Metro games will probably run better, as they're specced to run on the lowest common denominator, which in this case would be ARM chips. Atom SOCs are slightly ahead of ARM in terms of performance.
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Metro games will probably run better, as they're specced to run on the lowest common denominator, which in this case would be ARM chips. Atom SOCs are slightly ahead of ARM in terms of performance.
I really love it when people use this argument.
:remembers the various excuses heard by mac advocates when Windows users used the more software argument:
Isn't there iWork for the iPad?
iWorks sucks. I got it on my iPad and it isn't fully compatible with the OS X version. So how can I work on a document on my iPad and Mac?
The CPU in the Intel Atom is faster than the CPU of a Tegra 3, BUT - the GPU sucks in comparison to the one in the Tegra 3.
And the GPU of the Tegra 3 sucks in comparison to the one in the iPad 2 and every device that followed.
Like it has been with withe Motorola Razr i, the Android phone with an Intel Atom SoC.
CPU performance was a lot better than that of other phones, but the graphics performance really sucked.
Surface Pro dimensions - 10.81 x 6.81 x 0.53in + 0.128 in (keyboard) -1100$$$
MacBook Air 11, i5 4Gb, SSD 64 GB, aluminium body, can run win xp, 7 etc. (already with keyboard) dimensions - 11.8 x 7.56 x 0.68in - 1000$$$
You just can't compare it to iPad coz surface is a hybrid of a tablet and ultrabook. Apple doesn't do hybrids, only pure products
Again
M$ doesn't evolve
Another style PC but with touch capacitive
That's not evolution.
Real Multitasking on a tablet will suck the battery faster.
M$ will always try to put a desktop PC environment on everything, and that sucks too much. They don't have the design knowledge.
Real Multitasking on a tablet will suck the battery faster.
M$ will always try to put a desktop PC environment on everything, and that sucks too much. They don't have the design knowledge.
windows 8 vs ios
Well, though i posess an ipad 3, i would prefer a windows tab for using office and as i have been habituated using windows.Gaming and using other apps is wonderful on ios though. Apple's ios is extremely compact . It has not given the common and essential BLUEETOOTH sharing feature to its devices. I hope IOs 7 will give a good fight to the other operating systems. GOD Bless APPLE INC.
Well, though i posess an ipad 3, i would prefer a windows tab for using office and as i have been habituated using windows.Gaming and using other apps is wonderful on ios though. Apple's ios is extremely compact . It has not given the common and essential BLUEETOOTH sharing feature to its devices. I hope IOs 7 will give a good fight to the other operating systems. GOD Bless APPLE INC.
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Not natively, and even if you do run an x86 emulator/wrapper on the RT, you're going to get poor performance compared to the Pro or x86 tablet equivelents like the one in this ad.
Microsoft will not get any money from me anymore though. Played that game for far too long.
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Surface Pro dimensions - 10.81 x 6.81 x 0.53in + 0.128 in (keyboard) -1100$$$
MacBook Air 11, i5 4Gb, SSD 64 GB, aluminium body, can run win xp, 7 etc. (already with keyboard) dimensions - 11.8 x 7.56 x 0.68in - 1000$$$
You just can't compare it to iPad coz surface is a hybrid of a tablet and ultrabook. Apple doesn't do hybrids, only pure products
Ilike your comment very much
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Surface Pro dimensions - 10.81 x 6.81 x 0.53in + 0.128 in (keyboard) -1100$$$
MacBook Air 11, i5 4Gb, SSD 64 GB, aluminium body, can run win xp, 7 etc. (already with keyboard) dimensions - 11.8 x 7.56 x 0.68in - 1000$$$
You just can't compare it to iPad coz surface is a hybrid of a tablet and ultrabook. Apple doesn't do hybrids, only pure products
Ilike your comment very much
Microsoft rt and pro laptops are without a keyboard. They are too small to be a laptop and too big to be a tablet. Microsoft just does not get it. Last thing I want on my tablet is malware!!!
The guy in charge of Apple Maps (and iOS) was also fired shortly after its disastrous release...
He was fired because he was disruptive and a first class jerk. No one wanted to work with him.
You know you can attach a keyboard to an iPad, also, people have been using iPad as their only computer for work for at lease two years now and using Office. The only reason you can't install Office on the iPad and not use it through remote desktop is because MS hasn't made it yet. Also, there are several apps that allow you to create Word docs on the iPad without using remote desktop, but the issue is you can't do any fancy layout, but you can create a report with them without issue.
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iWorks sucks. I got it on my iPad and it isn't fully compatible with the OS X version. So how can I work on a document on my iPad and Mac?
If you have Office on your Mac, then try Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite for iPad...
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First they are not fight with the US Gov, second which one of those companies sued first...
I use Excel for Mac all the time at work and IMHO it's a great app for desktops and laptops. From personal experience, I found it frustrating/awkward at times using Excel on a tablet without a physical keyboard and mouse. If you're going to be more comfortable with a keyboard and mouse then might as well get a laptop or desktop.
That aside, the ad was funny at the end. Personally I feel iOS and the iPad are more intuitive when it comes to touch based apps and the quality of apps out there for iOS simply outweighs any benefits that Windows 8 tablets may offer.
That aside, the ad was funny at the end. Personally I feel iOS and the iPad are more intuitive when it comes to touch based apps and the quality of apps out there for iOS simply outweighs any benefits that Windows 8 tablets may offer.
iWorks sucks. I got it on my iPad and it isn't fully compatible with the OS X version. So how can I work on a document on my iPad and Mac?
You're right, because there isn't 100% feature parity, there is no way you can work on a document on your iPad and Mac.
Microsoft just does not get it...
Like when Balmer did not understand the iPhone when it came out, MS still does not understand the tablet (despite doing Tablet PC for more then 10 year, what success so far...).
People do not use their computer privately for work all the time. Most stuff we do on our private computers is consume media (that includes documents, newspapers etc.) and games as well as comunicate. In that the iPad is great and the success proves Apple right.
MS just does not get it and trys its old failed concepts over and over again.
Like when Balmer did not understand the iPhone when it came out, MS still does not understand the tablet (despite doing Tablet PC for more then 10 year, what success so far...).
People do not use their computer privately for work all the time. Most stuff we do on our private computers is consume media (that includes documents, newspapers etc.) and games as well as comunicate. In that the iPad is great and the success proves Apple right.
MS just does not get it and trys its old failed concepts over and over again.
the ad is kinda funny watching it on mute lol especially the part with the moving metro UI followed by the frozen icon grid view of the ipad
i wish apple would "rethink" the whole hybrid concept of Dell etc. id love to be able to use OS X for work related things and once you rotate and flip over the screen, iOS takes over. maybe even make the screen detachable to turn it into a full blown ipad
i wish apple would "rethink" the whole hybrid concept of Dell etc. id love to be able to use OS X for work related things and once you rotate and flip over the screen, iOS takes over. maybe even make the screen detachable to turn it into a full blown ipad
Errm.. This is just an ad and not the opinion of the us majority..
Anyway, Apple's decade is over and the definitely lose ground these days.
As the others Apple is just a company with ups and downs.
Are you kidding?? I'm retired from IT management. I regularly had massive documents prepared for multimillion dollar projects. Those docs consisted of Excel spreadsheets with all the cost/manpower/etc data. I embedded links into a Word doc that explained the entire project. (You must have embedded links so if something changes you don't have to go find the reference in the do and make the change twice), and then there would be a PowerPoint that was used for presentations. Once the project is underway, you add in project data, mock-ups, requirements, etc. all linked back to the spreadsheet so you can determine rest costs.
Doing this takes having at least two windows open at the same time. Otherwise it takes forever and you are open to making mistakes (ie bad links/data). That is a big no-no and can cost you your job.
And this scenario applies to just about every business that does major documentation (financial docs, ect).
All of this can easily be done on any win8 tablet running the full OS.
Your ideas of how the world works and the types of documentation created seems very limited.
Hey bud apologies for misinterpreting your post. My wife says I lack tact and you have emphatically proven her right. You and I were stating the same fact. Again, apologies. Maybe I jumped the gun and started typing before fully grasping what you meant. But help me. Re-read what you wrote:
Originally Posted by bgillander
The article is incorrect in that the Vivotab Smart is not Windows RT
Please keep in mind my aforementioned lack reading skills, but that 'not' before Windows RT means the opposite of what you meant to say. I probably just put my foot in my mouth again. More apologies in advance. Maybe I would have understood better if your quote didn't have that 'not':
"The article is incorrect in that the Vivotab Smart is Windows RT"
Again sorry.