1 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:16,240 Welcome to my much awaited I hope unboxing and first look at the Surface 2 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:19,439 from Microsoft. This is a 10.6 in tablet 3 00:00:16,240 --> 00:00:23,119 and recom recommends represents 4 00:00:19,439 --> 00:00:25,920 Microsoft's first foray into their own 5 00:00:23,119 --> 00:00:29,840 branded hardware. So I actually went to the Microsoft store and bought this 6 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:33,680 today. If you follow me on Twitter, then you already know that um there was a bit 7 00:00:32,079 --> 00:00:39,680 of a lineup, but I had like a reservation thing. I got the kit that 8 00:00:36,559 --> 00:00:41,760 comes with the touch cover and the 9 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:46,879 Windows RT tablet. I got a 32 gig Surface. Remember, a 32 gig Surface has 10 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:51,840 a Windows operating system installed on it. So, even though it's 32 gigs, you 11 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:57,199 don't actually get really that close to 32 gigs of actual storage on your 12 00:00:54,079 --> 00:00:58,800 Surface tablet because the Windows OS is 13 00:00:57,199 --> 00:01:03,920 a little bit bigger than we're used to seeing from something like an Android or 14 00:01:01,039 --> 00:01:10,000 an Apple mobile operating system. So, inside I have the Surface box itself 15 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:15,200 here and then I've also got a separate box that has the touch cover. So, touch 16 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:17,360 cover is one of the biggest innovations 17 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:23,360 that Microsoft has really brought about with Surface and that it's a nice little 18 00:01:19,759 --> 00:01:26,000 kind of suedy cover that's actually yeah 19 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:30,560 quite quite nice. Wow. It feels really dense like it's a like it's a material 20 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:34,720 that's not just going to kind of crap out after a little while. And then the 21 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:38,640 keyboard itself, which is a touch sensitive keyboard. So, they've here Oh, 22 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:42,799 funny funny. Okay. iPhone size comparison. So the uh so the cover 23 00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:47,600 itself is not much thicker than something like Apple's smart cover. It 24 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:51,040 feels very durable. It's quite rigid and then they've actually built a keyboard 25 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:56,720 into it. So the keyboard is touch sensitive which means that you type by 26 00:01:53,920 --> 00:02:00,880 by touching the space bar or touching the keys and uh and it's pressure 27 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:04,799 sensitive but there's actually no tactile feedback. Now there's a separate 28 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:08,800 type cover available that does have a lowprofile keyboard. I'll look at that 29 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:12,160 one later as a separate unboxing. But for now, we're going to focus on the 30 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:16,640 touch cover. It has again kind of a velvety suedy feel to it, so it won't 31 00:02:14,959 --> 00:02:20,239 scratch up your screen as long as you don't have any sort of rocks or debris 32 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:23,599 or anything caught in it, which shouldn't be that much of an issue. The 33 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:28,319 Surface uses a proprietary six pin connector for data and power for the 34 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:32,879 touch cover itself, and it uses magnets to attach to the Surface. Uh, it 35 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:36,720 actually has a touchpad as well, and then looks like left and right mouse 36 00:02:34,640 --> 00:02:40,080 click button. So, that's kind of cool. I haven't seen one in person yet, so I'm 37 00:02:38,319 --> 00:02:45,680 very excited about this. You've got proprietary keys up here, and you'll 38 00:02:42,080 --> 00:02:48,239 notice there's no F1 to F uh 12 keys. 39 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:52,800 However, you can use the function key to enable those buttons. So, if you wanted 40 00:02:49,920 --> 00:02:59,640 to press Alt F4, then you'd go alt function and then F12 34 in order to 41 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:04,159 press that. Uh, okay. So, included pieces relatively, yeah, okay looking 42 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:07,680 power brick. It's around the size of the Apple one. and then uses a magnetic 43 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:13,360 connector here to charge the Surface tablet itself. Um, very, very slick 44 00:03:11,239 --> 00:03:18,319 looking. There you go. Cameraman can have a look at that if he sees fit. Uh, 45 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:21,760 the There you go. The prongs just fold up like that. Just a Windows RT sticker. 46 00:03:20,319 --> 00:03:25,280 You could even take that off and it'd be completely clean and just black all 47 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:29,680 along except for the safety notifications and whatnots. Inside here, 48 00:03:28,319 --> 00:03:34,159 once we take out the Surface, don't worry, we'll look at that soon. We've 49 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:38,400 got Microsoft's included little brochure. Getting around in Windows RT. 50 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:44,239 So, you swipe from the right to open up the charms menu. Uh, if you This is 51 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:47,920 French. If you move your, if you're using the trackpad, move your pointer 52 00:03:45,599 --> 00:03:51,200 into any corner. Okay. To access charms, get around Surface. So, they've got 53 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:56,879 everything kind of labeled there. Hardware setup, software. Okay. So, this is a very, very basic guide. There's 54 00:03:54,720 --> 00:04:02,080 really not a whole lot there. Windows 8 Pro and Windows RT. So, something to 55 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:05,840 note about Windows RT is that oh, look at this. Environmentally friendly 56 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:11,680 packaging. They're using u just kind of a paper like a see look you can tell 57 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:15,760 that it's like a recycled paper because it's well I'm assuming it's a recycled 58 00:04:13,599 --> 00:04:20,239 paper because it's made of sort of bits and pieces of of other kinds of paper. 59 00:04:18,639 --> 00:04:23,320 You know what? Let's not make any assumptions. Let's just say that it's 60 00:04:21,840 --> 00:04:27,880 made of paper and is therefore recyclable if nothing else. And I can't 61 00:04:25,919 --> 00:04:32,639 get that to go back together. So, surface 62 00:04:29,639 --> 00:04:35,120 plastic. Here we go. I'm very excited 63 00:04:32,639 --> 00:04:41,759 about this hinge, the kickstand as they call it. Okay. It's not light. Actually, 64 00:04:39,199 --> 00:04:46,639 it's not light, but Microsoft spent a lot of time optimizing the weight 65 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:51,440 distribution inside the Surface to make it so that however you're holding it, it 66 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:56,400 should be comfortable and it should feel similar regardless of which side you're 67 00:04:54,160 --> 00:05:00,400 holding it from. So, the idea is that even though the weight is a little bit 68 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:05,440 on the heavier side for a tablet, it's not like a Galaxy Tab 10.1 or even the 69 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:11,440 ASUS Vivo Tab, which is very light, also a Windows RT device. It feels okay to 70 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:16,880 hold. I also like the squared corners. These are a 22° 71 00:05:13,840 --> 00:05:19,440 um angled edges all around the entire 72 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:24,639 outside of the tablet. Rounded corners are nice in theory. However, you can 73 00:05:22,639 --> 00:05:28,960 slip off them. And this has a bit of a catch to it. So you can see it's not 74 00:05:26,639 --> 00:05:33,759 quite just rounded and smooth, but you can actually hold on to it. Okay, so I I 75 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:37,919 like that so far. The kickstand itself, I have not sure how to operate it yet, 76 00:05:35,919 --> 00:05:41,919 but there you go. So you pull it out there, makes that noise, I guess they 77 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:46,000 they apparently spent a lot of time on the noise of the kickstand. And when you 78 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:51,280 close it, they're comparing it to a luxury door luxury car door closing. I'm 79 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:56,000 not quite sure I'd make that comparison, but I do like the way it slows down 80 00:05:53,280 --> 00:06:01,840 before it hits it so that it doesn't close too hard. Very nice. Uh, yes. So, 81 00:05:59,280 --> 00:06:05,600 the reason for the 22° edges here is so that it'll actually sit flush when you 82 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:10,000 have the kickstand out and when you're using it. It's nice to have this integrated as opposed to being part of 83 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:15,120 the smart cover. if you guys have a smart cover or a similar type cover for 84 00:06:12,319 --> 00:06:19,759 your iPad. I have a smart cover clone. And what I don't like about it is that 85 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:21,680 it has over time become far less rigid. 86 00:06:19,759 --> 00:06:26,319 So, it's much harder to prop the device up on the smart cover. Whereas something 87 00:06:24,319 --> 00:06:30,080 like a kickstand I don't think has the potential to ever really become rigid. 88 00:06:28,319 --> 00:06:35,520 You can see the actually you can hear you can see the design that goes into 89 00:06:32,319 --> 00:06:37,919 these hinges. It's got one, two, three 90 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:40,319 hinges here that are all look very, very robust. I'm just going to angle this 91 00:06:39,039 --> 00:06:46,639 towards the light a little bit more so you can see in there, I hope. Okay. All 92 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:47,919 right. There's the connector down here. 93 00:06:46,639 --> 00:06:54,080 Okay. Yeah. So, let's do the physical tour. There's your charging spot. USB 94 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:57,680 port. That is a USB port, like U with an S and a B, and you can plug in pretty 95 00:06:56,160 --> 00:07:00,960 much whatever you want as long as there's driver support. So, things like 96 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:05,680 printers are going to be quite limited at the beginning. However, any kind of 97 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:07,599 input devices, keyboards, mice, um 98 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:12,160 webcams potentially, again, it'll come down to support should work in this USB 99 00:07:10,319 --> 00:07:17,120 port. Uh right there, we've got what appears to be micro HDMI out, speaker 100 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:22,639 here, and a speaker here. Yes, stereo speakers. Take that, Apple. Um and not 101 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:26,240 positioned such that they'll be covered when you're operating the tablet. The 102 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:30,599 tablet is clearly meant to be used in a horizontal uh landscape orientation. So, 103 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:36,400 there's your light sensor. There's your webcam. There's something. I don't know 104 00:07:32,639 --> 00:07:38,479 what that is. Um, and then the Windows 105 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:42,880 uh button is right here. So, if you use it like this, it'll be kind of weird if 106 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:48,080 you're using uh like a Skype video chat or anything like that. Power buttons 107 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:49,759 here. And I am afraid I don't actually 108 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:54,000 quite know what these are. So, we'll have to Ha. Oh, it doesn't even say. 109 00:07:52,319 --> 00:07:58,479 Look at that. It doesn't actually point at the speakers on this thing. So, there 110 00:07:56,400 --> 00:08:03,440 you go. Uh, I'm going to assume there more. Check this out, though. So, the uh 111 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:09,360 the rearfacing camera is actually oriented a little bit strangely. If you 112 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:13,039 can't see, then sorry, but it's also 113 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:16,000 oriented 22° off. So, what that means is 114 00:08:13,039 --> 00:08:20,400 if you pull the kickstand out and place the surface down on something, that 115 00:08:17,919 --> 00:08:24,960 camera will be looking out level now, which means that if you're walking 116 00:08:21,759 --> 00:08:26,639 around sort of, you know, using it as a 117 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:30,720 camera in order to take a picture straight ahead of you, you wouldn't hold 118 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:34,680 it out like this. Instead, you'd hold it more like this. So, you're looking down 119 00:08:32,399 --> 00:08:39,519 at it so that it'll take a level picture. Okay, moving right along. We've 120 00:08:37,519 --> 00:08:44,560 got another headphone jack, volume rocker, and really nothing nothing 121 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:50,560 extraordinary in terms of IO other than that USB port. So, the setup process is 122 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:53,680 doesn't take that long, but I don't know if I'll bring you guys along for the 123 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:58,720 whole thing. Of course, we're reading the ULA very 124 00:08:56,279 --> 00:09:02,839 carefully. Um, Microsoft spent a lot of time on the screen as well. So, even 125 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:07,839 though the screen is only 1366 x 768, it 126 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:11,760 is using a bit of a special technology 127 00:09:07,839 --> 00:09:15,600 that allows the panel itself to be much 128 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:16,800 closer to the to your eyes than Okay, so 129 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:23,360 there's a there's a few layers. There's your glass layer, there's your uh there's your touchcreen interface layer, 130 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:24,320 there's your actual LCD panel layer. And 131 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:30,040 what they're trying to do is they're trying to minimize the air gaps in between, get them as close as possible 132 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:35,200 because what that does is it reduces reflectivity. So while the surface is 133 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:38,720 reflective, it'll be more difficult to make out the details of the cameraman 134 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:42,480 based on what I'm seeing already in it than it would be with something that had 135 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:46,880 a bigger air gap. That's where that's where that innovation comes from. So 136 00:09:45,680 --> 00:09:53,600 give me a sec, guys. I'm just going to get the wireless setup and we'll be back. I missed a small detail before. 137 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:59,600 Actually, a pretty major detail. Um, the micro SDXC port is here under the 138 00:09:57,399 --> 00:10:02,720 kickstand. So, not around the edge. It's something you'll never see once you put 139 00:10:00,959 --> 00:10:06,080 it in there. It'll be completely covered. Just like that. I wonder if you 140 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:09,200 can pry the kickstand up without Oh, yeah, you can. That's not That's not 141 00:10:07,680 --> 00:10:13,680 actually too difficult. So, I want to show you guys how the touch cover 142 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:18,120 attaches. So, cameraman actually did this when we were off camera, so I don't 143 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:23,440 Oh, okay. Wow. Um, okay. Okay. So, it actually 144 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:26,839 aligns itself pretty easily even though, see, you can see the orientation is not 145 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:32,800 even close and it just kind of kajjiggers 146 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:36,000 itself correctly without any difficulty. Now, you've seen people doing this on 147 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:40,480 the internet, but I'm actually going to do it live here for you guys just to 148 00:10:37,839 --> 00:10:43,600 show that it's not going anywhere. Now, cameraman's take on this form factor, 149 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:49,680 and we're going to do the iPhone comparison again. That's how thick it is. Um, with the touch cover, is that 150 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:56,480 it's bulky. To which I would reply, okay, yes, it is bulky compared to your 151 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:58,640 iPad 2 or your iPad 3 because it is a 152 00:10:56,480 --> 00:11:02,160 slimmer device and this does weigh more. The touch cover, what I didn't realize 153 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:09,839 about it is I was kind of going, "Yeah, it's really thin. It's really thin." It does weigh more than, you know, most 154 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:11,920 tablet covers will. But if you compare 155 00:11:09,839 --> 00:11:16,000 this not to a tablet but to a notebook because remember this device is actually 156 00:11:13,839 --> 00:11:20,880 capable of being a productivity tool unlike most notebooks which aren't even 157 00:11:18,399 --> 00:11:26,399 close to that because of the fact that it does have a 158 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:32,240 notebookable notebook ready resolution of 1366 x 768. You can attach a full 159 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:36,240 keyboard to it. Um and it does have Microsoft Office. That to me makes a 160 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:39,839 very big difference. Now, this is my very first time with the Touch Cover. 161 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:47,600 I'm going to fire up Word. And there's been a lot of talk about how does the 162 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:49,800 Touch Cover compare to typing on a real 163 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:55,680 keyboard. So, let's go with Hell. No, that's not what I meant 164 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:58,200 to say. Hello world. This is me. Wh 165 00:11:55,680 --> 00:12:06,720 Okay, I missed one. This is my first attempt on the touch cover. I think I'm 166 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:09,519 Okay, missed an M. doing pretty well. 167 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:12,720 So, is it perfect? No. But there are bumps here. Well, they're not bumps. 168 00:12:10,959 --> 00:12:16,480 They're actually gaps in the letters that will give you some idea. If you 169 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:21,240 just kind of go like this, it's not going to detect any button presses cuz 170 00:12:18,399 --> 00:12:27,320 it's pressure sensitive. So, the pressure Whoops, that was just a typo. 171 00:12:24,519 --> 00:12:33,680 Sensitive touch cover may take some getting used to. 172 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:37,440 Very responsive though. Um, so there's no there's no delay. There's no there's 173 00:12:35,519 --> 00:12:42,639 no lag. There's no weirdness that's been associated with some Bluetooth keyboards 174 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:45,920 uh in the past. The touchpad's not bad. I wish it was a little bit bigger, but 175 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:50,560 there's only there's only so much you can do. Um, accuracy when you're moving 176 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:56,160 really really slowly, I'd say, is not as good as I'd like. You can see it kind of 177 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:57,519 drifting a little bit there. And I I 178 00:12:56,160 --> 00:13:01,040 don't know what they can do about that because of sort of the fuzzy felt kind 179 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:08,000 of material that they're using. I don't know how you maintain that kind of accuracy without a more um without a 180 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:11,360 more smooth surface that to use. So, 181 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:14,760 Metro UI uh start button will do that. 182 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:17,920 Um oh, in theory, will 183 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:21,000 it What are we doing here? Start button. 184 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:24,800 There we go. What does that one 185 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:27,920 do? Okay. Well, that one does it. Um the 186 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:29,760 modern UI. So, what apps can you use on 187 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:34,639 this thing? You will have to shop in the Microsoft store because this is an ARM 188 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:38,639 architecture device. This is using a Tegra 3 processor which is a quad-core 189 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:42,320 processor but not like like the fastest mobile processor in the world by any 190 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:45,600 stretch these days. Um what that means is there's no backwards compatibility 191 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:50,560 with your normal Windows devices. Surface Pro is coming and Surface Pro 192 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:55,600 will be an x86 device which means you can install anything you want in this 193 00:13:52,959 --> 00:14:02,320 one. The desktop is Whoops, that's weather. Uh the 194 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:04,399 desktop is available, but it's almost uh 195 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:09,760 the only things you can really do are things like accessing your classic task 196 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:11,000 manager, your per your resource monitor, 197 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:16,639 your um your office suite, which they haven't 198 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:20,240 really changed the interface much um compared to what we've seen on desktop 199 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:24,480 versions. You can use the file explorer and you can actually use that with the 200 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:28,480 USB port. you have access to where Windows is actually installed. So, you 201 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:32,399 can see there's 17 gigs free out of our uh 32 gigs total. So, you can, you know, 202 00:14:30,959 --> 00:14:36,160 users and you can browse and you can move files around just the way you would 203 00:14:34,079 --> 00:14:40,000 on a real computer, but you can't go and install like CPUZ to tell you about the 204 00:14:38,639 --> 00:14:45,760 processor in here. It just doesn't work that way. So, the Pro will be x86. So, 205 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:51,199 you're going to be doing mostly everything from this UI here. And the 206 00:14:49,199 --> 00:14:55,040 animations are very, very smooth. Microsoft's worked very hard on making 207 00:14:53,680 --> 00:15:01,600 sure that they don't have some of those early Android sort of 208 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:03,600 uh awkwardness things going on where the 209 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:07,120 animations start to look very jerky if you do certain things. So the store, 210 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:11,839 everything will be through the store. An app written for the modern UI or the 211 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:15,279 Metro UI, whatever you want to call it, should be compatible with Windows 8 and 212 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:18,880 with Windows RT, even though they're really not the same thing, just with a 213 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:22,160 recompile. It's just older apps where you're going to run into that difficulty 214 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:25,199 and it'll take time for things to get updated. I mean, you've got your 215 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:28,800 Netflix, New York Times, it'll take, again, it'll take time, but it's 216 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:32,320 Microsoft. They'll find a way to get the right things released. Uh, people are 217 00:15:30,399 --> 00:15:36,560 complaining, especially reviewers, about the lack of a Facebook or a Twitter app. 218 00:15:34,399 --> 00:15:41,880 Um, especially from the start. There's a new egg app. Come on, guys. Um, got to 219 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:48,360 go getting in my video here. And I think that pretty much 220 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:48,360 covers it for now. 221 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:54,880 Now, it's possible cameraman and I screwed something up because while it was setting up, we were playing around 222 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:59,040 with the keyboard. Uh, but now that we've done a quick reboot, everything is 223 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:03,759 working correctly. So, the Windows button now works. Swiping in from the 224 00:16:01,279 --> 00:16:07,519 right. Aha, charms menu. So, that is where you'll access your search. 225 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:13,040 Although it's totally unnecessary to do that because you can just 226 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:14,880 type control panel and you don't even 227 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:18,959 have to open up the search in order to search for something which I think is 228 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:22,199 fantastic. Sharing is uh going to be well for sharing things. Nothing can be 229 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:28,800 shared from the desktop. It's contextual. Um let's go back to the 230 00:16:24,759 --> 00:16:30,240 metro modern UI. Modern UI um settings. 231 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:33,120 So these are really smart the way they've got this implemented. I love the 232 00:16:31,839 --> 00:16:38,079 way that they've done volume and power where it actually just readjusts where 233 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:41,680 it is to where you left it off and then you can go up or down from there. Same 234 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:44,720 thing with screen brightness. So, you can always access settings like screen 235 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:49,680 brightness without digging through your menus. If you're someone like me who's constantly tinkering with screen 236 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:53,519 brightness, you're going to appreciate stuff like this as you move from, you 237 00:16:51,519 --> 00:16:57,440 know, darker rooms to brighter rooms or whatever else the case may be. Swiping 238 00:16:55,519 --> 00:17:02,320 from the bottom and from the top are things that are going to be uh specific 239 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:07,120 to given applications. So here we're in Internet Explorer 10. You can change a 240 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:10,079 lot of settings in IE10 through the modern UL. Actually, you can't really 241 00:17:08,559 --> 00:17:14,480 change any settings in IE10 through the modern UI. See, there's a few internet 242 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:18,760 options here, but most of them are going to be changed anything more advanced 243 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:23,839 from the desktop Internet Explorer. And you 244 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:28,720 can use this one if you prefer. Remember this is Internet Explorer 10 fully flash 245 00:17:26,559 --> 00:17:33,360 enabled unlike other mobile platforms now. So that's something that may matter 246 00:17:30,559 --> 00:17:38,000 to certain people like me for example. So let's go back to our modern UI. So 247 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:44,559 let's go ahead and open a couple things in open a new tab. Hold it down. Open a 248 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:49,120 new Whoops. Copy link. Nope. I pressed the wrong thing. Open link in new tab. 249 00:17:47,679 --> 00:17:52,799 So we've got a few tabs. This is how it's handling tab browsing. You scroll 250 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:55,760 down from the top and then you navigate to whichever one that you want. You got 251 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:59,760 a nice little preview there. You can also add tabs this way and then just key 252 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:04,240 in manually what you want. So, for example, ponies. Uh we could look at 253 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:09,600 pictures of ponies on the internet very quickly on the Surface uh from 254 00:18:06,559 --> 00:18:12,880 Microsoft. Swiping in from the left hand 255 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:14,880 side gives you access to a multitasking 256 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:19,280 sort of menu here. Since we've only got one Oh, yeah. Right. Screen sharing. So, 257 00:18:16,799 --> 00:18:23,120 there's true multitasking on Windows RT. You could have um like Skype running 258 00:18:21,360 --> 00:18:27,760 here with a video preview. You could have a messenger application. You can 259 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:31,360 have anything you want actually running from either side. Um oh, actually I 260 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:36,480 don't know. I don't remember how you do it this way. No, that's not right. 261 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:42,320 Uh wow. How do I do that? Ah, here. Okay. 262 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:49,039 So, here's task switching. Give me a sec. I'll figure out how that works. Give me one moment. So, let's fire up 263 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:51,120 the maps app and it'll just use GPS to 264 00:18:49,039 --> 00:18:54,320 zone in on wherever we happen to be. I've seen a lot of complaints about 265 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:57,840 application loading time for me. I'm still using an iPhone 4, so it doesn't 266 00:18:55,840 --> 00:19:01,720 bother me that much, but that's where we are. If you want to search for something 267 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:06,559 nearby, then you can just kind of go McDonald's. 268 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:08,640 And in theory, really, no results were 269 00:19:06,559 --> 00:19:14,720 found for my search. I've never used Bing Maps before, so 270 00:19:11,559 --> 00:19:18,080 um it's possible that I'm doing it wrong 271 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:20,480 somehow, but uh let's go with NCIX and 272 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:25,520 see if it manages to find an Ah, yes. So, NCIX is more important to Microsoft 273 00:19:23,360 --> 00:19:28,720 than McDonald's, apparently, which is awesome. So, it shows us a bunch of 274 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:33,200 different ones. You can browse between them like this. I promised to show you 275 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:36,640 guys how the how the multitasking or task switching works. So, what you do is 276 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:40,559 you drag in from the left and then back out and you can easily switch between 277 00:19:38,799 --> 00:19:44,080 any of the apps that you have open. It's extremely fast and feels very smooth. 278 00:19:43,039 --> 00:19:48,400 You can go all the way out to the desktop where we have a word document 279 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:53,039 that we're working on. And then you can also 280 00:19:50,400 --> 00:19:58,400 um bring any of those applications out to the forefront like this. And then you 281 00:19:55,760 --> 00:20:04,559 can also pin them to the side just like that. So that's how that whole thing 282 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:09,440 works. So, we're playing back Big Buck Bunny in 283 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:11,520 1080p. And the realization Oh. Oh, we 284 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:14,960 figured out how to put tasks over here as well. Is that it is a little bit on 285 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:19,120 the cho Well, it's not a little bit choppy. It is choppy. It's not quite 286 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:24,320 It's not quite able to do that yet. This is using the uh Is this using the modern 287 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:28,000 browser? Yeah, modern browser versus the desktop version browser. However, it's 288 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:32,960 watchable. It's certainly watchable. I do want to show you guys how to do this 289 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:36,880 though. So if you wanted to move uh let's say okay so there I think you guys 290 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:41,520 get the point. So we've got our photos app open and if we wanted our photos app 291 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:46,640 on the right hand side we open that first. Then we take maps and we don't do 292 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:49,520 that. We go to our photos app. Sorry I'm still getting used to it. This is 293 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:54,159 literally my first time sitting down with this. Then we take maps and we 294 00:20:51,679 --> 00:20:58,480 bring it out here. Then we go like this. Now we can see our wonderful photos 295 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:02,000 which we haven't added any of here while we use the maps app in the foreground. 296 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:08,240 And you can switch them back and forth like that or even swipe the whole thing away. If you want to close an app, you 297 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:12,480 just take it and drag it all the way down to the bottom and it will be 298 00:21:11,120 --> 00:21:18,320 closed. So, it's not using up any resources. However, you do have 2 gigs of RAM. So, unless you're running heavy 299 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:23,120 duty applications, you shouldn't run up against that too often because you'll be 300 00:21:19,919 --> 00:21:25,520 CPU limited in more cases than not 301 00:21:23,120 --> 00:21:30,960 compared to being RAM limited. So, I think that pretty much wraps it up for 302 00:21:27,039 --> 00:21:32,640 my Windows uh Windows RT and Microsoft 303 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:37,120 Surface first impressions. It's not that warm. It's a touch warm here, but it's 304 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:41,360 very localized. The edges are still quite cool, which is nice because that 305 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:45,440 means when you're holding it like this, you're not going to get that sweaty 306 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:50,559 palms thing going on uh that you do with some with some mobile devices. Uh, the 307 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:57,280 iPad 3 in particular I have a hard time dealing with, whereas the iPad 2 I find 308 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:57,280 is just just spectacular. 309 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:03,679 Um, so what's the point of all this? To 310 00:22:01,360 --> 00:22:08,000 me, this isn't a tablet so much as it is a laptop replacement, and it's not quite 311 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:12,400 a laptop replacement because you can't do the same kind of serious work on this 312 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:17,520 that you can on a laptop. So, we're at kind of this um this point of of either 313 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:21,520 convergence or divergence depending on how you want to look at it where these 314 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:25,919 kinds of devices where you can use the touchcreen to interact here, you can use 315 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:30,159 the mouse and the keyboard to interact here are not going away. This is this is 316 00:22:27,919 --> 00:22:34,880 here to stay and I really like the usage model. I'm just not quite sure where it 317 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:38,320 fits in with this whole RT armpowered thing and I'm really excited to check 318 00:22:36,159 --> 00:22:41,039 out Surface Pro which is coming soon. And thank you for checking out this 319 00:22:39,360 --> 00:22:44,799 unboxing and first look online is tech tips and don't forget to 320 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:52,799 subscribe. A cameraman sort of put it his way and he's more of an Apple guy, 321 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:57,520 but his comment is this is for people who don't want the lockdown restriction 322 00:22:55,200 --> 00:23:02,720 of the iPad. They want more productivity than that, but aren't necessarily typing 323 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:06,400 5,000word essays on a regular basis. So, this is good enough. Also, I realized I 324 00:23:05,039 --> 00:23:11,200 never did show the camera app. The camera app is pretty straightforward. So, you got your 720p camera on the 325 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:14,559 front. You can switch cameras like that. And like I said, see, it's looking 326 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:19,120 straight ahead in spite of the fact that the kickstand is out. Motion's pretty 327 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:24,159 smooth. Uh, camera options are pretty limited. So, you can adjust your 328 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:25,919 resolution or you can adjust your audio 329 00:23:24,159 --> 00:23:30,320 device. That's about it. And then you can switch from video mode to cam. Oh, 330 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:34,000 that's fast. Video mode or not video mode. So, let's go ahead and point it. 331 00:23:32,559 --> 00:23:37,200 So, this is this is how I'd use it to point it straight ahead. See? which is 332 00:23:35,919 --> 00:23:41,600 actually kind of nice as long as you're filming at this level. But if you were like trying to see over a crowd at a 333 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:48,400 concert or something with your tablet and take a video, I mean people who take video on their tablets in public though, 334 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:50,880 no offense, but um yeah, I mean if you were trying to do that then it'd be kind 335 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:55,280 of awkward. But here, let's go ahead and we'll look at this plant. Uh not super 336 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:58,960 not super highlight sort of scenario here, but we can go ahead and uh you 337 00:23:57,120 --> 00:24:02,559 just touch the screen in order to take a picture. And what I meant to do was take 338 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:08,640 a video so we can capture video of this. This frame rate is not particularly 339 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:10,720 high, but there's Ooh, the plant. And 340 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:13,520 there's the bottom of the plant. And we can stop it just like that. There's not 341 00:24:12,159 --> 00:24:18,320 really a delay, though. That's kind of nice. So, let's see how fast the shutter is here. Let's take a picture of some 342 00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:26,320 cars. That's nice. So, I'm going go ahead and go back to the main thing. And 343 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:29,440 then we can open our Whoopsy daisies. That's not what I was looking for. I 344 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:34,080 need that. Sorry. Like I said, still getting used to it, guys. Uh, and then 345 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:39,440 I'm looking for the photos app, which I have now lost. Uh, what? Yeah, there it 346 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:43,120 is. It's right in right in the middle. Right in the middle of like everything. 347 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:49,039 Pictures library now has all the pictures I took. There you go. Camera 348 00:24:44,919 --> 00:24:50,720 roll. Just like that. There's the video. 349 00:24:49,039 --> 00:24:54,400 Okay, let's see if what plays like on that. I meant to do was take a video so 350 00:24:52,799 --> 00:24:58,640 capture video of this. Frame rate is not particularly high, but there's Okay, 351 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:04,320 we're done for real this time. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips 352 00:25:00,799 --> 00:25:06,640 and my luxury car audio. Uh, luxury car 353 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:12,240 audio. I'm still sick. I'm still a little like, you know, not quite, you 354 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:15,279 know, uh, car door tablet that I got 355 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,279 going on here.