I too have the "shock" feeling when touching the Mg part of the Pro. I guess this is defect by design. I heard a Sony fella told me one of Sony's lappie that uses metal back also has this "issue". I guess this is normal then

This post has been edited by thloh85: Jun 8 2013, 01:26 PM

Thurdermatch Sunway Carnival in Perai/Penang got stock, still a lot I think... They had like 10, and I was the 2nd one to buy yesterday evening.

Yeah.. Touch the back of it with fingers it "vibrates". Try touching the corner of the metal part with your wrist and SHOCK!!!

BTW. Selling my 3 weeks old Samsung ATiv Smart PC Pro since now I've got the Surface Pro. If you know of anyone who wants it, please let them know: https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=2837513&hl= (RM2750 ONLY SME not AP, I lose RM600+ using it for 3 weeks)

This post has been edited by thloh85: Jun 8 2013, 05:04 PM

With your wrist? I didn't feel a thing with my finger, but wrist will cause a shock (not a major shock, a minor static like shock) on my machine. (Thundermatch actually tried another device since I went back and ask for a 1-1, and the results are the same @_@)

Hmm... Will try. Currently don't have extra extension cables lying around...
It's not too big of a deal, it's not like the SP can be used plugged in, just minor annoyance.

Yup. Just love it

Don't have D3, but Civ5 plays okay. This isn't really my gaming machine. For gaming, still I would go for my desktop

Haven't really used it as tablet yet. Still installing sh*ts to it...

U wanna play hardcore mode on the lappie with a mobile internet? Don't think I wanna even try that LOL, lag 1 second then your lv60 character died LOL...

CS:GO should be playable, I think even L4D2 plays nicely @ 720p...
IIRC I saw somewhere saying that the GC is about 4-5 times stronger than latest iPad's GC .

Student has great life... Enjoy it
Couldn't even think about gaming @ work o.0

Anyone has tried wiping the recovery partition and restore the partition using USB drive? I don't know if I'm able to "recover" the recovery partition by just using the USB drive. There is a "repartition" option in the recovery menu, but I sincerely doesn't know if that actually reverts the recovery partition or just the C:

This post has been edited by thloh85: Jun 9 2013, 02:28 PM

Duno... There's an option in the selection when u use the recovery USB created by Win8...

Yes that... I knows it reinstalls Win8, but dunno if it actually reallocates the 8GB recovery partition or not. Struggling whether to remove the recovery partition or not...

128GB, currently don't really need the additional 8GB, but still itchy

I'm broke enough to buy anything else. Am stuck with Samsung ATiv Pro which costed additional RM3.3k. Waiting for it to get sold off @ lowyat.

I wouldn't say its flimsy. It's not "the ultraportable" that I expected, keyboard is too heavy for my taste. But if treating it as an ultrabook that can be converted to tablet I think it is a good device.

A short review on my SP.

Outlook/Build: 9/10
The Surface Pro looks amazing, and feels really solid with the VaporMG shell. The bad thing about using metal as the body is electric shock when charging. (Should be defect by design, tried 3 different brand new units having the same issue)

Tablet mode: 6/10
Too heavy to be held with one hand, made worse with Type Cover, which I consistently pressing the keyboard buttons with the cover folded back. It ignores any key pressed when folded back, but made me feels like I'm going to damage the keyboard (Touch Cover should fare a lot better since they don't have actual button).

Ultrabook mode: 9/10
Very portable, 1kg in total with Type cover is really impressive. Type Cover's build quality is very good. Didn't reduce my wpm compared to my mechanical keyboard. Kick stand is sturdy and stable, but angle is a little awkward, nothing too bad here.

Pen/Touch: 7/10
Touch is very good, near no lag, and adequately accurate. Pen is a little less accurate than Samsung Ativ Pro (I'm using this to do some art work in GIMP). After calibration it is much better, but still slightly off. Will get a new Wacom Pen to try out if it is caused by the Surface pen or the digitizer.
Needs Wacom's new driver however.

Battery: 6/10
4 hours run down on very light use, turning off Turbo (reduce the maximum processor state to 98%). I do only charge to 80% maximum to preserve battery lifespan. So the run down for 4 hours is 80% to 25%, which is not too bad. If you fully charge and run to 10%, it should hit 6 hours without a problem on light usage.

This post has been edited by thloh85: Jun 11 2013, 01:50 PM

Thanks Go ahead and put it up.

Yup, I was eyeing on MBA 11" last year, but decided to wait. SP is really nice. (but my Mac friends couldn't switch over to Win, just fyi since you're using MBP)

Lastly, no, there's no official youtube app in Windows Store. There is however 3rd party ones, but I don't trust my account information with tiny firms.

This post has been edited by thloh85: Jun 11 2013, 03:12 PM

"Optimized for touch" only applicable for Metro. There're still some hiccups in desktop mode, although much less than Win7 imho.