I have my surface now for a week or so and I am actually liking it. It sucks I am limited to the windows store but it is still fun to use.
Updated poll to include laptop and desktop choice.
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Surface Tablet Poll
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herg62123
, Jan 05 2013 08:32 PM
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Posted 05 January 2013 - 09:10 PM
I'm glad you like it.
If you had an option for laptop or desktop, then I could have voted. There are 4 windows 7 computers in the House and a Touchscreen Windows 8 laptop. Nothing I've seen makes me want any type of Tablet, e-reader or smartphone. My Old fashioned Analog phone kept working the 11+ days of power outage from Sandy.
My Brothers Verizon Cellular phone, most of those 11+ days, he could get calls but not make them. Probably network overload is my guess.
When I saw tablets being plugged with product placement in all types of TV shows I was turned off by that too.
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If you had an option for laptop or desktop, then I could have voted. There are 4 windows 7 computers in the House and a Touchscreen Windows 8 laptop. Nothing I've seen makes me want any type of Tablet, e-reader or smartphone. My Old fashioned Analog phone kept working the 11+ days of power outage from Sandy.
My Brothers Verizon Cellular phone, most of those 11+ days, he could get calls but not make them. Probably network overload is my guess.
When I saw tablets being plugged with product placement in all types of TV shows I was turned off by that too.
Cheers
Roger
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Posted 06 January 2013 - 10:21 AM
Good addition, I like the wording.
You can probably tell how I voted.
Roger
You can probably tell how I voted.
Roger
My next Upgrade, USB 3 on my remaining desktop. The only External storage devices I currently Buy are USB3 devices
How Does a computer get Infected? http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/2520/how-did-i-get-infected/
My first Computer had a Whopping 16K of memory @ 0.89MHz. My first hard drive held 20 Megabytes and never filled up.
My Oldest Motherboard and Hard Drive are a 80286 @ 8Mhz and a Seagate 20 Megabyte MFM drive.
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 11:54 PM
I tried Surface RT in Times Square a few months ago. It was nice, and I prefer the type cover, but I am eyeing on the Pro version which will come this month. Which is a good thing because I am in the market to get a new laptop.
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Posted 27 January 2013 - 05:16 PM
I'm waiting for two things pertaining to the Surface 8 Pro ...
1. Are lots of people going to ask me to help fix problems with them (including "How do I..." questions)?
2. Will I get one as swag if I go to the right events or rub elbows with the right people?
From what I've seen, I think that I would probably have no problem "evangelizing" the merits from both a user and developer standpoint. So I'm quite comfortable taking a free one.
Not so excited for any of the ARM (Tegra) versions.
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1. Are lots of people going to ask me to help fix problems with them (including "How do I..." questions)?
2. Will I get one as swag if I go to the right events or rub elbows with the right people?
From what I've seen, I think that I would probably have no problem "evangelizing" the merits from both a user and developer standpoint. So I'm quite comfortable taking a free one.
Not so excited for any of the ARM (Tegra) versions.
James
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Posted 22 February 2013 - 01:12 AM
Why do I have to only pick one? 
For most situations, I prefer my MacBook Air. But there are definite situations where a touchscreen tablet (in my case, an iPad) is more useful...i.e. when reading PDF files or eBooks. And there times where I need the power of my Windows desktop.
I do have to admit the Surface Pro interests me. If I were in the market for a new computer, then I would certainly consider it.
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Posted 22 February 2013 - 04:47 PM
I have been wanting one of this since I watched a special on it about 4 years ago. I'm a fan of the interface. http://www.microsoft.com/Surface/en-US
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Posted 12 March 2013 - 01:16 PM
My laptop is much more bulky than your surface, but I much prefer it. I'm not limited to the Windows Store, and it has more computing power / flexibility for my uses.
I'm interested on what may happen with tablets etc in the near future though.
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