn thing

It also turns it's fans on when Im turning it on and has terrible performance overall

Is this normal? I have this thing since like 2020 I think but I'm not sure

Ive got a surface pro 9 that is about 4yrs old (i think)... it just started not turning on and flashing windows logo 4x. Geek squad says to call Microsoft but im curious if that's worth it or just buy a newer model?

I do need to find a way to pull some files off somehow so thats gonna be fun.

Windows 11 updated last night

I lost the ability to use WIFI

Looking in Device Manager, the Wifi Marvell Network adapter no longer appears

Here are the steps I have taken so far:

* Soft reset

* Long reset (held power button for 60 seconds)

* Hard reset (help power button and volume up button at same time for 30 seconds)

* Hard reset in UEFI window and then reset from that screen

* In Device Manager, I used Show Hidden Devices

* In Device Manager, I used Scan for Hardware Changes

* I verified WLAN AutoConfig was running in Services

* I performed a full install of Windows 11 from a USB stick

* I downloaded the latest drivers available from Microsoft for the Pro 6 and installed them

None of these have had any effect. The Device Manage still will not show me the Marvell Adapter and I still have no ability to use Wifi. During the install of Windows 11, it informed me that there was no Wifi Adapter on the machine. I had hoped that loading all the drivers would have fixed that but it did not.

One thing that bothers me is that I looked at the folders that were created from the .msi driver file and I did not see a Marvell folder in that group. It might be buried in some other folder but this has caused me some concern that I am still not downloading the Marvell driver.

If anyone has any suggestions, I will try anything. Thank you