I think people fail to realize this milestone will just boost more confidence into Windows RT and less into Windows 8. And wait till everyone else gets Windows 8.1 installed. It seems the OS is moving very rapidly towards a desktop independence.
I have windows 8...and I love it! I'm on the desktop like 70% of the time!!! I have a some legacy software including Reason 7 (music production), Adobe Premiere Pro (video editing) and lots of steam games! Even when I watch videos I use VLC and am still at my desktop!!! Literally, the only time I am even at the start screen is for when I'm selecting certain apps - my most used apps are on a dock on my DESKTOP!!! I also prefer the windows 8 version of IE! Superfast compared to every browser I have tried...not the same result on the desktop though...other browsers work equally fast as IE in desktop mode!
So what's the point in my rant??? That it's all a matter of CHOICE! Windows 8 or RT offer choice in a way that all other OSs do not IMO! If all you want is to surf the net and watch videos online and play with 'apps' you have the option to do so with RT. If you want to use legacy software you go for Windows 8 pro etc!
But I agree that it will only be people who need certain desktop applications who feel that the desktop is far from obsolete...but even then...the desktop will simply evolve and adapt!
still needs a Cisco certified VPN client to remote into work
I don;t care about all the other apps
just get me a certified Cisco VPN app so I can remote desktop in and get real work done
Good thing 8.1 has VPN support then, huh?^^^ this.. but I don't think it's going to happen.. I've been following some MS posts and it appears that MS wont open up the API's Cisco needs to make their client work.
Cisco also need to invest the money to port this, and given the market size of RT, I don't think it's econom
ical for them to do so.
Lack of VPN support is what hampers RT from competing with the established tablets people use in the workplace.
An opportunity missed me thinks.
I've enjoyed over 6 months of productivity that I otherwise would not have if I had sat around and pooh pooh'd the price like a broke *** chump. you could never be as productive with a cheap *** bargain bin android tablet compared to a Surface and anyone who says otherwise is a liar.
why do you think these things can't be ported to modern UI? People seem to have this bizarre hangup that these utilities can't make it over to modern UI. They have already ported Calculator and Sound Recorder. But I can attest that I have never had the need to use regedit on RT. There is just no reason unless you are up to no good.