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In my experience I'm the iPad guy hacking away at code over SFTP or using my iPad for server admin over SSH and most Surface users I spot at coffee shops are us
by err4nt 12y ago
In my experience I'm the iPad guy hacking away at code over SFTP or using my iPad for server admin over SSH and most Surface users I spot at coffee shops are using the keyboard as a stand and streaming video. Most iPad users are doing the same thing, or surfing, but I never see a Surface user not using a table-top to hold their tablet. I've seen people walking-and-laptop, walk-and-iPad, walk-and-Nexus, but never walk-and-surface as they move down the street either.
- stinos 12y agoWhich makes sense - it seems to be aimed at getting typical desktop-style work done. You don't usually do that while walking around.
- bane 12y ago> I've seen people walking-and-laptop, walk-and-iPad, walk-and-Nexus, but never walk-and-surface as they move down the street either. That's an interesting observation. I think it's because with a traditional tablet, it's all one hard device that's easy to carry around, with a laptop, it's less easy to carry, but you kind of know where all the bits will go. With a flexible keyboard/case like the surface, you kind of want the keyboard out like a laptop, but it'll flop all over the place and isn't as usable in that sense. You could just fold it back and use it as a tablet, but that may not be a mode Surface users are used to.