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I got to play with a surface pro last night at the mall. Dear Microsoft... here you go.[^]
The pen with it felt kinda cheap. The machine itself felt solid and seemed very responsive. The store I was at had already given out all of their reservation cards. Guess I'll show up when they open Saturday and take my chances.
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Nice. If I weren't so happy with my Surface RT, I'd be looking at a Pro. I've had my Surface since release day and have been thrilled with it the whole time.
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^ Proof that the marketing team at Microsoft has infiltrated CP.
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They finally caught up to Apple on that front 
Soren
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Did you get that keypad attachment as well?
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I bought the 64GB model which, at the time, came with the touch cover (black). It's a great little keyboard. I'm not quite as fast or accurate on it as I am on a full keyboard, but it works well. I'm typing this response on it, as a matter of fact. I actually spend as much time with the keyboard detached as I do with it in place. But it's great to have when I don't want to use the on-screen keyboard.
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Ah, thanks. Good to know.
I've been looking at the Surface Pro as a potential purchase, but am a little put off by its i5 CPU.
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The better battery life of the RT is a selling point for me. I figured I'd buy the RT to test my apps with and pick up a Pro at some point, but when I'm on the go the RT does everything I need, so I'll spend less and buy a nice desktop machine.
Heck, with the remote desktop app, I can sit in my living room and run desktop apps on my laptop which is in another room. I've done that more than once.
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Marc A. Brown wrote:
Heck, with the remote desktop app, I can sit in my living room and run
desktop apps on my laptop which is in another room. I've done that more than
once.
Ah, so there's a remote desktop app for RT? Did not know.
(I guess you'd need to connect to a public IP though?)
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I only use it on my private network, so I can't say if it will work outside that. I'm not eager to expose the laptop that way and there's nothing that I would need to do on the laptop that would be so pressing that I'd need to access it remotely from my local Starbucks. My big use case is paying bills from the living room -- Open Quicken on the laptop using remote desktop, then pay away. If I were to have a flash of inspiration for one of the apps I'm working on, I could even run Visual Studio like that, though it would be somewhat cramped.
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Marc A. Brown wrote: I only use it on my private network, so I can't say if it will work outside
that.
This is surprising because I thought Windows Store certification required that the app did not attempt to connect to localhost as well as local IP addresses (same network). Perhaps this is an official app from Microsoft where they could bypass these rules?
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It is a Microsoft app. It needs the following permissions:
Your home or work networks–the app can communicate with other PCs on the same network
Certificates stored on your PC or a smart card to securely access organizations such as banks, government agencies, or your employer
Your microphone, including recording audio
Your Internet connection
According to my interpretation of the description, you can access computers on a local network or across networks.
Here is the store link for the app.[^]
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Always happy to help. Gotta convince people to drink the Crystal Light with me (Apple users are the Kool-Aid drinkers, of course). 
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The good news is that the apple marketing team isn't creative enough to tell you that it's time you came up for air.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Why would I want to do that? Between Windows 8 Pro on my Vista-era laptop, Windows RT on my Surface, and Windows Phone 8 on my Nokia Lumia 920, I'm in heaven!
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And there I thought Saint Bill was too good a guy to have a love child...
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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