[dba-Tech] Microsoft Surface Tablet: 10 Coolest Features

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sat Jun 23 06:22:42 CDT 2012


I like the version at the end of the article - four BSODs :)

On 23 Jun 2012 at 13:11, Gustav Brock wrote:

> Hi Hans
> 
> > I think this link sums it up really.
> 
> Not anymore. Microsoft is on the move:
> 
> http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/17/new-windows-logo-shows-microsoft-is-going-all-in-with-windows-8/
> 
> You'll notice that this is the logo on the front of the Surface models and, I guess, on the upcoming Windows Phone 8 units.
> 
> /gustav
> 
> 
> >>> hans.andersen at phulse.com 23-06-12 10:33 >>>
> 
> Welcome to the world of paying a decent amount of money for a well designed machine, that perhaps is underpowered compared similarly priced PC laptops and is perhaps so tightly manufactured that you are not able to open it up and upgrade it with off the shelf hardware... and, sure, it's all proprietary now... but it's a platform that provides you a great user experience by your chosen favourite company. And since it is designed top to bottom by said company, this should surely mean that it is also a lot more stable and robust.
> 
> See? It's not so bad really. If it was, you wouldn't be wanting to buy it.
> 
> I think this link sums it up really.
> 
> http://imgur.com/m4BLS
> 
> ;- )
> 
> Hans
> 
> PS. I'm not making fun of anyone. Only making fun of the arguments I have had to endure, that now apparently don't matter and have gone out the window. ;- )
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> On 2012-06-22, at 6:56 PM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> 
> > The big pluses for me, in order of preference and need, is that the tablet
> > has, a stand, two cameras, a real keyboard, a real USB connector, a real
> > Intel i5 cpu (not a toy) and last but definitely not least and the reason I
> > have been avoiding an iPad, a real hard drive. From a toy to a real
> > computer. :-)
> > 
> > Jim 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow
> > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 1:01 PM
> > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> > Subject: [dba-Tech] Microsoft Surface Tablet: 10 Coolest Features
> > 
> > Looks like it has been well thought out:
> > http://www.informationweek.com/news/galleries/hardware/handheld/240002490?pgno=1
> 
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