[dba-Tech] The latest MS Surface price leak

Yep,   You can certainly chew up the high cost MBytes if you are storing everything in the 
cloud and using a 3/4G connection - especially if roaming internationally - then they really hit 
you with high MB rates.

I also second the microSD - that's why I put a 32GB card in my Motorola Xoom which came 
with 32GB internal.  A few movies to while away the time in airport waiting lounges can take a 
lot more the a couple of GB.    :-)


On 15 Aug 2012 at 8:49, Peter Brawley wrote:

> On 2012-08-15 8:33 AM, Rocky Smolin wrote:
> > For a tablet I don't see the cloud as a big negative.  I wouldn't store my
> > company data there or large docs, etc.  Since you're not going to be doing
> > any real development work on a tablet.  But, AFAICT, and I'm not a tablet
> > user, the stuff that Google holds for you is all pretty small but useful
> > stuff -  calendar, email, contacts, etc.
> Yep, and I'd rather not have to pay a 3G/4G connection toll for 
> accessing it.
> > The rest of its utility seems to
> > be in the apps - GPS, web surfing for news and other info.
> >
> > So I'm wondering if the lack of SD is going to be a problem.  I suppose if
> > you want to take a couple of movies with you on a long flight.  But you can
> > store an awful lot of music and books in a couple of GB.
> 
> Movies concerts & big docs for any stretch of time where you're away 
> from your network, that's where you need 32GB or so of microSD.
> 
> PB
> 
> 
> >
> > R
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brawley
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 6:06 AM
> > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The latest MS Surface price leak
> >
> > On 2012-08-14 11:29 PM, Rocky Smolin wrote:
> >> My son just got himself a Nexus 7.  $199 from Google.  When it came it
> >> was already synced with his Google account.  When he turned it on for
> >> the first time it said "Hello Noah". It is one slick piece of
> >> hardware.  But the hardware is just the medium for the total
> >> integration of your life into everything Google.
> > Right, any tablet running Android 4.0 gets you that kind of integration.
> >
> > Alas the Nexus has no microSD slot, so you must depend on the cloud. No
> > thanks.
> >
> > PB
> >
> > -----
> >
> >> Microsoft is not going to win this one on price or even on hardware.
> >>
> >> R
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim
> >> Lawrence
> >> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 6:05 PM
> >> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> >> Subject: [dba-Tech] The latest MS Surface price leak
> >>
> >> Surface tablets rumored to ship with $199 price tag
> >>
> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/14/surface_199_price_tag/
> >>
> >> That price point could change a lot of things.
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
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