danielPlummer
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1.) I first got the Surface RT in May, and I bought it as a genuine replacement for my laptop, as I was only using it for basic use in the office and have my main desktop for heavy work. I didn't really consider android as productivity tablet, and my girlfriend has an iPad that gets basically used as a games console, so again I didn't see this as a productivity tool.
2,) My opinion has mostly stayed the same - it's alright. It is by far the best tablet in terms of productivity, and the SkyDrive integration makes it a doddle to use in conjuction with other devices. But at the moment, it is just too slow for me to really recommened. Apps take a while to launch, IE is still a bit slow. I tried replying to this thread using the Surface and it just wasn't having it. As a v1 device, it is amazing and if they release a new one I'll jump on board for the improvements, but comparing the speed vs my girlfriends iPad Mini, it is clear that iOS has been optimised wondrfully over the past 6 years - but given the same amount of time and care I can see RT becoming much more usable.
3.) I typically use the surface for "office tasks" - typing documents doing research. It's great for work with its days battery life and portablilty, and IE is fine for our CMS. What irritates me? Not having native dropbox for collaboration. I like skydrive, but every one of my colleagues has dropbox compared to just a handful who use skydrive, which just complicates things. I suppose this is an issue for dropbox to work on, but at the same time, microsoft need to offer an easy way of modern-ui apps hooking into the OS.
As for it's strengths, everyone of them for me again leads to productivity. Weaknesses - lack of apps and general sluggishness. Also, it's still "Windows" and bugs me for updates a lot more than I appreciate.
4.) I paid ?460 for 64GB with Touch cover. Hardware wise it is totally worth it. After experience with it for a few months, as a product on the whole (hardware, software, services, reliability etc.) I would reduce it to ?299 - ?350, with the covers being either free or comparable to the iPad smartcovers at ?30 - ?50.
5.)I definitely hope their is a future, but they need to solidify the "tablet" expereince and get rid of the desktop all together, otherwise people will still get confused about what an RT device actually is.
2,) My opinion has mostly stayed the same - it's alright. It is by far the best tablet in terms of productivity, and the SkyDrive integration makes it a doddle to use in conjuction with other devices. But at the moment, it is just too slow for me to really recommened. Apps take a while to launch, IE is still a bit slow. I tried replying to this thread using the Surface and it just wasn't having it. As a v1 device, it is amazing and if they release a new one I'll jump on board for the improvements, but comparing the speed vs my girlfriends iPad Mini, it is clear that iOS has been optimised wondrfully over the past 6 years - but given the same amount of time and care I can see RT becoming much more usable.
3.) I typically use the surface for "office tasks" - typing documents doing research. It's great for work with its days battery life and portablilty, and IE is fine for our CMS. What irritates me? Not having native dropbox for collaboration. I like skydrive, but every one of my colleagues has dropbox compared to just a handful who use skydrive, which just complicates things. I suppose this is an issue for dropbox to work on, but at the same time, microsoft need to offer an easy way of modern-ui apps hooking into the OS.
As for it's strengths, everyone of them for me again leads to productivity. Weaknesses - lack of apps and general sluggishness. Also, it's still "Windows" and bugs me for updates a lot more than I appreciate.
4.) I paid ?460 for 64GB with Touch cover. Hardware wise it is totally worth it. After experience with it for a few months, as a product on the whole (hardware, software, services, reliability etc.) I would reduce it to ?299 - ?350, with the covers being either free or comparable to the iPad smartcovers at ?30 - ?50.
5.)I definitely hope their is a future, but they need to solidify the "tablet" expereince and get rid of the desktop all together, otherwise people will still get confused about what an RT device actually is.