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Question

help me choose my first Surface

Oct 7, 2015 4:57AM PDT

i have decided to buy the Microsoft Surface. it will be my first own computer. but i am confused about which model to choose.

> i 'll use it a lot. 14+ hours a day.

> mostly, i watch movies, play songs and online video games.

> i also play old, softcore PC games like PvZ, Age of Kings, Need for Speed Carbon etc.

> i 'll rarely use printer and scanner.

> i might also use CorelDRAW and Photoshop on the new computer. but it is optional. if the computer is not powerful enough, i'll compromise and won't install CorelDRAW on it.

so, here are a few things that i am looking for:
long battery life, fast performance (but not the fastest), affordable (price as low as possible), good quality (so that i don't have to replace it for at least 2 years or more), nearly 80GB of usable storage.
it MUST BE better than my bro's classic laptop which has Intel Core i3-3217U , 4 GB memory

Which Surface would fit my needs?
Surface 3, Surface Pro 3, Surface Pro 4

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CNET just wrote it up.
Oct 7, 2015 2:17PM PDT
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Surface 2 here
Oct 10, 2015 8:42AM PDT

I have the Surface pro 2 with 8gb ram and it's absolutely gorgeous piece of technology
IT definitely fills all my needs.

I think the surface 3 would be enough to do the things you listed. Photoshop, not sure about this though