Recent content by Mike Zwarich

I would say it depends on what your friend wants. 1. If he values portability over power, I would narrow the range down to ultrabooks, the SP3, or a MacBook Air. 2. If he values gaming power or high-process work over portability, I would eliminate all three of the above options, and go with...

It may be worth it to check reviews to see gaming performance comparisons between the SP3 and similar ultrabooks. I suspect that the SP3 has very similar gaming abilities though. If you want high-end gaming on a laptop, you're going to have to go with a discrete video card, which I believe is...

I have the Surface Pro 3 i5 8GB RAM version, and use it as my primary laptop and desktop (using the official dock). My workload is similar to yours, including Illustrator and InDesign. I was in your place, and I chose the SP3 for everything. I don't know whether the i7 edition will make that...