Chuwi SurBook or Chuwi Hi13

[Chris G]

All depends on what you want, a kickstand tablet or a larger tablet without the stand.

If you demand better performance I recommend the Core M3

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[Chris G]

All depends on what you want, a kickstand tablet or a larger tablet without the stand.

If you demand better performance I recommend the Core M3

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[Tony]

The Surbook seems like a more flexible option as it is a good home laptop/tablet & a travel computer. The problem is that it has not been reviewed yet, whereas the HI13 has been released & reviewed. The Surbook will be reviewed in July if the release date is accurate.

[arjan]

So.. It’s better to wait when Chuwi releases a tablet like this with a M3 processor? How long do i have to wait? 3 months?

[Tony]

A Surbook 2 or Pro with a better CPU & other improvements may take a while, IMHO. Chuwi will be happy to keep selling the current Surbook if the production & sales hold up.

Longer than 3 months would be my guess, although a 2nd model may be advertised sooner to keep people interested.

[arjan]

What should you do? Wait or buy the surbook or hi13? I realy have no idea and i want a good tablet right now.

[Tony]

As Chris said, it depends on what you want. All the tech on these low powered laptops is definitely good enough for media & web use. So, the only decision is design & port configuration; you need to consider how much stuff you want to connect to the device, such as printer, 2nd display and so on.

I like the Surbook as it is a travel laptop with good ports, but its not available at the moment and I can wait.

[arjan]

I’m still doubt.. I realy don’t know what to do, as long as it wont stutter it’s a excellent tablet but i hear a lot of people it’s stuttering (Hi13), slow between tabs in chrome etc. (Maybe the 6gb ram will fix that but i dont know).

 

 

[Tony]

Well, all of these tablet/laptops are low powered, so you will see stutter or lag sometimes depending on what you do. I am surprised that Photoshop appears to be usable. They are good machines for light work,. They are not like the traditional laptops that cost $600 or so, as these have 1TB drives, good graphic chips and i5/i7 CPU.

The cheap tablet/combination machines are good devices, I think, but you will always see some limitation sooner rather than later.

[arjan]

Tony wrote:

Well, all of these tablet/laptops are low powered, so you will see stutter or lag sometimes depending on what you do. I am surprised that Photoshop appears to be usable. They are good machines for light work,. They are not like the traditional laptops that cost $600 or so, as these have 1TB drives, good graphic chips and i5/i7 CPU. The cheap tablet/combination machines are good devices, I think, but you will always see some limitation sooner rather than later.

 

Do you own a Chuwi hi13? I think i’m just gonna try the Surbook

[Tony]

No Chuwi device yet. I got a Cube i12 last year as a gift for someone and tested it, optimized it, and it worked very well.

I have ordered the Surbook, as it is the same tablet/laptop combination as the Cube i12 except it has a better CPU, better screen & a good selection of ports. The problem is that the Surbook is not released and so no proper review is available.  Maybe next month.

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