AlPeaston
New Member
November 6, 2014
Hello all!
I have been a MS Windows person my whole life (including teaching computer programming on a college level). For the last 2.5 years I have had a Windows 8.1 Notebook, an Android tablet and Samsung S3 Android phone which have all worked reasonable well.... until...
I bought a Surface RT two weeks ago and realized I had been dealing with a brain dead tablet for all that time. THE SURFACE IS A FULL COMPUTER WITH ALL THE THING A FULL COMPUTER DOES. The android device was merely a media player with internet access; not a full computer at all. Even the much ballyhooed iPad is just a brain dead facsimile of a Mac!
From the second I took the Surface out of the box and put in my account info I was impressed! Actually I was blown away! I had wanted a tablet that would and could replace my windows 8.1 notebook and the Surface is it! It seem plenty fast, has all the software I use and need AND I was able to print to my LAN based printer on the first attempt1 It took a week of research and struggle to get anything printed directly from the Android tablet!
I purchased my Surface RT brand new from amazon a week ago for $215 and it was the best money I ever spent. Goodness, and I gushing?
Well, hells bells I guess I am!
I am glad for this forum and hope to learn a great deal about this amazing product.
(Now all I have to figure out is what to do with the Android tablet I have... Door stop? Paperweight? I guess I could put image on rotation and could be a virtual slide show...)
Anyway, my name is Butch, (a nickname since I was a 4 year old) . I, and my spouse David live in upstate NY near the Albany capital district. I am 61 years old and retired. I am an animal lover (currently have 2 dogs, a beagle and a Yellow Labrador and 3 cats, all rescues). Beyond computers and pets my hobbies are real estate, and anything to do with video and video production (and TV in general). I was always the kid who took EVERYTHING apart (and usually got most thing back together - eventually).
Anyway thanks for the great forum. I'm sure it will be a real asset!
Butch
Hello all!
I have been a MS Windows person my whole life (including teaching computer programming on a college level). For the last 2.5 years I have had a Windows 8.1 Notebook, an Android tablet and Samsung S3 Android phone which have all worked reasonable well.... until...
I bought a Surface RT two weeks ago and realized I had been dealing with a brain dead tablet for all that time. THE SURFACE IS A FULL COMPUTER WITH ALL THE THING A FULL COMPUTER DOES. The android device was merely a media player with internet access; not a full computer at all. Even the much ballyhooed iPad is just a brain dead facsimile of a Mac!
From the second I took the Surface out of the box and put in my account info I was impressed! Actually I was blown away! I had wanted a tablet that would and could replace my windows 8.1 notebook and the Surface is it! It seem plenty fast, has all the software I use and need AND I was able to print to my LAN based printer on the first attempt1 It took a week of research and struggle to get anything printed directly from the Android tablet!
I purchased my Surface RT brand new from amazon a week ago for $215 and it was the best money I ever spent. Goodness, and I gushing?
Well, hells bells I guess I am!
I am glad for this forum and hope to learn a great deal about this amazing product.
(Now all I have to figure out is what to do with the Android tablet I have... Door stop? Paperweight? I guess I could put image on rotation and could be a virtual slide show...)
Anyway, my name is Butch, (a nickname since I was a 4 year old) . I, and my spouse David live in upstate NY near the Albany capital district. I am 61 years old and retired. I am an animal lover (currently have 2 dogs, a beagle and a Yellow Labrador and 3 cats, all rescues). Beyond computers and pets my hobbies are real estate, and anything to do with video and video production (and TV in general). I was always the kid who took EVERYTHING apart (and usually got most thing back together - eventually).
Anyway thanks for the great forum. I'm sure it will be a real asset!
Butch