I would agree. Personally, I just don't care for the tablet form factor if any real typing is involved. That is one of the reasons why I like the Surface Pro. The keyboard cover makes typing some thing longer than a web search or a facebook post much more comfortable and turns it into a usable computer vs a couch computer.
It was a failure before it hit the market.
A majority of the computer market is not touch screen devices yet regardless of what they want the future to be (desktop tablets never took off and portable tablets are getting there)...forcing the Metro UI on a mouse user is by far the most inconvenient thing ever...additionally, most business machines are on older versions and companies aren't switching over to touch tablets anytime soon either...
Where did I hear that before....Oh yeah. People said the same thing when XP launched. You know, the most successful computer OS in human history.
You can look up the sales figures and compare them to Vista and 7, they speak for the commercial failure....
We can both go back and forth quoting this guy and the next until the cows come home. The reality is that unforced take up of a new OS has always been slow especially on a business side. We just went from XP to Windows 7 less than a month ago and we are far from the last to do so in my industry.
The bad for gaming always left me scratching my head. Steam runs like a champ on Windows 8 and my 3D Mark score went up around 200 points when I went from 7 to 8.
I agree, after having owned both a 7 and an 8, I don't understand why it's getting such a bad rep. It's definitely faster than my 7 ever was and it booted up in 30 seconds a few minutes ago. Plus my Windows 7 would crash, and then I would have to run diagnostics to get it working again. The ones at school have this issue as well. The Windows 8 has yet to crash. I also like the Netflix app for streaming and the full screen Chrome. The app store is wonderful. Now instead of searching online for a program, I just look in the app store. It needs to expand, though, as Apple's app store has more apps.
Yeah, I was planning on waiting anyway because then all of the companies start with the college student sales over the summer, and I'll need to get my ID before I start. I'm just starting to get input from those who are knowledgeable about technology. I don't really want it as a "second laptop" as much as I want it for an ereader, notepad, and occasional web browser. For longer papers, I definitely prefer a laptop (a desktop works too, but I like working on the couch). Last year, our publications lab got taken over by standardized testing, and the newspaper staff were forced to work on netbooks. After about three days with it, I asked my teacher if I could throw it out the window and then take an axe to it. This taught me never to get anything smaller than 14-15 inches for my main computer. Also never to get a netbook. But a touch screen tablet wouldn't be so bad. On the occasions where I've borrowed my mom's iPad it hasn't been terrible, but my laptop is easier for web browsing and all. I would have to get a keyboard because it was frustrating typing on the touch screen.
If that is all you want, save yourself a ton of cash and go with something like a Nook or a Kindle Fire. A 32 GB, add free, wifi Fire HD is around $315 and will do all of that. A 64 gb, add free, 4g lte fire HD comes in a little over $500 + data plan.
Hmm..if I'm going to do that, may as well get an iPad mini. I looked into a Kindle, but I need it to support ePub files, which the kindle does not. I was thinking somewhat larger though since I would be doing math problems on it. Plus I know the iPad supports One Note, which then syncs to my laptop and iPod Touch.
I love my iPad mini. A much better form factor than the iPad.
What do you use it for? And what makes it better than an iPad?
Mostly reading, be it textbooks, news articles or forums such as this. Occasionally I take some quick notes or play a game. I find it to be better than the iPad because I can more easily hold it with one hand. The smaller size also makes it easier to pack when going somewhere.
Thanks, I think my solution is going to be go to Best Buy one day and play with all of the tablets on the showroom floor and get some input from the sales people. There's this one salesperson there who sold my mom her iPad and my laptop to me and I trust to be honest without him just trying to make a sale. Thanks again.