Posted on 10/31/2012 1:33:52 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
I’ve been playing around with Microsoft's Surface tablet for several days now and suddenly realized that I’m using it very differently than any other tablet or laptop I’ve ever owned.
It seemed to come to me naturally, but this little device has really improved the quality of my life. Personally, I think Surface represents more than just a new product and should be pereceived as the beginning of a new way of blending work and play. Then again, it may not come as naturally to many of you and I think that aspect of Surface deserves some further discussion.
Working from Home
I’m one of the lucky folks that can work from home. True, such a setup isn't for everyone and a lot of us can get easily distracted by kids, pets, TV and pending chores. Fortunately, the analyst job can generally be done from anyplace but my house sits up on a hill with a fantastic view. I have work time that takes up the daylight hours and then personal time which is often spent watching TV, reading, or working on various projects.
So while my job is based from home, I don’t enjoy it as much as I could using traditional PC tools. In addition, even though I may formulate some great ideas for work during personal time, I hate going back to work to flesh them out because the transition is such that once back into work mode I’ll likely miss out on the rest of the evening.
The Surface Difference
I’m an avid reader and so I’ve started to peruse my Kindle books on the Surface tablet. I’ll be reading and an email will arrive (little flag in the corner).
(Excerpt) Read more at tgdaily.com ...
Played w/ one last weekend. Interesting product but very much a Gen 1 also. Too heavy for a tablet & needs more power.
Gen purpose computing isn’t going to die, but the hardware we use will. Consider this: the PCs of the early 80s were 1000x faster than the ENIAC mainframe that took up an entire room. The tablets of today are 1000x faster than the PCs of the early 80s.
Right now we & s/w devs are still figuring out how to incorporate tablets into content creation. Once that’s cracked the PC box will be obsolete as a punch card reader.
$600
BTW the plug is reversible and it charges in both directions...so I’m not sure what he’s talking about.
Thanks !
Naaah.
Sounds to me like its the iSheep that need psychological help, not Ron Enderle, a guy who's reputation, sanity and soundness of mind I'd back against that of the mindless iSheep zombies any day.
Yeah?
How do you think those of us New Yorkers, who have had to do without electricity since Hurricane Sandy struck are doing in the quality of life department?
I think you're experiencing a lot of discomfort, unease, and inconvenience. Then you cherry-picked a 4-day old phrase out of context to voice your frustration.
Extended power outages are miserable, and I hope all gets restored rapidly so some normality can return.
What do you expect? You live in New York, the great Satan, The source of the liberal plague infecting out great nation.
Go to a play or to Carnegie hall or eat some truffles
iSheep? LOL okay...
I am really not into this stuff anyways so I will let the techies hammer it out.
(what is an iSheep?)
“How do you think those of us New Yorkers, who have had to do without electricity since Hurricane Sandy struck are doing in the quality of life department?”
Just saw this post. Hang in there...hope it gets better for you soon. Life can sure throw some bad punches sometimes.
You are in my prayers.
Thanks, mate.
Agreed. Every platform has its strengths and weaknesses.
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