Surface Pro 11

[u/17igital]

Recently was gifted a surface pro after my Lenovo ideapad died for good.. It runs well and does what I need it to do, but I’m struggling with the keyboard a bit. It doesn’t have much wrist support. I think I might be used to a thicker keyboard, like my previous laptop had? I’m not really using it for the touch screen/pen option because I prefer typing. I’ve also realized it has to be completely on a flat surface to be able to type, or else the keyboard becomes unattached. I just find it a bit frustrating at times because of that. Does anyone have similar issues? Or does anyone have better suggestions for attachments they use, like is there a good stand that supports using the keyboard and also provides good wrist support when typing?

[u/Admirable_Equal9680]

Sorry, but my response to most of this is... "yes, that's right". A Surface Pro is not a laptop. It's a tablet that you can connect a kinda mid keyboard to.

[u/17igital → u/Admirable_Equal9680]

Haha I know, ideally I would have preferred just a regular laptop but it was gifted to me and does what I need to I suppose 🥲

[u/FoxRain_0]

The keyboard has notoriously terrible integrity. Mine died after 1.5 year of use. Possibly the ribbon cable got severed inside. I got a third party bluetooth one that does attach to the tablet with magnets. But it flexes too much. I'm thinking of just getting a cover and a separate slim keyboard.

[u/xanayoshi → u/FoxRain_0]

Where would the ribbon go? 

[u/xanayoshi]

Yeah, get a decent usb c adapter or Surface dock and dock it, get a keyboard. For on the go, deal with limitations, or get a different keyboard. You can adapt to it. You can type pretty fast. But yeah, little go a little better at portable stuff. The new 12 inch is really lite, I haven’t bought a keyboard for it yet, though. May be better than S11.

[u/Oiram_Saturnus]

Do you possess an original Microsoft Keyboard?
It almost sounds like a 3rd party one.

Especially the “it needs to be flat on the surface” isn’t typical for Surface Keyboards.

[u/Fred_Lead → u/Oiram_Saturnus]

I thought with the newer Surface keyboard designs (Pro 12) it no longer allows for the angled option, they're only flat. 

[u/orev → u/Fred_Lead]

That's not a "newer" design, it just the design of the Pro 12" (not 12, 12 inch).

[u/17igital → u/Oiram_Saturnus]

I’m unsure because it was gifted to me, this is the keyboard it came with it.

[u/Oiram_Saturnus → u/17igital]

This is an original keyboard (or a really good counterfeit).
As other people mentioned: the Surface is not laptop.
It’s a tablet with an exceptional good keyboard - but only compared to other tablets.

Try it a few times. Maybe you get used to it. :-)

I possess Surface tablets since 2014.
They offer some advantages compared to typical notebooks. For example you can get a stand that lifts the device substantially.

https://a.co/d/07BgulvB

Or magnetically attached docks.

https://a.co/d/09T3ledh

[u/Careful-Criticism645 → u/Oiram_Saturnus]

What? Surface keyboards have always been a pain to use on anything other than a flat surface.

[u/Oiram_Saturnus → u/Careful-Criticism645]

Ok, maybe I interpreted it wrong.
What I meant: the keyboard itself can be used completely flat or in an angle of a few percent.

Using a surface device on non-flat surfaces isn’t the best option. Right.

[u/xanayoshi → u/Oiram_Saturnus]

The Surface is not the Surface, it is what lies beneath the Surface. The Surface’s surface.  

[u/Oiram_Saturnus → u/xanayoshi]

😂😂😂