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I think part of the issue with tablets is that there are people who really want something like the windows 8 tablet to work. Speaking for myself, hearing people
by tensor 14y ago
I think part of the issue with tablets is that there are people who really want something like the windows 8 tablet to work. Speaking for myself, hearing people chime in "but iPad!" in discussions of new tablets I might be interested in is maddening.
It's maddening because I don't want an iPad. An iPad doesn't fit my requirements, one of which is side loading. It can't share data between apps easily either. Android has intents, which are nice, but I would absolutely love a tablet that could switch to full blown OSX, has a USB port for mouse and keyboard. A true laptop and tablet combined.
That would be a device I might be interested in. An iPad is not a device I am interested in. So you might understand why "but iPad!" comments are annoying to me.
- stcredzero 14y ago11" Macbook Air?
- CountSessine 14y agoThe Windows world has had this for years with windows tablet PCs. Buy one of those. Too big? Too bad - that's a laptop. Not enough battery life? Too bad - that's a laptop.
- Moto7451 14y agoYou could try a ModBook: http://www.modbook.com/modbookpro http://www.modbook.com/modbookpro They're a bit pricy but I've gotten the chance to see the pre-housing crisis models (the company/management group was insolvent for a time) were very solid. The Wacom digitizer is really good for artists too. if they came out with an Air version I think they'd have a rather hot product..
- tensor 14y agoAgreed. I suppose when Apple announced a tablet, I was hoping it would be something that was dual mode iOS OSX with usb ports and pen input. Instead, we got a big iphone, which while many people obviously love, was massively disappointing to people like me. Thus I really like the ideas behind Surface, though Windows isn't ideal for working with unix, which I need for my job.
- eropple 14y agoI too have seen one in the flesh, and I was very impressed. I've been trying really, really hard not to buy one of these, but I think it's coming sooner or later. (I love my Cintiq, but I'd love it more on a retina MBP screen.)
- MaysonL 14y agoI've been wondering how hard it would be to do the hackintosh thing with a Lenovo Twist - I can imagine running the iPad simulator full-screen might be fairly interesting.
- mark-r 14y agoRe side loading - I thought Windows 8 RT was locked down as much as an iPad? You can't load anything unless it comes from the Windows store, right? And you can't root the device either.