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Old 06-03-2020, 03:06 PM   #36
ZodWallop
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*** Off topic *** Every now and then I flirt with the idea of buying a Surface Pro. Out of interest, is it at all practical to do keyboard-intensive tasks, like epub editing, on this type of device? I fear that if I buy one (not cheap) it's going to lie unused too often because it's never as convenient as a smartphone when portability is important, never as good as a laptop when having a mouse is important and never as good as a TV for viewing TV/films.
I bought my Surface Pro 5 mainly because I wanted a <10" tablet to read comics on. That was my only intended use. But it has wound up replacing my laptop completely. I rarely use my tower, so now the Surface is my daily driver for every computer related task.

I do edit ePub's on my Surface with Sigil fairly often.

I don't often view video on it, mainly because I rarely watch videos on a phone, tablet or PC.

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The screen is 16:9 and is better then the iPad for watching video.
No, the screen of a Surface is 3:2. Different aspect ratio than either iPads (which are 4:3) or many Android tablets (which are typically 16:9).

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