If I could find one I'd be interested, but I haven't found a 7-8 inch tablet yet that supports an external monitor running Windows 8.1. Venue 8 Pro included.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPPY4m8iY0k
If I could find one I'd be interested, but I haven't found a 7-8 inch tablet yet that supports an external monitor running Windows 8.1. Venue 8 Pro included.
This.
However I haven't met a person who actually cares about metro apps.
Yeah, we get it. You don't like the Surface RT. No device is universally useful to everyone. You've made it abundantly clear that the RT is not useful to you. Claiming that it is worthless in spite of people using it in ways that are not possible to do with an iPad is nothing more than a reflection of how you use your devices.The problem is that it is just as worthless (and doomed) a device at $200 as it was at $500.
spinedoc hit the nail on the head... it's just about on par with ARM when it comes to packaging, battery life, performance and so on. Unlike what you wrote, Bay Trail is fanless, no battery compromises, no performance penalties, not thicker or heavier and so on. Except for one thing: when you want to run a native Windows app, you can.
As far as malware and so on... you're missing the point. For someone who wants laptop functionality sometimes and tablet experience most of the time it's perfect. Why have a tablet and a laptop when you can kill two birds with one stone for the same price?
The Dell Venue 8 Pro example is a perfect one. You'd use it as a tablet when you're on the go and when you're at home and need productivity, plug it into your USB hub with a monitor, keyboard and mouse and all of the sudden you have a desktop. When I'm traveling this would be perfect, even if using a native app isn't perfect on an 8" screen, you can use a stylus and get by.
Let me give you a simple example of why I'm considering buying one. When I'm racing and use a GoPro & QStarz (among other instrumentation), I can review everything without lugging a laptop. If I want to take the GoPro video and throw it into Movie Maker for some quick editing and upload it to YouTube, no problem. This is something I CAN"T do with a tablet, both iOS and Android. QStarz has no software for these devices and the movie editing software is extremely limited.
Here's another: when I go on vacation I don't need to lug around a laptop with me, if I have the power of a tablet and a laptop in one. 99% I really just need a tablet but bring the laptop with me just in case.
If you like to remote into your home or office and require certain VPN software... install it and RDP into your machine.
If you're used to working in Photoshop, GIMP or Paint.NET and need some advanced features while you're on the road... booyah.
I'm sure there are a million uses. That's the reason we all have laptops. A tablet is a secondary device. With the "Windows Pro" tablets it can be both.
The problem is that it is just as worthless (and doomed) a device at $200 as it was at $500.
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By what measure are they dominant?
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The thing people seem to forget in these comparisons is that there is another tablet OS out at the moment which does not have a lot of the limitations that iPad has.
Limitations that Windows RT is supposedly the cure for - better multitasking, ability to display more than one app on screen, support for USB memory, mice, keyboards and game controllers, full filesystem access and file managers, easy sharing of files and data between apps, less restrictive policy on apps, multiple user accounts, expandable storage, and more.
It's called Android and it already has 70% of the tablet market worldwide and it is being improved and attracting developers at a much more rapid pace than Windows RT is.
no since I know Microsoft is gonna discontinued windows RT version. However, I almost did.
Thought about it too. But I'm worried about RT getting the boot too. I have a MacBook Pro and iPad anyway. I just throw them in a bag and walk out the door.
People can complain all they want about it not being ideal to work on, but the fact is that I've already invested $300+ in apps for the iPad, plus the additional hardware. I would be stupid to let that all go just to get a better device to deal with it all.
I would never buy anything "RT" related. It's a dead OS and Microsoft will drop it. The only Surface tablet anyone should even think about is one that operates on Windows 8.1.
They don't seem like they're going to be stopping the updates for the Surface RT, though. They're supporting it until 2017, as per their schedule. :\
Support can mean a number of things - it could just mean they will provide security patches and bug fixes for that time period, it does not necessarily mean they will add features or promote it in any way.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/windows-threshold-spring-2015-windows-phone-xbox-one,25262.html
Uniting the Operating Systems, not abandoning. There's a big difference.
Ballmer said. "We are going to immerse people in deep entertainment experiences that let them have serious fun in ways so intense and delightful that they will blur the line between reality and fantasy."
Lol, I got a chuckle out of this.
Yeah, we get it. You don't like the Surface RT. No device is universally useful to everyone. You've made it abundantly clear that the RT is not useful to you. Claiming that it is worthless in spite of people using it in ways that are not possible to do with an iPad is nothing more than a reflection of how you use your devices.
a complete waste of time ... Not only is the experience half-a**, it's just not useful.
Wow, that's basically my opinion of RT.
Wow, that's basically my opinion of RT.
Yes... You've repeated that quite often in this thread. Even when people post that they find RT useful. What's your purpose in repeating that?
To help prospective buyers avoid making a costly mistake.