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The adapter I ordered from amazon for HDMI works really well.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/forum/surfpro-surfdevice/surface-pro-mini-displayport-cable/7de0aaf2-0a9f-4aa6-a506-38a5eb9a29e5?msgId=b57cc4b0-9b51-44ca-8a18-ea3f1249c8dd

I have read that the new apple has that thunderbolt technology in it. that may be a reason why. I read that third-party mini displayports do work on the surface pro. But the angle of the device may interfere so you may have to trim it a bit. It is also apparently easy to put it upside down...

Well I found out that the Surface RT uses a micro hdmi instead of a mini display port so indeed the cables will not work. But for me the price of these cables is 44.99 when I see cheap 5 dollar mini displayport adapters on amazon for 5 bucks. Hoping they will work.

I am looking into getting an adapter for when I need to do presentations in school on powerpoint. I have been looking into mini displayport adapters and they are all similarly priced but I see the surface pro version are a few dollars more than the surface RT versions. Is this just a marketing...

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I already have a great desktop recently built. I am just looking for a laptop for productivity and gaming.

Yeah, for now windows 7 boots up fast. If it slows down I can reformat easily. Most of my games are backed up with steam anyways.

Okay, thank you. I was looking into SSDs but I am reading it is mostly just improving loading times so I was on the fence about grabbing one or not.

I recently built a new machine with these components: i5-3570k with the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo after market heatsink Asus P8Z77-V Pro motherboard 8Gb (4x2) of Corsair Vengeance Ram DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Dual Channel Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM 64MB SATA 6Gbps EVGA GeForce GTX 660...

Still would like a laptop to do some light gaming for when I go out of my house. Cant lug a desktop around. Tablet is good for my word processing and web browsing but sometimes I need to share and show off what I am doing and a laptop is much easier for that as well.

I am sincerely sorry for two posts. It took me to a page that said unavailable then to a page saying flood attempt blocked. I had no idea. When I checked my thread it did not display. This one can be closed and the other one remained opened. Sorry everyone.

1. What is your budget? $1000 - 2000 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? From 14 to 17 inches 3. What screen resolution do you want? Looking for 1080p, can settle with 900p 4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Combination of both will be...

1. What is your budget? $1000 - 2000 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? From 14 to 17 inches 3. What screen resolution do you want? Looking for 1080p, can settle with 900p 4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? Combination of both will be...