Microsoft Surface 2 vs. iPad Air, Kindle Fire HDX 8.9

Emva kokuvumela i-Apple ukuba ihlenge kabusha futhi iholele emkhakheni wethebhulethi nge- iPad , iMicrosoft yazama ukwakha indawo elahlekile ngokukhululwa kwe-Surface RT yayo kanye namaphilisi okuthenga abathengi. Nakuba i-Surface line ayithengisanga ngempela njenge-hotcake yama proverbi, inikeze abantu okunye okunye endaweni ephathekayo elawulwa i-Apple iOS kanye nesistimu yokusebenza ye-Android ye-Android. Manje iMicrosoft iphindaphinda kabili emgqeni wayo we-slates ngokukhululwa kwamaphilisi e-Surface 2 no-Surface Pro 2.

Ngokungafani ne-Windows 8-Inikwe amandla i-Surface Pro 2 - okuyinto esebenzayo njengendlela yekhompyutha ephathekayo ngesimo slate - i-Surface 2 yezemidlalo uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Windows njenge-Surface yasekuqaleni. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ingafaka kuphela izinhlelo zokusebenza zeWindows nezinhlelo zedeskithophu ezigcwele. Engeza iphuzu lentengo eliphansi lika-$ 449 ngokumelene ne $ 899 ye-Surface Pro 2 ne-Surface 2 entsha kubhekwa njengomncintisana wemvelo kumaphilisi e-iOS ne-Android emakethe. Nakhu ukubuka ukuthi i-slate ye-Microsoft igcina kanjani ngokumelene nomncintiswano.

Ukubonisa: I-Surface 2 yezemidlalo isibonisi esingu-10.6-intshi ngesinqumo esingu-1,920 x 1,080 kuma-pixels angu-208 nge-intshi, okwenza kube yi-tablet enkulu kunazo zonke. Ngenkathi isinqumo salo kungenzeka ukuthi sasihloniphekile esikhathini esidlule, noma kunjalo, sasiqhathaniswa nokuqhathaniswa namathekisthi akhonjwe yizimbangi zayo. I-Apple model ye-Apple ye- iPad Air , isibonelo, ibonisa ukubonisa okungamamitha angu-9.7 ngesinqumo sama-pixels angu-2,048 x 1,536 no-264 ngamasentimitha. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, i-Amazon's Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 inesixazululo se-screen 2,560 x 1,600 kuma-pixel angu-339 angama-intshi. Lokhu kufaka i-Surface 2 ekugcineni kwe-spectrum phakathi kwabaphikisanayo uma kuziwa ekubonisweni kwesikrini. Uma usayizi ukucubungula kwakho okuyinhloko, noma kunjalo, i-Surface 2 ithatha ikhekhe.

Ubuchopho: Ukushayela indawo engu-2 ye-Windows RT 8.1 yokusebenza uhlelo lwe-chip ye-quad-core ye-1.7GHz ye-1.7GHz exhaswe yi-2GB ye-RAM. Ngokuphambene nalokho, i-Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 isebenzisa iphrosesa ye-quad-core 2.2GHz ngenkathi kubhekwa uphawu olungavumelekile lwe-Apple processor ku-1.4GHz kanye ne-1GB ye-RAM kuphela. Ukuphila kwebhethri kugcina kahle ngokumelene nabancintisana ngamahora angu-10 wokudlala ividiyo, okuhambisana namaphilisi e-Apple futhi eduze kakhulu ne-Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 noma amahora amaningi kuye ngokuthi usebenzisa. Isikhathi sokushaja cishe amahora amabili kuya kwangu-4.

Amandla: I-Surface 2 iza ne-32GB yememori eyakhelwe ngaphakathi ye $ 449 no-64GB nge $ 549. Ngememori efanayo, i-Wi-Fi kuphela kuphela i-HDX 8.9 ibiza u-$ 444 no-$ 494 nakuba unganciphisa intengo ngohlelo lokusebenza olunikezwa isikhangiso esithi "Izipesheli" ukuya ku-$ 429 no-$ 479. Inguqulo engu-Wi-Fi kuphela ye-iPad Air, okwamanje, ibiza u-$ 599 kumodeli we-32GB no-$ 699 ngomshini we-64GB. Ngaphandle kokuqhathanisa kahle nabaphikisana nabo ngokwemali, i-Surface inenzuzo eyodwa - imemori eyandisa. Nakuba unamathele kakhulu ememori eyakhelwe ngaphakathi onayo i-Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 ne-iPad Air, i-Surface 2 iza ne-USB 3.0 port kanye nomfundi wekhadi le-microSD. Lokhu kukunika ukuguquguquka okungaphezulu ngememori futhi kukuvumela ukwandise amandla akho ngendlela elula esikhwameni.

Ezinye izici: Ukuzungeza uhlu luka-Surface 2 lwezinto ezibonakalayo yikhamera ye-3-megapixel esibhekene naso ngaphambili futhi ikhamera yangemuva engama-megapixel. Ibuye ibe nemakrofoni amabili kanye nenzwa yokukhanya encane, i-gyroscope, i-accelerometer ne-magnetometer. Njengebhonasi, ibuye ne-Microsoft Office RT 2013, okuyinto umzalwane wayo obiza kakhulu, i-Surface 2 Pro, engafiki. I-Surface 2 nayo ine-kickstand ehlanganisiwe ku-tablet.

I-downdown: Nakuba iSuper 2 sesiqhutshelwa ngabathintekayo ngokuboniswa kwayo nezinye izici, isikhalazo sayo esiyinhloko yisikhangiso sayo kubantu abatshalwa imali kwi-Microsoft ye-Windows ne-Metro ecosystem. Ukuba khona okulula kwechwephethi ye-USB 3.0 kuyinto enkulu yabasebenzisi bamandla, nakuba ukungakwazi ukufaka izinhlelo zedeskithophu njengokungathi ungayenza nge-Surface Pro 2 kuvunywa ukuthi i-bummer. Ekugcineni, ukuhlukumeza okukhulu kweSuperface 2 yiziphoso zalo uma kuqhathaniswa nomzalwane obiza kakhulu. Ngenkathi uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-iOS ne-Android lokusebenza lusethuthukile, izinhlelo zokusebenza ze-Windows zisenendlela ende yokuhamba. Izibalo ze-Surface 2 Pro ezikwazi ukufaka izinhlelo zedeskithophu kodwa i-Surface 2 ayinayo indlela efanayo. Njengalokhu, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi iSuface 2 isebenza ngani kuncike ekutheni ulungile yini noma imvelo ye-Windows app.

UJason Hidalgo ungumchwepheshe we-About.com we- Portable Electronics . Yebo, uhlekwa kalula. Mlandele ku-Twitter @jasonhidalgo futhi uhlehliswe, futhi. Ukuze uthole okwengeziwe mayelana nama-slates, hlola i-iPad nehabhu lethebhulethi.