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Transformer Prime owner here. It has a detachable keyboard, that while quite nice (it is a battery too, so no balancing problems!) is still a far cry from a key
by vetinari 14y ago
Transformer Prime owner here. It has a detachable keyboard, that while quite nice (it is a battery too, so no balancing problems!) is still a far cry from a keyboard on a proper laptop. (Btw., keyboard on Thinkpad X230 rocks, despite being chicklet).
I'm working daily with Excel. If someone in IT would have the crazy idea to buy us tablets (even Surface) for that work, we would beat them with it. That's why I see the "Office on RT" as hyped nonsense.
- dpark 14y agoIt's easy to fall into the trap of thinking no one will buy X if it's not as good at Y as Z. (Here X, Y, Z = tablet, document editing, laptop.) A laptop will undoubtedly be better for document editing than a Windows RT tablet. But then, a full-blown desktop is better for document editing than a laptop yet desktop purchases are still plummeting. People won't buy a Windows RT tablet because it's the best at document editing. That might buy it because it's good enough at document editing, more portable than a laptop, and fun to play casual games on, though. (Of course it might meet an entirely different checklist for many.) I don't think anyone is expecting the Surface to replace your work computer. There are a lot of people torn between getting a tablet or a laptop, though, and for a sizable chunk of those people, Office RT + Touch/Type Cover might be a real selling feature.