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13. Re: Dark Souls PC Port Issues Jul 31, 2012, 00:17 D_K_night
 
Beamer wrote on Jul 30, 2012, 14:21:
El Pit wrote on Jul 30, 2012, 14:13:
The Surface. Brilliant. It's a portable computer with an attached keyboard. REVOLUTIONARY! Let's call it... A NOTEBOOK!

Well, can you name another tablet-sized full computer? One that you can dock to your monitor, mouse and keyboard while working, then undock and bring to a meeting as just a tablet with a stylus for note taking, then put in a protective case with a thin attached keyboard to get work done on an airplane without taking up any more space than an iPad?

I can't. And that's the value of it, though I highly doubt the first version will be able to support multiple monitors, or even have a proper docking station for outputting to monitors, which diminishes its usefulness.

MacBook Air. Or Ultrabook.

By using it on a plane, I assume you're referring to standing that thing on the fold-up tray.

Before you assume the world can be done on the Surface, you might wanna check the reviews on the Metro interface and what the users actually thought of it.

Short story = Metro UI, designed for touch, sure. Underneath Metro is the Windows 7 UI which is NOT optimized for touch at all. Office on the surface was also NOT optimized for touch. You wouldn't even want to use Office without the full-size keyboard.

Why not just get a Macbook Air or Ultrabook if you wanna "get work done".
 
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  1. Jul 30, 12:02 Re: Morning Mobilization Parallax Abstraction
  2. Jul 30, 13:32 Re: Morning Mobilization Verno
  3. Jul 30, 14:13 Re: Morning Mobilization El Pit
  4. Jul 30, 14:21  Re: Morning Mobilization Beamer
>> 13. Jul 31, 00:17   Re: Dark Souls PC Port Issues D_K_night
  5. Jul 30, 14:27  Re: Morning Mobilization Verno
  6. Jul 30, 14:33   Re: Morning Mobilization SpectralMeat
  7. Jul 30, 15:15 Re: Morning Mobilization Cutter
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