New RT user from Colorado

[donovan1983]

I picked up a Surface RT 32GB earlier this evening from Best Buy. I did quite a bit of reading about it and browsed dozens of topics on this board beforehand. So far I like it quite a lot although my unit has a pixel with dead blue and green subpixels so I will have to see about getting it exchanged tomorrow. The software is quite responsive and Internet Explorer is considerably smoother on here than Chrome is on my Nexus 7 despite both having virtually the same CPU (the Nexus 7 is 100Mhz slower I believe). Windows RT on a touchscreen is taking some getting used to although it's not too jarring since I've had Windows 8 on my desktop PC since release day. I definitely feel I made the right choice even after just a few hours with it.

 

[kuodachrome]

awesome! welcome aboard. windows 8 really shines on a tablet.

 

[machistmo]

Welcome to the Windows 8 world. There is a jailbreak that allows x86 apps to run that is currently in beta. It appears to be a tethered Jailbreak. I have the 128 Pro and may be getting my RT back at work. I gave it back to my boss but now feel that I cant explore issues that people are having here on the weekends without it. Anyway, good to hear you are liking your RT.

 

[KLR]

Congrats on your Surface RT purchase and welcome to the forums. I must say, the more I use Win 8 across devices the more I like it. It really shines in tablet form.

 

[J515OP]

Welcome to the forum. Congrats on your RT you will find it entirely different and more capable than your Nexus 7.

JP

 

[donovan1983]

Thanks very much for the welcomes. I swapped my Surface this morning and decided to get the one with the black touch cover. The new Surface is perfect and the touch cover is quite handy already.

 

[ZachBui]

welcome aboard, and I hope you have fun with your surface =)

 

[smalltowngirl13]

Hello and welcome aboard! Congrats on your tab!

 

[cali]

Hope you're still enjoying your Surface.