Thursday, 23 January 2014

Artist's Surface Pro 2 Diary - Day 4 - Driver Issues...

As the title suggests, going into day 3 I've started to encounter a few issues with my lovely new little gadget... Pretty much still out of the box.


  • Intel HD 4000 driver crash. Happens often when I open up Photoshop CC. Which is a bit of an issue, automatically disables the GPU enhanced features. Driver restarts automatically but Photoshop requires a restart to enable features... Resulting in 2-3 restarts of Photoshop being required.
  • Also, the WinTab driver is still not quite right... Sensitivity feels off ever since the update to the driver.On another note, my anti-virus program crashes when the device orientation changes. Going to give another program a try, shame it's an issue though... A strange one at that! Not a huge issue as I can just re-launch it, but frustrating... Searching for a fix to this to no avail... Could always disable the orientation sensor... Maybe...
  • Photoshop UI size... Is miniscule. All the menus are at least 50% smaller than the rest of the creative suite... Why is it this way by default? Difficult to change as well. Can't find a single option in the preferences, and I don't like the idea of changing code.
  • Glossy screen is a tad grippy on the palm...
  • 128gb model is struggling to run Photoshop CC.



Positives:


  • Still absolutely love typing on this thing! (Type Cover 2).
  • Display is very sharp, colours display very well on it, viewing angle is great too.
  • Drawing direct onto screen is great for sketching out ideas quickly.
  • Battery life is great. Word processing easily get 6+ hours. Drawing... 3-4. Which is plenty for me.
If it all worked exactly as it should, this would be a dream machine for me. But all in all, I'm starting to miss my standard laptop and tablet combination. Quite an expensive machine to use just for a mobile sketchbook... May be returning this thing after all... We will see...



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