Thread: is the microsoft surface 3 big enough to read textbooks?
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Old 07-30-2015, 11:28 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by wreinhardt View Post
I'm looking for a tablet to read textbooks on. After reading through the forums a bit, I've taken others' advice on not going with an eink reader (though the sony digital paper looks awful neat, if a bit expensive) and am now considering the surface 3. My one question is: is it big enough to view one page of a typical double-column textbook without having to pan around or repeatedly zoom in and out? And if it isn't, is the surface 3 pro big enough?
I would suggest that you size a window on your computer and take a book for yourself using a PDF viewer or Adobe reader. The correct sizes are:
10" x 6.67" Surface Pro 3.
9" x 6" Surface 3.

You should be able to judge based on the size of the characters but don't worry about any fuzzy characters. The Surface has a higher resolution display than most computer screens. Read about Screen sizes in our wiki.

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