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« Reply #20 on: June 20, 2012, 02:29:37 PM »
Quote from: dm_gsxr on June 20, 2012, 11:16:04 AM

I don't care. I just want it to work.

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It'll work. They're not really breaking any new ground here. My only questions are around price an battery life. MS says that the RT will be priced competitively with other RT tablets which tells us nothing since there are no RT tablets yet. The Pro will be priced in line with UltraBooks. Figure @ $1000 to start there + the keyboard/cover.
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« Reply #21 on: June 20, 2012, 03:24:10 PM »
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« Reply #22 on: June 20, 2012, 04:17:49 PM »
Back in the very early '80s Sinclair or somebody like that made a product that looked very similar...
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« Reply #23 on: June 21, 2012, 04:29:06 AM »
You know, except for the xbox, MS has a pretty crummy record with hardware. I hope it's a good tablet, but I won't be an early adopter.

Nothing wrong with Android tablets, by the way, if you don't like Apple's ecosystem.
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« Reply #24 on: June 21, 2012, 05:36:07 AM »
Actually their mice used to be pretty good. I don't know about now as due to possible carpel tunnel, I switched to the Logitech trackballs. Folks tell me they have good keyboards as well but I'm not a fan of the squishy ones and exclusively use the old IBM Model M keyboards on my personal systems.

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« Reply #25 on: June 22, 2012, 09:21:23 AM »
Sat next to a Microsoft guy on a plane yesterday who was going on and on about the device.  Then he offered me a job  Lol
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« Reply #26 on: June 22, 2012, 12:22:27 PM »
Quote from: squeezer on June 21, 2012, 04:29:06 AM

You know, except for the xbox, MS has a pretty crummy record with hardware. I hope it's a good tablet, but I won't be an early adopter.

Nothing wrong with Android tablets, by the way, if you don't like Apple's ecosystem.
And then the xbox 360 red ring of death showed they could go BACK to crappy hardware if they REALLY tried.  

I try not to be an early adopter of anything.  I'd rather wait for it to prove itself, wait for the "updated" and "better" (that one is VERY sarcastic) version to come out, and then buy the one year old model that has proven itself reliable (if it has).

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« Reply #27 on: June 22, 2012, 01:39:04 PM »
I have a Sinclair ZX.

These newfangled things will never catch one.

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« Reply #28 on: June 22, 2012, 04:45:21 PM »
Once I found a decent browser, my Acer tablet is a decent gizmo for a lot less than the iPad.

I look forward to something that can compete with Apple and maybe let a little wind out of there sails.









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« Reply #29 on: June 22, 2012, 05:25:06 PM »
Quote from: squeezer on June 21, 2012, 04:29:06 AM

Nothing wrong with Android tablets, by the way, if you don't like Apple's ecosystem.


I have a Galaxy Tab and love it. Screw MS and Apple.
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