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by dangrossman 4782 days ago
My biggest gripe is that you really need DPI scaling to use some desktop apps at 1920x1080 on a 10" screen, but half the apps I use don't scale well or at all (I'm looking at you, Chrome). I still use the SP on a daily basis and it was a worthile purchase for a few things:

1) It's a great tablet when you want a tablet. With no keyboard attached, it's a joy to read reddit and play games on in bed.

2) I throw it in the car with me whenever I leave home. I'm always on-call if a site/server goes down. The SP is a full computer with a hard keyboard, so there won't be any situation I need to drive back home to handle, even if it takes several hours to resolve.

3) It's a suitable desktop replacement for anything but hard gaming. I stick it on my desk, plug in a big monitor, and pair a bluetooth mouse. Now screen size and DPI scaling don't matter, and the Core i5 has all the power I could need for compiling software, photo editing, etc.