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I was a BBC man (child/teenager). It was *so* good. BBC Basic @ 2MHz could outstrip QBASIC or whatever nonsense it was running at @ 8Mhz with 640K of RAM.
And then the Archimedes arrived which decimated every competitor. It wasn't possible to be a geek and not adore this machine - it could do so many things previously impossible. And it says something that the Microprocessor lives on even if Acorn doesn't.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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My gf is a developer and she want to buy a new laptop for surfing and development, mostly vs2010 and vs2012. Do you think that surface will be ok for this kind of job or she would better get a normal laptop?
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I think that depends on the power required and things like which keyboard you use.
Might be better off with a decent small ultrabook.
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Surface pro, the dockingstation and an additional Monitor ? i´d recommend that
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Hi Dave, in that video, the person is using a Surface 2 RT. I don't know what capabilities for .NET programming are available in RT, but I suspect a Surface Pro would be a better choice for someone wanting to program.
bill
Google CEO, Erich Schmidt: "I keep asking for a product called Serendipity. This product would have access to everything ever written or recorded, know everything the user ever worked on and saved to his or her personal hard drive, and know a whole lot about the user's tastes, friends and predilections." 2004, USA Today interview
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Hi Bill,
Yes I was aware that the video was an RT version, I was just showing that once you hook up a screen, keyboard, mouse, hdd you have a very versatile piece of kit. Yes, the Pro would be better.
cheers,
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Menelaos Vergis wrote: My gf is a developer and she want to buy a new laptop
Why don't you let her decide what is a good machine for the kind of development she is doing.
I'd rather be phishing!
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How can you install Visual Studio on a tablet ? Is there a Visual Studio app ?
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Surface Pro 2 is more than a tablet - it's the one that runs the desktop properly.
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OK, so basically, it is a notebook with touchscreen.
/edit. Good God, $899 ??!!
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Or, an ultrabook as they are now being classified.
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Yes, that is what I meant actually.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Ultrabook is a specific Intel (trademarked) specification is it not?
This means you could still technically have a touchscreen notebook running an AMD processor which is not an Ultrabook.
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That is correct, but for the purposes of specifying what the intent of the device is, Ultrabook is a convenient moniker.
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Tablets are just normal notebooks without hardbound keyboards.
Windows 8 is a hybrid one. With one click you get into the App world and play games and in another click you can come back and work on excel with a crippled UI.
Just kidding. The Win8 tabs feel good on hand. Some improvements are certainly needed though. For a home user, its a total package of ester eggs & hide n seek game. My sister gave up on a simple challenge - "Try to shut down my W8 tablet in a minute" the basic options are not straight forward. Of course it's not just for tablets, in all W8 OSes versions in general.
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Vunic wrote: Tablets are just normal notebooks without hardbound keyboards
Mmmhh... technically, yes, but I cannot install any program on my samsung galaxy, I don't have a file explorer ( what for anyway ?), etcc... I don't think this is possible from an iPad either...
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus
Do not feed the troll ! - Common proverb
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Whatever I said applies only to W8 Device.
Yup android and iOS are for kids who can't handle it safe
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Was just curious, Why do we need to install VS on a tablet ? We can do all the development work at desktop or laptop and then just deploy our app to tablet.
Ranjan.D
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You know, make sure it isn't your boyfriend? Never heard of a female programmer : ) A
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Iris doesn't really exist. Iris is a gestalt entity composed of thirty normal developers.
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She is a bit hyper and don't think she even drinks coffee!
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then read sth from a female developer.
[atttention]your view of the world could be changed [/attention]
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I have a Surface Pro and my new, shiny Surface 2 Pro 512 GB should be in my hands by tomorrow. I find my original Surface Pro indispensable, but I'm not sure that applies to everyone.
I do a lot of high end computing and travel. For that, the Surface Pro serves fine. I teach engineering courses and I can now carry just the Surface Pro, mark on PPT slides with the pen and also run fairly compute intensive engineering applications. For me it's perfect for that purpose.
I've also done development work on it. It is serviceable, but not pleasant due to the small size. With an external monitor it is OK, but I found the 128 GB limiting (which is why I'm now getting the new 512 GB version). The Type keyboard is OK for me, but I'd add a nice Bluetooth mouse if I were to use it as a desktop replacement. Currently I use the MS Wedge mouse, which is passable for portable use, but a little uncomfortable for my big hands.
I keep a lot of my work on my SkyDrive, so it is available on any of my machines. Honestly, I find typing and developing documents to be nicer on the desktop, but annotations are nicer on the Surface Pro. Quite often I have them both open to OneNote and edit on both devices as convenient.
My opinion, for a laptop the Surface Pro is quite serviceable. I have 3 other laptops available, but I rarely have a desire to carry one of them around. The Surface Pro is much more portable and, aside from the smaller screen size, works just as well as any of my high end laptops.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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