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By: windsorr

windsorr — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 08:24:24 +0000

I didnt say it was great…but it is feasible. furthermore with full windows 8 one can install all the legacy applications that one wants. This can be used as a laptop. Windows RT cant really as its all locked down with very limited functionality and poor performance albeit good battery life.

By: windsorr

windsorr — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 08:22:33 +0000

Possibly but if we always started with a clean slate everyone would have 100MB internet for $20 a month. The legacy is always a major major factor. I am not saying it wont happen it will just take a VERY long time if it does. By then one would hope MSFT has pulled its finger out.!..

By: David

David — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:45:47 +0000

Only because of legacy products. Tradition invested in existing infrastructure is the only thing keeping creation tied to PC or Mac. If I could start with a clean slate today there are workflows that would use iOS for larger parts of content creation. This tells me it is only a matter of time before traditions crumble and better workflows that take advantage of mobile and touch computing take hold.

By: tatilsever

tatilsever — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:27:26 +0000

You can take a look at Surface ads more closely. There is Word on its screen, without a second window open. Even then, half the screen is taken out by menus and buttons, thanks to its wide rather than squarish screen. There are fewer than 10 lines of text visible. If that is feasible for content creation, any non-Windows tablets can get you there, too. (As Windows is not very good at scaling objects based on screen size or resolution, this is not a new problem. Hardly anybody used netbooks or any other 10” small laptops with for document editing back then.)

By: windsorr

windsorr — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 07:02:57 +0000

The key here is in what you said….”general computing purposes”….. this means to me content consumption….you are a software engineer..I don’t see you writing code on an iPhone or an iPad!…that’s content creation. That’s why you are chained to your PC your need to create content.

By: windsorr

windsorr — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 07:00:13 +0000

OK. Anything that runs iOS or Android is not a computer by my count. They are GREAT devices for content consumption but not so good for content creation.

Hence the Surface RT is NOT a computer. The Surface Pro is because it can function exactly like a laptop.

NO definition is perfect but this is the one that makes the most sense tome.

By: DK

DK — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 17:12:49 +0000

^ What he said.

That statement seems rather arbitrary.

Take my personal experience as an example. I’m 26, a software engineer, and a student working on a post bacc. I’m chained to my PC at work because of legacy products. My iMac at home has become a very heavy paperweight, and my MacBook Air is increasingly becoming a very light paperweight. For most general computing purposes I eagerly reach for my iPhone over the MacBook, which is why I know the larger screen on the iPad will dominate my usage when I eventually get one.

The longer you cling to that view, the more detached you will become from reality.

By: tatilsever

tatilsever — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 14:17:33 +0000

>”(iPads are NOT computers)”
I presume this means Surface RT & Pro are not computers as well. You just disagreed with two of the largest corporations in this business, if not three.

Apple just brought feature parity of its Office apps between iPad and Mac versions and 64 bit CPUs to all new iPads. The difference is quickly boiling down to whether your keyboard is permanently attached to your device. Not sure why you make the argument that tablets are not computers when motherboard raw power is about as powerful as leading Intel based laptops of only 5 years ago, while the gap is narrowing, not widening.