Why I'm returning my Microsoft Surface RT
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Re: Why I'm returning my Microsoft Surface RT
#2The experience he had trying to save the Word doc looks exactly like me every time I have to set up "Windows Live" inside a PC game.
Has anyone else tried the SRT? This post alone is enough to scare me away.
Re: Why I'm returning my Microsoft Surface RT
#3> I think the kickstand angle was designed for airplane use by short people, because the screen hardly goes back at all.
Huh, in the Anandtech review they thought the kickstand worked well everywhere except airplanes.
Re: Why I'm returning my Microsoft Surface RT
#4> I think the kickstand angle was designed for airplane use by short people, because the screen hardly goes back at all. Huh, in the Anandtech review they thought the kickstand worked well everywhere except airplanes.
He mentions that this again is only for short people, aka he would have liked for it to tilt back further (see comments about the camera angle)
Re: Why I'm returning my Microsoft Surface RT
#5The experience he had trying to save the Word doc looks exactly like me every time I have to set up "Windows Live" inside a PC game. Has anyone else tried the SRT? This post alone is enough to scare me away.
I haven't tried the Surface RT specifically, but assuming it's the same or similar to the Windows 8 / Office 13 preview, the flow he clicked on looks like he was trying to save something to his Microsoft acct / skydrive (which is actually much better integrated into the File menu than it used to be), but I can imagine it is way overwhelming compared to the old-school save dialog...
Re: Why I'm returning my Microsoft Surface RT
#6You'll probably return that one, too, after you see the poor battery life on it. Also, you may get some tablet usability with Metro on it (not many apps to choose from, though), but after using Windows 8 on a PC, I can say Windows 8 is worse in usability than Windows 7, so you will be definitely taking a step back when you'll be using the desktop mode.
After using Windows 8 I just see no good reason for anyone to use it on an old PC instead of Windows 7. I only see drawbacks, such as the forced Metro interface, and the inconsistencies in the desktop mode UI, which seem like a patched-up job done 6 months before the release or something, to make it more "Metro".
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#7Ahh, so they made Word behave like it does on OS X. Standardization.
Re: Why I'm returning my Microsoft Surface RT
#8I want a video of people using these as laptops. That's my biggest fear about springing for something like these.
Even RT could be tolerable with the right apps as a remote machine with that keyboard, similar to what people do with Android+Transformer. I can program on it, work on remote machines.
That having been said, assuming it's somewhat usable on a lap, I'll wait for the Pro too, I have several things that need x86.
Re: Why I'm returning my Microsoft Surface RT
#9This is the risk you take by being an early adopter.
Re: Why I'm returning my Microsoft Surface RT
#10I want a video of people using these as lap tops. That's my biggest fear about springing for something like these. Even RT could be tolerable with the right apps as a remote machine with that keyboard, similar to what people do with Android+Transformer. I can program on it, work on remote machines. That having been said, assuming it's somewhat usable on a lap, I'll wait for the Pro too, I have several things that nee…
> I want a video of people using these as laptops.
Isn't it exactly what he's doing in the videos?
edit: the second videos (saving a document in word) also makes many tap target seem laughably small compared to... the guy's fingers to start with. Am I dreaming?