News Microsoft Surface Pro 2 gets sneaky CPU upgrade

It must suck if you got a Surface Pro 2 for Christmas, now that the Surface Pro 2.5 is hitting retailers.
Maybe break it in some way to get it changed under warranty.

 

Because encouraging fraud is both a legal and moral thing to do.

 

Where as upgrading some customers that bought the same model device after the Christmas rush is totally moral of course ? and while I'm no lawyer false advertising and misleading investors is perfectly legit isn't it.

 

Surely this forum has rules in place to prevent the encouragement and endorsements of criminal acts?

Sorry to be a g*t so early in the new year, but purchasing tech gear is always a risk that something new and better will be coming out pretty soon. Just because an upgrade comes out very VERY early does not provide justification for fraud.

How far do your suggested acts of criminal retribution go? You think damaging your product and hoping you get an upgraded replacement is okay? (Even though you'd just get a refurb in truth). How about claiming your tablet was stolen and defrauding your insurers instead? How about intercepting a shipment from Microsoft and stealing direct from source? How about picking the pocket of a MS exec and running up a bill on the company CC? How about mugging another customer and stealing their tablet?

How far is too far?

And by the way, I don't think selling a tablet with spec 'A' is false advertising, even if they upgrade to spec 'B' tomorrow, next week or next year.

 

my galaxy S3 was a great phone - 6 weeks later , they brought out the 4G version - for the same price! did I commit a criminal act to get it replaced? nope - it does and still does what I want it to do.


same with this. my wife has the surface RT and is very happy ; so this has had a speed bump? you wont really notice it as the surface 2 is quick anyway

 

The CPU is locked at 2.6GHz... it won't go up to 2.9GHz... so no difference.

 

SHOCK NEWS! Computer hardware that you buy TODAY may have LOWERED in VALUE and been SUPERCEDED by slightly SUPERIOR hardware in THREE MONTHS' TIME!!!

Oh, wait... Hasn't that always been so?

But go ahead, smash your insanely powerful, highly expensive pinnacle of tablet engineering in a childish tantrum because the tablet of little Johnnie down the street basically runs slightly faster. Seriously, First World Problems.

 

Actually, many didn't notice, they already have the faster CPU, is what I am finding.
But in any case, if you look anywhere on Microsoft web site and documentation of the device, you'll see that Microsoft mentioned 'Core i5', with no mention of the actual CPU model.
So no false advertising.

 

Sorry, I was referring to performance.
300MHz increase is nothing but marginal on the base clock.
Those that got the device already, clearly don't mind these missing features, else they would not buy it.

 

I installed the latest firmware... and it still locked at 2.6GHz... but only when I do a Windows Update check, I have Intel Turbo boost monitor, showing that it does reach at 2.8GHz.... so I guess it can reach it... but under very specific condition(s).

Basically, when using the system regularly, ans not using a software that pushes the CPU... and set to High Performance... Now I can reach 2.8GHz and a minute time 2.9GHz. Normally, it's 2.5-2.6GHz easy.
Under High Performance, you do year the fan kick-in....

 

They are other offerings, like Dell has a competing product.

 

There is a core i5 version
http://configure.euro.dell.com/dell...dell-venue-11i-pro&c=uk&l=en&s=bsd&cs=ukbsdt1

And as you see... http://ark.intel.com/products/76612/Intel-Core-i5-4300Y-Processor-3M-Cache-up-to-2_30-GHz it does have these features

 

you can buy the pro 1 for really cheap, or get the thinkpad yoga 2.

 

Ok you are pushing things... For battery life, you can get the battery cover when it comes out...
In the mean time, enjoy 6h of battery life of office work, 5h or more demanding task.

The new features are 4th gen Core i series, so if it didn't bother you before, most likely nowt now as well. Plus, teh chances that something actually uses these new features, now, is slim to none. There isn't any large market share, and software maker would work on compatibility mode. and assuming they needed those features, they probably already went and say.. let's get ultrabooks, or wait for next year for Surface Pro 3. As you can see on the interwebs, people aren't pissed off like you are.
The worst you get, is a "oh well", as the performance difference is marginal, and 'no one' cares about Intel extra features... as it was not a decision making. The decision from Microsoft, is either that Intel is discontinued the 4200U, or Microsoft wants to enter the business side... and if they want to do that, there is a bigger problem for them to fix: Make the Surface Pro serviceable... so maybe Pro 3.

Also, NO I mean the Thinkpad Yoga, the one with the pen.

Gareth, stop trying to hate Microsoft, to make an article. Bashing Microsoft for nothing to get click days are over.