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we actually liked microsoft's surface pro 5

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but none of our complaints about the surface pro 4 ended up being addressed

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so we actually didn't end up making a video about it like seriously guys

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how does it not have Thunderbolt 3 but you know what

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maybe none of that matters meet the ev

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a crowd funding and crowd sourcing

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success story that on paper has created

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a surface-like device with amazing specs

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not to mention better i o and at a lower price

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we don't normally talk about the packaging much but the evs box features

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the names of everyone that contributed to its creation that is over a thousand

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people and we thought that that was pretty cool as for the tablet itself it

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both looks and feels very similar to the

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surface pro which is a really good thing

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the whole device is completely free of branding with a stealthy black aluminum

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finish and we are definitely fans of the aesthetic

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on the right side we have one usb type a connector and a micro sd slot and then

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on the left we've got wait really

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holy crap okay so we mentioned Thunderbolt 3 already but there is a

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second type c port another type a port

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and a headphone jack for good measure i mean this thing's got as much io as some

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decent sized laptops and then on the subject of things included the keyboard

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and the stylus both come bundled so you don't have to worry about buying them

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separately for internal hardware our model sports a

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dual core Intel core i7 7y75

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gigs of ddr3 memory and a 512 gig SSD

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the heat from all of which is dissipated by a passive heatsink that's built into

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the chassis now at first our CPU turbo

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boosted all the way up to 3.3 gigahertz

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then it got very hot very fast and decided that that was a

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bad idea and dropped to just under 2 gigahertz with temps in the mid 60s so

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what this means is that bursty loads like web browsing will feel really

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snappy but you won't get the full power of your processor for longer tasks like

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rendering video some people may find that the core i5 model with eight gigs

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of RAM is more appropriate since it's less expensive and should throttle less

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the keyboard is a little quirky there's an eve logo on the v key and oops

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instead of a backspace but that shouldn't take away anything from the

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damn nice typing experience and 7 color

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RGB backlighting is a nice little bonus it isn't quite on the same level as the

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surface pro i don't trust the durability of eves alcantara quite as much as

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microsoft's polyurethane-coated alcantara and the keycaps feel a bit more

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plasticky but it still retains the excellent key feel and travel distance

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of the surface and while you're typing that's what matters most putting it

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right up there then with the best notebook keyboards that we've used

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the trackpad isn't quite as amazing it's a little small and although the tracking

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is good the click becomes stiffer and then stops clicking at all as you get

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towards the top of the pad so b minus execution there but fortunately you'll

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be using the touchscreen a fair bit since it's fantastic

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find things like selecting mistyped words or navigating web pages work

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exactly like you'd want them to and the panel looks great its anti-glare coating

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makes it look a little less sharp than the surface

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even though its resolution is marginally higher but we actually didn't mind this

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trade-off since tablets with less glare

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is something that the world actually needs more of and with the out of the

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box display calibration any kind of content looks fantastic no best buy tv

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syndrome here and it sounds good too the speakers are louder than you'd expect

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which should help set the mood for netflixing with a friend

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but they don't but the ev is not without its trade-offs

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all that extra i o takes up the space where the stylus attaches to the surface

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pro meaning that you're left with a fairly flimsy magnetic mount that falls

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down quicker than a southern kid taking his first step into the canadian winter

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and while we're at it the stylus is good

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but not great it's fine for note taking but it fails to achieve that pen to

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paper feel of the surface pro so if your primary use is going to be using the

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stylus or art creation an ev gen2 or

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something might be worth waiting for the webcam on the ev lacks ir emitters and

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therefore Windows hello support but it's above average and for most people

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the fingerprint sensor and the power button is a very reasonable alternative

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i actually don't understand why more pc makers haven't done this it's a great

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idea as for battery life well it's not the best we've seen but we've

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also got the top spec model and you can still be productive for a pretty long

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time without a wall outlet so

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this is a really great machine and that is ignoring the biggest selling

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point the price the surface pro does

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feel like the more pro option of the two

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with the webcam and the stylus in particular setting it apart but given

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that the i5 model of the ev which comes with a stylus and the keyboard cover is

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370 fewer us dollars than the equivalent

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surface pro unless you are heavily relying on the stylus something that i'm

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sure many of you do not we think the ev is kind of a no-brainer so great job

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guys projects like this show us how crowdsourcing and crowdfunding can

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be good things in the right

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