Well, I would say the Surface really is a tablet, since the keyboard is detachable. That makes it more of a tablet that can transform into an ultraportable laptop that can transform into a desktop...
On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 12:18 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > It sounds like you are settling on a very good choice. But it’s not > really an iPad or any kind or pad or tab, it’s more of an ultraportable > laptop with a touchscreen display that can transform into a desktop. > > > > Which is fine. I used to say an iPad isn’t a small computer, it’s a big > phone. I don’t think that has really changed. What has changed is the > average person is no longer interested in having a computer, they want a > smartphone, and/or a handheld Netflix viewing device. But for actual > computer work, phones and tablets are pretty lame. Not sure where a > Chromebook fits. > > > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *[email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, September 9, 2019 11:55 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT iPad question > > > > See, all of the hard questions that come up in life can always be answered > right here. > > Thanks. > > > > *From:* Jason Wilson > > *Sent:* Monday, September 9, 2019 10:44 AM > > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT iPad question > > > > https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/surface-dock/8qrh2npz0s0p > > > All the ports you need > > With two high-definition video ports, a gigabit Ethernet port, four USB > 3.0 ports, and an audio output, you have all the connections you need. > Transform your Surface into a desktop PC by plugging in your Dock with the > Surface Connect cable. > > > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 9:21 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dock to a nice large monitor, a normal sized keyboard and mouse. > > Be nice to drop it into a slot when I am at the office. > > > > *From:* Josh Luthman > > *Sent:* Monday, September 9, 2019 8:54 AM > > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT iPad question > > > > Dock to what? It's got a keyboard and stand built in. > > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1100+Wayne+St+Suite+1337+Troy,+OH+45373?entry=gmail&source=g> > Suite 1337 > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1100+Wayne+St+Suite+1337+Troy,+OH+45373?entry=gmail&source=g> > Troy, OH 45373 > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1100+Wayne+St+Suite+1337+Troy,+OH+45373?entry=gmail&source=g> > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 10:34 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Be nice if they had a docking adapter. > > > > *From:* Dennis Burgess via AF > > *Sent:* Monday, September 9, 2019 8:30 AM > > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > *Cc:* Dennis Burgess > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT iPad question > > > > Get a surface. Bout the same size, full workstation. Vs icrap .:) > > > > > > *[image: LTI-Full_175px]* > > > *Dennis Burgess, Mikrotik Certified TrainerMTCNA, MTCRE, MTCWE, MTCTCE, > MTCINE, MTCSE, HE IPv6 Sage, Cambium ePMP Certified * > > Author of "Learn RouterOS- Second Edition” > > *Link Technologies, Inc* -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services > > *Office*: 314-735-0270 Website: http://www.linktechs.net > > Create Wireless Coverage’s with www.towercoverage.com > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Sunday, September 8, 2019 12:44 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT iPad question > > > > My wife is busy (for months) planning some travel for this fall. She told > me I am not taking my laptop. Too big, too heavy etc etc. (I actually > left it on a train at Heathrow once, had enough time to go catch that same > train and found it.)But I digress. > > > > She says I can have an iPad. I acquiesce due to the fact that she micro > manages these trips and I don’t have to do a thing. She likes it that way > and I like it that way. I just go where I am told to go and I pay. She > makes sure I have clean clothes and the proper tickets needed for travel as > well as hotel rooms. It is actually pretty wonderful. She teams up with > my UK son-in-law as he is like this too. > > > > But again, I digress. > > > > I know almost zero about iPads. I need a human size keyboard. Hopefully > one with keys that physically move. I would like to be able to plug in an > HDMI monitor too. 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