Microsoft Surface

Anybody else seen the new tablets? They look pretty cool. Im considering the pro version with the i5 core.

Surface by Microsoft

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THe pro version price will be comparable to the macbook air.....no thanks lol.

Not interested.

Another product that has no purpose in my mind. Tablets and similar devices fill a niche that, IMO, does not exist. People will buy them and then find a reason to use the, but I think they are a waste.

I have an iPad and I hardly ever use the damn thing. It's an iPhone with a nice big screen.

Still not seeing why you wouldnt just get an Ipad

Still not seeing why you wouldnt just get an Ipad

Because this actually runs a desktop Operating System and not a limited mobile OS

I kinda like it

I don't have any use for a tablet, though

Because this actually runs a desktop Operating System and not a limited mobile OS

Exactly, it's basically a limited lightweight laptop with the components behind the screen instead of underneath the keyboard. How revolutionary.

It might be a good product, but it's just not enough to excite me. I'm waiting for quantum computers or something

Still not seeing why you wouldnt just get an Ipad

There are other, better devices on the market. Maybe not the surface depending on what youre looking for, but they do exist. Assuming the ipad is the only decent tablet available is pretty ignorant.

I like the design, I'm going for an Android tablet though if I ever decide to get one.

I need more than whats on the market though, need some things like USB 3.0 support.

Not interested.

Another product that has no purpose in my mind. Tablets and similar devices fill a niche that, IMO, does not exist. People will buy them and then find a reason to use the, but I think they are a waste.

I have an iPad and I hardly ever use the damn thing. It's an iPhone with a nice big screen.

...care to sell me yours?

...care to sell me yours?

No thanks, the few times I do use it is to test things at work. I work in IT so occasionally I need to try out new apps, VPN connections, etc.

However I did win the thing for free in a raffle. I would not have bought one.

Ill stick with a good computer and a smart phone....

IMO tablets = waste of money.

No thanks, the few times I do use it is to test things at work. I work in IT so occasionally I need to try out new apps, VPN connections, etc.

However I did win the thing for free in a raffle. I would not have bought one.

you bastard! i'm looking at getting one for school, all we do is SSH into stuff anyway, and with those redpark cables, it's slick

Ill stick with a good computer and a smart phone....

IMO tablets = waste of money.

Im the same way, although Ill definitely buy one when I have money to spare. Tablets do have their advantages and this is coming from someone who uses a macbook air.

Tablets are great if you can justify a proper need for it. Something slighly more pressing than surfing the net whilst refusing to get up in the morning.

Stuff like remoting various equiptment whilst out and about for example. Tablets are great in the Sound/Lights/AV business, as you can remote the lights/sound mixer whilst walking the stage doing adjustments. Also wonderfull for remote-desktoping various servers and mediaplayers.

So tablets do have their very good uses, but I suspect the vast majority of those that get one do so because they are gadget-freaks who crave a new toy. Nothing wrong with that per-se, but I could think of a few other things to spend my money on at least. Like a new airpistol and a couple of hundred CO2 bulbs, I'm almost out... *ahem*