Tablet/Laptop as a Desktop

[boo516]

Hey guys! I'm graduating college in May and have been using a SP3 for school. I've been using it as my tablet/laptop on the go and a desktop/laptop at home. Although I really love it, it's not as powerful as I want it to be for database work and modeling on 2 monitors. I'd love to get a desktop but I don't want to sacrifice the portability and the continuous experience from using one device. Is there any machines out there that can satisfy this need in a laptop on the go and a more powerful desktop when at home (on a dock connected to 2 monitors)? I'm really needy haha

 

[Dietrich Cleijne]

I have a Sony VAIO tap20 in my living room, but my main device is an old fashioned Windows 7 machine in one of the spare bedrooms, that machine is on 24/7. I use the Sony for family entertainment, and all the things one does with a pc in a Household situation, i can do a little light photoshopping and work a bit in Illustrator too if i wanted to, but for serious bussiness i move upstairs.
My daughter has very expensive windows laptop for her study, but that thing weighs a ton.

 

[3earnhardt3]

There was a USB 3.0 dock in development about 2 years ago that allowed someone to hook up an external graphics card to any computer with a USB 3.0 port. Initial prototypes were promising, but I haven't heard from them since. I assume the project is dead at this point, but maybe similar tech will show up one day.

 

[mj0]

Any Thinkpad Business model will do. I've been using a 12" Thinkpad X220 for almost four years now for work. I have a docking station at home as well as at my office (~220 miles away from where I live). It does exactly what you're looking for - very portable on the road (with less than 2kg and 9+ hours of battery life), very fast thanks to Core i5, 8GB RAM, SSD but also great to use as a desktop replacement.

I'm sure there are other solutions to this as well. Look in the business lines of Lenovo, Dell and Fujitsu. Consumer laptops generally don't offer any docking solutions.

 

[BobPro2]

What's the process for installing legacy apps on a Windows tablet (eg Surface 3)?

 

[webkrawler]

What's the process for installing legacy apps on a Windows tablet (eg Surface 3)?

Legacy? Windows 8.1 will run 99% of Windows 7 applications and should run many, many Windows XP 32 bit applications.

Do you have a program that will not run in Windows 8.1?