Microsoft are sending me a Surface PRO in a week ..so i'll let you know if I agree/disagree with what i'm about to say..
WindowsRT = Android style usage. I have an Android Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 and i pretty much use it as a device to draw ideas (Autodesk etc) or browse emails etc ..general knuckle head stuff day in day out. I'd so buy the RT in a heartbeat if it had Stylus support (as weird as that may sound) as in the end if it can't act as a computer / laptop then there's only so far you can go with touching things (games aside).. Look at the iPad market then look at the pens on sale etc.. there's Gold in them hills WindowsPro for all of you legacy WPF/SL jockeys out there this for me is the no brainer. The ability to build a bridge between old <-> new in this technology climate is something you still need. How to show an old solution working in a "touch" form factor (without the touch obviously unless you hybrid it somehow) is a step in the right direction about rehabilitating companies awareness of Tabelts vs Laptop/PC. Pro also has a better stylus apparently (keen to try this out) so for me that was one reason to get it and other is to side-load Win8 apps for Enterprise prototypes etc. Ultimately though because I work in a company that has 100's of offices world wide i simply need a way to virtually whiteboard my ideas (given i'm in UX) with stakeholders... To answer.. PRO because it has a foot in the door for the "old" .. but had the RT have a stylus that actually works like the PRO... ok.. i'm listening is what i'd say :D --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Williams, Thomas <[email protected] > wrote: > Wow Tony – great quote!**** > > ** ** > > Thomas**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Tony Wright > *Sent:* Tuesday, 2 April 2013 12:04 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: [OT] Surface RT or Surface Pro?**** > > ** ** > > actually that said, you pay for what you get. The WinRT device is quite > limiting, and its only when you hit those limitations that you will feel > the regret. If you want full flexibility, then you would be better off with > the Pro device.**** > > **** > > Reminds me of a quote:**** > > It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When you > pay too much, you lose a little money — that is all. When you pay too > little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was > incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The common law of > business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot — it can't be > done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for > the risk you run, and if you do that you will have enough to pay for > something better.**** > > On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 11:38 AM, James Chapman-Smith < > [email protected]> wrote:**** > > I want a fairly portable device that is easier to lug around than my > current laptop. I expect to get a light-weight device that I can remote > into my workstations. I anticipate replacing my single laptop with two > desktop machines – one for work and one for home – and the Surface then > becomes my traveling device and something that I can place beside the bed > to watch TV at night or use on the couch to check emails, update facebook, > etc. I'll also use the Surface as a note taking device at > seminars/conferences.**** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ken Schaefer > *Sent:* Tuesday, 2 April 2013 10:26 > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: [OT] Surface RT or Surface Pro?**** > > **** > > Do you have any requirements or wants from the device that you’re buying?* > *** > > **** > > Cheers**** > > Ken**** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *James Chapman-Smith > *Sent:* Tuesday, 2 April 2013 10:50 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* [OT] Surface RT or Surface Pro?**** > > **** > > Hi Folks,**** > > **** > > I'm thinking about getting myself either a Surface RT or a Surface Pro (or > maybe some other alternative). Every time I think about it I convince > myself that one is better than the other but then the next time I flip.*** > * > > **** > > What are everyone's thoughts?**** > > **** > > Should I get a Surface RT or a Surface Pro? Should I get a surface at all? > How much memory should I get?**** > > **** > > I thank you for your well thought out ideas in advance.**** > > **** > > Cheers.**** > > **** > > James.**** > > ** ** > > Peninsula Health - Metropolitan Health Service of the Year 2007 & 2009 >
