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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:55 pm
by TPRJones
Leisher wrote:I think it'll be awhile before they change their "no tablets" policy.
Tell them to get a Surface. It'll change immediately.
I'm not holding my breath. The board that sets those rules are all in their 70s and I don't think a single one of them uses their own computer. They have secretaries to take their email memos for them.
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:58 pm
by TPRJones
There is no replacement for desktops (yet). There is a replacement for heavy, bulky, expensive laptops...
As long as the keyboard is still perceived as the primary method for efficient text input, there will be a market for laptops. Laptops are just tablets with a permanently affixed keyboard, after all.
Find that new killer user input method that wins over everyone, and then you'll kill the laptop.
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:28 pm
by Leisher
As long as the keyboard is still perceived as the primary method for efficient text input, there will be a market for laptops. Laptops are just tablets with a permanently affixed keyboard, after all.
Find that new killer user input method that wins over everyone, and then you'll kill the laptop.
No, but seriously, have you people heard NOTHING about the Surface? Seen the non-stop commercials?
You realize it has this cool new thing called a keyboard right?
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:29 pm
by GORDON
I actually have thought it looked interesting in the commercials. It is a big pad device, then it folds itself over and turns into a laptop-shaped thing with a keyboard.
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:36 pm
by Malcolm
I'll give you that a docked Surface might be able to hold its own as a suitable laptop replacement.
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:42 pm
by TheCatt
If all you do is MS Office... sure.
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:48 pm
by Leisher
If all you do is MS Office... sure.
The only thing that choked it so far was Solidworks (CAD software).
I've seen people running games on it. I know one of the Penny Arcade guys plays League of Legends on it.
It is a big pad device, then it folds itself over and turns into a laptop-shaped thing with a keyboard.
You're thinking of another device, although the Surface does resemble a keyboard when the detachable keyboard is attached and the kickstand is out.
You're making a good point for me though. The tablet has become the laptop.
Bye bye laptop.
Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 6:55 pm
by TPRJones
Leisher wrote:You realize it has this cool new thing called a keyboard right?
I was under the impression it came with a typical flimsy bluetooth keyboard built into the default dust cover. Is it better than that?
Bye bye laptop.
Even if Surface is the killer device, it will take many years to shake down. Too many old people (in this case, 35+) like their laptops to take a tablet seriously until they see someone else using one for more than playing videos and simple games for a few years.
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