Surface RT for work use

[vgjfelix]

I made this video that hints at the 'PC power' of the tablet. Word processing wise it can pretty much do what you expect a computer to do.

[video=youtube_share;0sn0O-XlWWQ]http://youtu.be/0sn0O-XlWWQ[/video]

 

[Griff]

I use it for work every day: Word, OneNote, calendar, mail, SkyDrive, IE, etc.

 

[R0bR]

I made this video that hints at the 'PC power' of the tablet. Word processing wise it can pretty much do what you expect a computer to do.

I noticed you used Metro Commander, you might want to give File Brick a go.

 

[bosamar]

I brought my RT to a meeting today and it turned into a 20 minute demonstration. I think MS may sell a few more for Christmas...

 

[jnjroach]

I demo'd my Surface RT to my Doctor today, he's using an old HP Mini....he's buying one

 

[maxthepoke]

I have used Word, Powerpoint, connected a projector, Skydrive, Angry Birds (of course), synced my work, home, icloud and skydrive calenders and email. I really like the ability to browse to my network drive when I am at work. I am hoping that MS will upgrade the mail client to Outlook. This is really a great tool for use. I am traveling to India in Feb. for 18 days and look forward to utilizing my Surface instead of a laptop.

 

[jnjroach]

Outlook needs to be re-created from the ground up to work on a device like this, Outlook connected in an Enterprise Environment occupies 80-200MB of RAM and tends to be very chatty, all of this affects battery life. If they could Appi-fy Outlook Web Access that might work

 

[compnovo]

I have used Word, Powerpoint, connected a projector, Skydrive, Angry Birds (of course), synced my work, home, icloud and skydrive calenders and email. I really like the ability to browse to my network drive when I am at work. I am hoping that MS will upgrade the mail client to Outlook. This is really a great tool for use. I am traveling to India in Feb. for 18 days and look forward to utilizing my Surface instead of a laptop.

My employer uses the Outlook Web App which I can access from any computer, anywhere. Of course it isn't as full featured as Outlook Exchange (which I use in the office) but that's a good thing from a resource consumption standpoint. As long as I can get to my emails and folders I can get my work done on the Surface. It's all good.

 

[Bruce]

Bruce -
Do you do anything with PDF docs downloaded and uploaded to SharePoint? Im having some trouble with this on my Surface and if I can't get it fixed I may have to get rid of it - which I don't want to do. I've tried Answer Desk and Micrsoft Chat - at o ne point one of them told me I just can't do what I want but I'm getting a different response from others. Any thoughts?

I'm able to download and open PDFs from Sharepoint. We're on WSS 3.0, which is an older version. Not sure if that matters.

 

[R0bR]

My employer uses the Outlook Web App which I can access from any computer, anywhere. Of course it isn't as full featured as Outlook Exchange (which I use in the office) but that's a good thing from a resource consumption standpoint. As long as I can get to my emails and folders I can get my work done on the Surface. It's all good.

Which version of OWA? We use Exchange 2010 and I find OWA 2010 to be a pretty good alternative for a web version, I'd be very happy with an app version of that for RT.

 

[compnovo]

Which version of OWA? We use Exchange 2010 and I find OWA 2010 to be a pretty good alternative for a web version, I'd be very happy with an app version of that for RT.

We're using the same version you are (2010) and I agree, it does a good job. I also agree that an app version for RT would be even better.
It would make the Surface RT a killer work machine.

 

[ArnoldC]

A Forrester research revealed that iPad has 26% preference, Windows 8/RT 20%, and Android 11%, among business users. Pretty good figure, and would improve over time.