I attended a security conference just his morning and everyone I saw taking notes was using a tablet of some kind. The only people not using them were the presenters and I would imagine that was mainly due to needing to...
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I've stopped counting the number of tablets used by restaurant and pub staff to place orders (one place took your drink order and left you an iPad open to the menu). You selected and sent your order through it, then...
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I think you're bringing up a noteworthy distinction, UberGoober. There are a ton of iPads in the enterprise, but a lot of them are used as secondary devices for information access, as you say. One of the big research firms...
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I guess we will have to agree to disagree. Bluetooth keyboards and cases like Zagg with built in keyboard (have you tried? really great) mean you do not have to type on tablet screen. I know lots and lots of sales people...
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Interesting point, UberGoober. Some of the same people who leaked accurate Update 1 rumors claim that windowed Modern apps will arrive in Windows 9 next year. But by then, too little too late? It seems like a feature that...
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I don't suppose you would care to make a small wager on how most tablets are used, would you? Yes, many are used essentially as big-screen smart-phones in business, but even then, the vast majority are used for information...
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Agreed, Laurie. I find tablets limiting for certain kinds of productivity, but I think it's inaccurate and myopic to whitewash tablets as consumption devices. We explored various workplace tablet use cases in a magazine...
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Oh, PowerShell... There's an industry of Microsoft partners who exist just to make PowerShell less difficult to deal with. Anyhow, you bring up an interesting point. Microsoft brought a bunch of enterprise capabilities...
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I would disagree that tablets are primarily "entertainment-consuming platforms." In all manner of industries, salespeople are using tablets as primary device now -- at home office and in the field. Many knowledge workers...
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Thanks for sharing, Gary, sounds really cool. Is the project ongoing? It sounds like it was successful, and cost-effective. Have the benefits spurred growth in the program? Any of our readers who are involved in education...
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There is no way anything that can be called a 'tweak' will fix Win8. If M$ wants to keep the 'Modern' UI for real computers (as opposed to tablets, which are primarily entertainment-consuming platforms), it should...
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Thanks for weighing in. Desktop user frustration coming through loud and clear here. Perhaps the tweaks did not go far enough?
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Contratulations, Win8.1 Update 1 now sucks less on a desktop. Compared to every other modern desktop OS it still sucks A LOT, though. Its time to admit failure and bring back a UI that closely resembles Win7,...
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I did not know that, but it shows how much Microsoft is losing sight of its greatest cash cow, the enterprise. When Windows 7 is no longer available, they'll really have businesses exercising their downgrade rights, while...
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no mention of internal changes such as the ability to actually uninstall a metro app? (right now, metro apps only uninstall for the current user, anyone else that logs in has all the apps installed again. You have to go...
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That's a fascinating volunteer project Gary, thanks for sharing your creativity
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That's a fascinating volunteer project Gary, thanks for sharing your creativity
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I find it interesting, and the price pretty good. If I'm buying just for my kid I don' t know that the rugged factor is essential, but if I'm buying "by the cart" for a school, I think rugged is key
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I don't know how many school districts can afford $539a student - and that's just for starters. I was involved with a project in one of the after school centers in Boston where we'd get hold of cast off computers and...
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I don't think it's quite like Android overtaking iOS. Apple's hardware margins are the envy of all device makers, and it milks more ecosystem profit than anyone. A company with that sort of control over lucrative customer...
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