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08-09-2013, 09:25 PM | #2 | |
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I guess there are windows tablets that are just window 8 now, but they are pricey. |
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08-09-2013, 09:33 PM | #3 |
**** you, you cretin.
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08-10-2013, 02:45 PM | #4 |
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As long as you know what you're getting (cheap chrome book), sure. Good enough for Google docs at least. Go to best buy and check it out
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08-11-2013, 09:26 AM | #5 |
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I have a Lenovo Tablet 2 with Windows 8... love it.
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08-11-2013, 09:47 AM | #6 |
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Windows 8 is an abortion IMHO
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08-11-2013, 10:12 AM | #7 |
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If you mean using office apps, the RT is perfect ( much better than an Android or iPad tablet as you get a real Office suite ). RT gets it's bad wrap because you cannot use all Windows software, a problem MS could have avoided with an Atom processor instead of an ARM. So you are restricted to Windows Store apps and .Net apps built for any CPU ( as you won't find many other types of apps built for an ARM processor ).
Btw, RT has a microSD card slot and USB 2 port, so moving files is as easy as with a PC, something Apple cannot say. And get a cover - so much better typing with it than any on screen tablet keyboard. |
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08-11-2013, 10:15 AM | #8 |
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The problem with RT tablets is that nobody is buying them so nobody will be developing for them. Taking a class where you need to download some statistics software? You're out of luck. Taking a programming class and want developer tools? Out of luck.
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08-12-2013, 12:50 AM | #9 |
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They just slashed prices on the surface - both rt and full windows 8 versions.
Think im gonna get a full version surface when version 2 is released. The keyboard cover is so damn slick.
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08-12-2013, 08:04 AM | #10 |
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It's a slick device, but way overpriced and quite lacking regarding available software. I don't think it's a good value at all, but somebody might have use for it. It doesn't seem to be selling very well though..
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08-12-2013, 09:00 AM | #11 |
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Don't buy anything with Windows RT. It's not Windows. It just looks like Windows, and soon it will be gone, as it is being rejected by the marketplace.
If you want a Windows 8 tablet, go with Windows 8 Pro and install the start button available at classicshell.com. It fixes virtually all of the things about Windows 8 that most people hate. I have both a Microsoft Surface tablet running Windows RT and a Dell tablet running Windows 8 Pro. After several months of ignoring both of them in favor of my iPad, I finally installed the classicshell start button on my Dell tablet and now I actually use it quite a bit. The classicshell start button will never be available on Windows RT, and it just serves as a reminder that the software available on RT is miniscule compared to a real windows computer or tablet. |
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08-12-2013, 10:30 AM | #12 | |
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All I need now is a bit of compatibility between my mac in my home office which is my editing suite. I expect to upgrade my 8 year old G5 when the new mac pros come out and hope it has more compatibility than the old G5 does, but at least the G5 has usb and so does the surface so I can share that way for now. |
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08-12-2013, 11:17 AM | #13 |
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I dont understand why ppl dislike windows 8 so much, at least on a tablet. Its everything Ive been asking for. It allows me to use my Surface Pro as a tablet or a actual REAL computer and its programs. I think ppl just love to hate microsoft for some reason
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08-12-2013, 11:51 AM | #14 | |
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Under the aesthetics, Win8 is a solid OS. But they screwed up with the metro interface so completely that it negates the good things about the OS for just about everyone.
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08-12-2013, 05:05 PM | #15 | |
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