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Anybody know much about the new Surface from MS?
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Doc Holliday
Posted 12/1/2012 20:00 (#2727449 - in reply to #2727165)
Subject: Re: Anybody know much about the new Surface from MS?


Crawford County, Ohio
Just what limitations do you think they have? I don't see it. The only major limitation so far is Microsoft's unwillingness to release an Office for iOS package and it sounds like that is happening sometime early next year. That technically isn't even a limitation since there are numerous alternatives both apps and online services that work fine and files are interchangeable with Office. There are all kinds of apps out there for tablets that allow them to replace desktops and laptops. The real limitations for us as farmers are the companies we currently are dealing with such as ag accounting, precision ag, and others not getting apps on the market to make use of tablets already on the market. Anyone who thinks that a tablets cannot almost entirely replace a desktop must not be aware of what is out there for apps, the exception being specialty software. Again, that is not the fault of the tablets.

The Surface Pro is in my opinion a crutch to help those out that want a highly mobile experience and run those specialty packages. What users really ought to be doing is pressuring those software developers to make ARM compatible versions of their apps. The Pro thing will only last 2-3 years no doubt. Eventually everything will be ARM compatible or Intel will get their act together and produce a decent chipset competitive to ARM chips.
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