Should I Get The I3 Or I5 Surface Pro

Is a Surface Pro 3 with i3 core, 4 GB RAM and 64 GB enough for Adobe Photoshop CC and Lightroom CC?

Photoshop and Lightroom is ram heavy. 4GB and i3 will do if you are casual like me(I run photoshop CC on 4GB “DDR2 “ Ram with Core 2 duo e7500 xD which is slow af compared to one in Surface pro CC ) . You will surely need more space though an external HDD with windows on the SSD will be good enough. If you are a professional editor, 4GB ram “might” not be enough. 8GB ram is recommended and 16gb if possible. If you are going to do 3d rendering obviously, the i3 won’t be enough. Get an i5 or i7 if possible. Surface Pro 3 surely has enough specs to run Photoshop Casually or even if you are a freelancer. but you will need more if you are a professional.

Which should I choose between a Surface Pro 3 Core i5 & i7?

Whether you should get a device with a core i5 versus i7 depends on your usage. Do you regularly (regularly meaning on a nearly daily basis):edit videos?use Photoshop? use your PC for gaming? run 5 or more virtual machines simultaneously, each with several programs open? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then definitely take the i7. If not, you won't regret the i5.

Why did Microsoft choose core m3 and not core i3 for Surface Pro 4?

It was definitely because:The m3 is fanless.The m3 has a lower price point.The m3 is more energy efficient and makes the battery last longer.The m3 is meant for folks who don’t need higher computing power (non-gamers, non-”power business” users, non-music/video producers, etc.).The m3 is a great tool for school-age children and folks who simply want to consume content.

Should I get the i5 or M3 Microsoft Surface Pro, if I need it to take notes and run engineering programs in college?

Man, I know college. I was a broke student with average grades. Life was tough.If you’re like me, that is, on a tight budget to buy a machine to support your college tasks and projects, I’m suggesting the M3 series. Sure, it would still able to run some average engineering softwares (I’ve seen my friend ran ScetchUp on an M3 machine. Not a Surface Pro, but still) but you need to manage your work to optimize the load on the processor. Don’t open too many programs at a time, preferably, just the ScetchUp and a Notepad or two to support your projects. Turn off and quit unimportant programs in the system tray. And, if you know what you’re doing, go to Task Manager and end unimportant tasks from there.Taking notes, word processing, spreadsheets, all those MS Office things will just as smooth as a cat’s purr, they will support your day-to-day tasks beautifully. Use the Surface as a PC on the desk, or flip the keyboard all the way back - or just take it off entirely - to use it as a tablet with pen to take notes and make scribbles, anything you want it. Be free, and enjoy it.Also, an M3 machine gives you a longer battery time. If you care about this thing, then M3 is the way to go.My wife has an i5 Surface Pro 4, and she’s quite happy working on it. She doesn’t run engineering programs, though, but I guess I could run ScetchUp quite smoothly on it without choking.I just found an article covering the differences between M3, i5 and i7 Surfaces. Read it here.But, if you’re rich and money is on your side, then I’m suggesting i7 Surface Pro. Heck, I’m suggesting the 2nd gen Surface Book with Core i7 and NVidia GPU. Run AutoCAD, keep some Excel spreadsheets open, running Whatsapp or Skype (or both!) to video call with other project team members, abuse it as you wish.

I am buying a surface pro 4. What is better the m3 processor or i5? I am not a gamer if that makes a difference.

Intel has been selling two main ranges of processors: one optimized for performance (Core) and the other optimized for battery life and price (Atom). The Core M was the first 'bridge' processor and falls between the two ranges. That is to say: it's a performance design optimized for long battery life.Most laptop processors run at a TDP of 15W to 45W, and the Core M brought that down to around 4.5W. This enabled fanless designs, though the processor will still be throttled if it's worked hard enough to get hot.So, the Core m3 will be slower than a Core i3 but it will run cooler and should offer better battery life. (Or the same life with a smaller battery, which is what often happens.)The Core i3 is the least powerful of the Core iX range so there's probably not that much of a trade-off in terms of reduced performance (ie Core m3 vs i3). The Core i5 is more powerful than the Core i3 and so, in comparison, you will sacrifice much more performance.A Core m3 chip runs at roughly the same speed as an Intel Celeron 1020E The major difference is that the m3 has a TDP of 5W whereas the Celeron is 35W. You couldn't use it in an ultrathin laptop or tablet: it gets too hot. However, the name of the game nowadays isn't performance, it's performance per Watt.My advice is to compare the available processors against the CPU you use now to see if it is faster, and by how much. You could also compare them at CPU Boss.

I'm a cse student. Can I buy Microsoft surface pro 4 (8g,256gb,i5 skylake) and does all the softwares work in it?

You can refer to my blog postMicrosoft Surface Pro 4 Review: University Student Hope it helps

Which one should I prefer between an i3 and i5 processor laptop for programming?

In laptops there is 2 very different tiers of CPUs.There is ones with a U suffix and ones with an HQ or HK suffix.The U processors (whether i3, i5, or i7) are all dual core with hyperthreading. The differentiation is that the i5 and i7 have turbo core and each level has a higher clock speed.The HQ/HK follow normal desktop cpu tiers (i3 = 2core + HT, i5 = 4 core, i7 = 4core + HT).So to answer your question the difference between an i3U and i5U is not much, difference between an i3 and i5HQ is pretty big.For programing if running a lot of code through compiler you want as much processing power as you can afford so you should really go for the i5 HQ if not better.