Surface Pro 3 comparison

[jdfry15]

I'm coming from a surface pro 3 that I've had for only a couple weeks. I'm in sales and in and out of my truck and office all day long, so being connected and being able to do my work in a quick and accurate manner is a necessity. My goal for any tablet was to take a pdf contract and type into fields and still be able to sign the pdf and make some notes on it. I have never been able to find a solution from the pro 2 to the pro 3 without spending $70 to $200 on the proper app. I got the app pdf expert 5 for free the other day. I am astonished by this app. How can something that is $10 work better on an "ios consumption tablet" work better than a full blown pc like the surface 3. I've tried so many options on windows and even the programs I paid for and got to work never worked as fast or as easy as pdf expert. I wasn't expecting to love the pro like I do. Does it have problems. Yes. I wish more of the apps were optimized and currently some apps don't look great. I really wish I could find the pencil to fully get the benefits of this tablet. I just wanted to give my feedback on the pro from a work point of view. I was not going to keep it if I couldn't fully intergrate everything with my daily work flow. Another plus is the batter, it seems to last about twice as long as my pro 3.

 

[BB-JAM215]

I'm surprised about the slow performance, unless you had the i3 processor which I expect doesn't perform nearly as well as the the i5 or i7.

 

[jdfry15]

I'm surprised about the slow performance, unless you had the i3 processor which I expect doesn't perform nearly as well as the the i5 or i7.

Not necessarily slow performance in general. Just for my specific need for a quality pdf editor app on the surface. It's the app quality more than the surface.

 

[BB-JAM215]

As you've found out, if you can find one that does what you need, apps for an iPad are a lot less expensive than for Windows.

 

[muchospanish]

I use PDF Expert almost every day. It's an awesome app. So is PDF Office (same company) which is a full PDF creation app, although it's a subscription and $40 a year.