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I got a surface pro 2 and am very surprised at how much I enjoy it. Playing games like Myst off of Steam blew me away. And this might sound crazy... but IE 11 is my default browser. Chrome is almost unusable on it but IE works great. Again, Very Surprised at how awesome it is.

It's a tablet size computer, NOT a tablet sized phone.

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Yeah I've found that as well. Chrome does not play well in Metro Mode or Desktop mode from what I have found.

>It's a tablet size computer, NOT a tablet sized phone.

That is what I am really enjoying about it.

I think Firefox has been Metro optimized.

I haven't tried a Metro version but the latest FF in desktop mode doesn't have support for basic touch screen gestures, and doesn't support the stylus. Same with Chrome, but Chrome will outright freeze on pages that so far looks like some weird scroll configs (gmail after opening a few messages freezes)

IE 11 has at least basic gesture support, pinch-zoom, gravity scrolling (whatever its called). But what I really love is using the stylus, and IE treats that as mouse input, so you get hover, click, etc..

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