Surface Book is a Serious Scientific Machine

[sharpuser]

The Surface Book has become my scientific workhorse. I only received it a week ago.

The first week included a business trip, movie watching, number crunching with Matlab and Excel, playing music from a 132 GB library on SD card, revisiting a Visual Basic 6 project, clipboard mode on an airplane for very pleasant magazine reading, Web browsing from home and from a public Wifi, a bit of geologic mapping, and some sketchwork.

I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

 

[Nonseven]

What program are you using for those HP calcs?

 

[hughlle]

Kind of a given. The surface pro is a serious scientific machine, so this wouldn't really be any different. Powerful, portable, versatile.

 

[unruledboy]

Visual Basic 6 project.... you are NOT alone!

 

[mtalinm]

nothing with a low-voltage, dual-core processor is a "scientific workhorse."

 

[sharpuser]

nothing with a low-voltage, dual-core processor is a "scientific workhorse."

Hi there, @mtalinm,

The Surface Book is my geophysical workstation.
I work it like a horse. The horsepower and comfortable saddle allow me to accomplish the work faithfully and in a timely manner.

I can do the math on that: My scientific workhorse.

 

[albertan_bear]

Same for me - I'm a hydrogeologist - I have no problem with running modelling and calculations software.

 

[mtalinm]

I have a surface pro 3. sure for light calculations it is fine, but it can't compete with a quad-core full-voltage machine

 

[Aegeas]

Same for me - I'm a hydrogeologist - I have no problem with running modelling and calculations software.

I get up to Calgary and Edmonton from Seattle all of the time. The oil companies up there are taking a royal beating.

 

[albertan_bear]

Tell me about it ... Luckily I'm working in the environmental part of this business and there are to many spills and old skeletons to clean ...

 

[sharpuser]

The first ten days with my Surface Book have been very productive. I'm glad about this purchase.
Though @mtalinm say it is wrong for me because it is not "quad-core and full-voltage", I like it because it gets the job done, and plays my tunes while I work. I spent much of today streaming my music to a Bluetooth speaker across the room.
Critics could always play "topper" and name some features any given machine does not provide, but this one is mine, not theirs. To each, his own!

 

[sharpuser]

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