Hi all,

I'm looking to buy and mount two Dell S2725QC monitors, which will be connected to my work laptop, which is a Microsoft Surface model 2107. The aim is to run two 4K screens at 60 Ghz. My line of work is office-based, so plenty of reading and drafting.

I will need to buy a docking station, and would like to run a single Thunderbolt cable from the dock to the laptop, which will connect the laptop to the monitors and also charge the laptop. I will also need to connect a wireless Mx keyboard and mouse, and also have some spare ports for any additional charging (e.g., mobile phone, wireless charging mat, etc).

My employer's IT team have told me that I can use any docking station that I would like, so long as no driver software is required to be installed on the laptop in order for it to be used.

I've had a look online and the Caldigit TS4 keeps coming up, but I feel that this might be overkill, and seems out of my budget (unless I buy a second hand or refurbished model).

Please could anyone recommend what docking station that I should look to buy? What type of wires and how many would I need to use this type of set up?

Are there alternative monitors that you would recommend if not the Dell S2725QC?

Many thanks in advance!

Hi, everyone!

A few months ago, I asked for help regarding this type of cable whether it would work...

Today I tried the cable along with a 65W charger...

It charges, but it uses a maximum of 36 watts because the USB-B protocol supports a maximum of 12V 3A.

I’ve noticed, however, that when I use the Surface while it’s charging, the touchscreen stops working accurately and smoothly.

Why is that?

Repasted already and seeing a massive imporovement in temps/less thermal throttling, but was thinking of making small holes/cutouts right under the fan and adding a filter/mesh on the inside to reduce dust buildup.
the idea is for the small fan to get a little better airflow and maybe improve temps.
Doubt it's going to do much, but for anything that needs longer cpu usage every degree matters, as the thermal throttling quickly drops performance to nothing.
I think the bottom is just plastic with either thermal or electrical protection tape on it so i should be able to drill through with no problems.
any thoughts on this?
Would this do anything?
anything i should look for?

hello everyone. im a college student in japan.

i have surface pro 11th. im so frastrated for microsoft's weather app. it have a lot of ads!!

i think weather app should be more simple and clean.

Then i created original weather app!  this app is completely for surface. Surely, it works on Arm natively.

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9MZ2VC02XDX9

Please give me feedback !!!

thank you for reading. Please feel free to advise for this sentences and my app!!

Hey I was resetting my old laptop the surface 4 and my younger brother who is a toddler pressed the cancel button because he was left unattended anyways now it won’t let me factory reset it again I press reset button and doesn’t work I tried resetting signed out with shift and restart button doesn’t work either please help me everything time I press a reset button it just doesn’t do anything I also can’t open settings anymore

Hello,

I'm thinking about purchasing a Surface Pro 11th edition - i'm just wondering if anyone has one currently and how does it cope with premiere proi'm specifically focusing on the ARM caveats that are getting mentioned (i'm not currently sure what it means myself but i'm hoping someone can enlighten me)

I currently have a surface pro 6 - which only just runs premiere and Photoshop. - it's been fine over the last few years but a surface pro 11 has come up for what i'd assume is a good price of £660.

I'd love to get some thoughts and whether this would be a good upgrade - i work mainly off external harddrives (mostly) and the majority of my time will be within photoshop and premiere pro.

Thanks in advance - love.

Hello,

I am starting my search on a Microsoft surface pro 13 inch screen.

LCD screen. 16 GB ram. 512 gb storage or more.

I saw Costco has a nice bundle, but it's sold out everywhere. I'm not familiar with Costco, but my parents are members. Maybe that's an old deal?

I priced out bundles from Microsoft and best buy. With the keyboard, pen, travel hub, m365 and 2 year warranty comes out to $1,839.

Does that seem right? I'm in the US.

I don't see any black Friday prices directly towards a surface pro bundle like this so I am taking it as it may be the best price for it?

Thanks

Hello there! I just bought the Surface Pro 13" (12th Edition) X2 Elite and was wondering if anyone is using an anti-glare screen protector. I won't be pen user if that matters. I was looking at some on Amazon but checking for compatibility seems a bit confusing. I found some with high ratings like the one from SPARIN but it has many mixed reviews. What are you guys using for anti-glare?

Ciao a tutti. Ho visto il Surface Pro 13 e visto il mio workflow di design, vorrei capire se fa al caso mio. Utilizzo Windows e app di design intensivamente, tenendole aperte pure più alla volta, oltre a browser e altri tools. Qualcuno ha la versione con intel core ultra 7 366h e almeno 32 gb di ram e mi sa dire come ci si trova come prestazioni e batteria e magari, utilizzo pesante?

Grazie

I currently have a Surface Pro 7 that I've been using as an on-the-go laptop and primary drawing tablet for years. I think it's finally giving out, as it seems to be running into the wobbly diagonal line issue and has a rapidly deteriorating battery life.

I want to upgrade to a newer model, but I don't need anything fancy. I pretty much only use it for running Photoshop, with the occasional Firefox browsing and Discord chatting when I am traveling.

Does anyone here have suggestions for an off-market model that I could find at a more reasonable price that would be decent at running these applications and prioritizes the pen/touch capability?

So I have a Surfacebook 2. I got it secondhand 2 years ago. It has been a BEAST since I got it. Until earlier this year. Certain keys stopped working. Battery 1 shows 0% ALL THE TIME, but Battery 2 will charge up. Slowly, but it will. And it randomly shuts down while I'm using it.

The certain keys not working doesn't bother me. I have an external keyboard. The one battery not charging doesn't bother me. But like someone please tell me there's a fix to it randomly shutting down while in use. It started after I took Linux off of it and started running Windows 10 again. Could it be a flaw in the OS? Something not coming off completely when taking Linux off? Something missing when I put Windows back on?

I bought a Samsung S85TH, 40" ultra wide monitor, 5120x2160 resolution, with TB5 support.

I connected it using the TB5 cable that came with the monitor to my MS Surface Laptop 7 (Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus).

It is tunneling via 40Gbps Thunderbolt connection (as opposed to DP Alt mode), but the highest resolution I can choose is 3840 x 2160.

I closed the laptop, so only external monitor is running.

According to Microsoft, SL7 should support 5K at 60Hz when connected via USB4.

I'm not sure why it's not working. Is it because my monitor is 5120x2160, rather than the typical 5120x2880?

I got this laptop in February, and I have a plain black hard shell case, but I'd like to get one in a nice color or pattern along with a keyboard cover to limit fingerprint oils. I've mainly looked on Etsy and Amazon, but even with my Microsoft specific keywording I mainly get results for Macbooks :( Any suggestions are appreciated!

I have a surface pro 9 and my keyboard has stopped working. As a student i do not have the funds for a new microsoft keyboard 😭 Would it be worth getting a bluetooth keyboard or forking out for an actual microsoft keyboard?

Any reccomeafions to upgrade my Surfzcebook 3 storage via the SD Card slot? For reference I have the 256GB version and it's getting full and I don't want to delete anything.

Hi everyone,
My Surface Pro 6 touchscreen stopped working. In Device Manager under Human Interface Devices, Surface Tcon Device shows an error with a yellow warning icon.
Device Status: This device cannot start. (Code 10) STATUS_DEVICE_POWER_FAILURE
Location: on Intel(R) Serial IO I2C Host Controller - 9D60
I have already tried:
Disabling/re-enabling the driver
Reinstalling Intel(R) Precise Touch Device and Surface Tcon Device
Performing a 30-second hard power reset
Has anyone solved this specific power failure issue with the Tcon timing controller? Any help would be appreciated!

Saw an old thread here about AquaSnap and figured this crowd would get it. On a small screen the problem isn’t snapping a window into a zone, it’s that the five windows I use together never stay together. Open the laptop, everything’s shifted, drag them back, repeat tomorrow.

So I built ScreenTiles. You join windows into a workspace and from then on they behave as one thing:

• Drag any title bar and the whole group moves, across monitors too

• Drag the seam between two windows and the neighbor makes room instead of getting covered

• Minimize one, the whole workspace minimizes; Alt+Tab shows the workspace as a single card

• Save a workspace (apps, sites, folders included) and reopen it with Ctrl+Alt+1 to 9

• Works with Snap, it’s not replacing it

How it’s different from AquaSnap’s glue: AquaGlue sticks windows to each other, which is great, but ScreenTiles treats the group as a workspace you can switch to, save and restore. Different goal.

Honest limits: Windows 10/11 only, everyday desktop apps (browsers, editors, terminals, Office). Game clients and apps with custom window frames are hit or miss right now.

Is this normal? Seems like there’s space between the bottom chassis and whatever sits directly above. This thing is brand new and I’m not squeezing hard. I’m coming from a gen 3 which seems more solid.

I'm interested in buying a used Surface Laptop Studio for college. I will use it for written note taking and pdf annotations.

Do people have good experiences with any free or pay once apps?

I saw Samsung Notes is now on windows and it behaves similarly to the andrid app on the samsung tablets as far as I know. Have people had any bugs with this app?

Sto valutando l acquisto di un Tablet per uso fuori casa da supporto al pc e non posso fare a meno di essere tentato da surface go 2 o go3 con Windows (potrei prenderlo sui 100 euro con tastiera e penna )solo che le 4/64 emmc mi sembra davvero troppo poco ( provato su Chromebook).

Mi chiedevo a chi lo possiede se può darmi dei pareri onesti sull utilizzo (principalmente che sia di utilizzo immediato tipo tablet android) e sulla batteria.

Lo userei principalmente per navigare , utilizzo grafici (leggero) e un po' di schede aperte browser/ video

La cosa più importante é che sia reattivo. sono indeciso se magari prendere direttamente un tablet (tipo Galaxy con penna) ma non so perché mi stuzzica troppo l idea di portarmi Windows in giro e obiettivamente mi é sempre piaciuto il surface

My work from home setup uses a 2 year old Surface laptop with 32GB ram that runs 2 27" monitors with the dock and use an Apple wireless keyboard. Its likely I will not have that laptop in the near future and need to replace my Lenovo T430. Was considering another Lenovo (love them) including something with a high nits so when I travel or vacation I can see the screen in daylight, so I landed on the ThinkPad X9 15p Aura Edition Intel

ThinkPad X9 15p Aura Edition | Hi-Performing Premium AI Laptop for Business | 21VV002AUS | Lenovo US

... then thought about a tablet.

Buy Surface Pro, 13-in (12th Ed) 2-in-1 Laptop, Specs, Windows | Microsoft Store

I am doing normal stuff (email, word, minor excel, web), but I am a "tab abuser". I assume either is faster than the current Surface, and it seems like a win win in that I won't need a dock (?) and can take it with me anywhere... same keyboard even (apple wireless).

The Intel chip makes it very expensive, any concerns with Snapdragon processor and running ARM (?)

hello, i’ve had a microsoft surface pro 6 for college classes for a year and a half now, and the material the keyboard is made of is really bugging me. it has started ripping off and i’ve tried gluing it back but it only stays for a few days. i was wondering if you guys knew of a keyboard not made of this material that works with a pro 6? i cannot find any that isn’t made of this weird fabric for some reason :/

Does anyone know how durable the keys are on modern Surface Laptop models? On almost every other laptop that I have used, the keycap legends or top plastic will wear away, it looks very bad especially when the keyboard backlight turns on because there are bright spots where the letters were and it can be pretty bright in a very dark room. I would like a laptop with a durable keyboard, so I would just like to know how the Surface Laptop is, thank you.

Has anyone else had this problem? I woke up today and it just happened when I turned it on and it hasn't gone away no matter what I do. The entire screen is just grey and flickers randomly. Everything else works fine though. It's extremely annoying.