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Seadogie · 02-19-2011, 05:26 PM

Dude, I got a Dell! I purchased the Duo around the end on Jan and received it on 2/10/11. I read all the negative reviews prior to purchase and was expecting the worse as I kept coming across more negative reviews while I was waiting. I am a captain and found that my two gateway (xp and vista) tablets were too heavy and cumbersome to haul around from boat to boat and the pen input really was not useful when bouncing around. I usually watch TV while surfing the internet and had it with the waffle iron laptop frying my family jewels. I had a lot invested in old software but was considering going with the Mac Air when and if they came out with a screen that would flip and could be used like an ipad. While I waited I thought I would take a chance on the Duo. I am glad I did. Found my old software works even better with touch and I have even used the speech recognition to zoom in and out of my navigation maps. I use Firefox browser as it has better scrolling than explorer. Since Windows software is not designed for touch I still use the mouse pad and a Targus pen that works as good as a finger but doesn't leave smudges on the screem. I use the same pen on my Iphone. I loaded Office 2010 and everything works. Of course, the software I use is not designed for touch but I use the touch function to scroll and the mouse to hit all the tiny icons and menus when in laptop mode. I watch videos with the screen flipped and make a tent of the keyboard and screen and it sits nicely on my stomach. Don’t really need any special case like you would if you had an Ipad. I have a Bluetooth external gps that works as well with Chart Navigator Pro. This thing is the Ipad killer for me. You don’t need all of the apps as you can simply use the browser. My Iphone 3g and the Duo is the best and cheapest solution. This blows away the Mac Air for the price. I purchased the docking station and the auto charger all for much less that the Ipad toy or the Mac Air. Yes, the Apple is idiot proof but then again I like to tinker around with windows stuff to get it to satisfy my requirements. Find me some other product with the same functionality and maybe I could come up with something negative like all of the other reviewers.

02-19-2011, 05:26 PM	#15
Seadogie Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Dell Duo	Dude, I got a Dell! I purchased the Duo around the end on Jan and received it on 2/10/11. I read all the negative reviews prior to purchase and was expecting the worse as I kept coming across more negative reviews while I was waiting. I am a captain and found that my two gateway (xp and vista) tablets were too heavy and cumbersome to haul around from boat to boat and the pen input really was not useful when bouncing around. I usually watch TV while surfing the internet and had it with the waffle iron laptop frying my family jewels. I had a lot invested in old software but was considering going with the Mac Air when and if they came out with a screen that would flip and could be used like an ipad. While I waited I thought I would take a chance on the Duo. I am glad I did. Found my old software works even better with touch and I have even used the speech recognition to zoom in and out of my navigation maps. I use Firefox browser as it has better scrolling than explorer. Since Windows software is not designed for touch I still use the mouse pad and a Targus pen that works as good as a finger but doesn't leave smudges on the screem. I use the same pen on my Iphone. I loaded Office 2010 and everything works. Of course, the software I use is not designed for touch but I use the touch function to scroll and the mouse to hit all the tiny icons and menus when in laptop mode. I watch videos with the screen flipped and make a tent of the keyboard and screen and it sits nicely on my stomach. Don’t really need any special case like you would if you had an Ipad. I have a Bluetooth external gps that works as well with Chart Navigator Pro. This thing is the Ipad killer for me. You don’t need all of the apps as you can simply use the browser. My Iphone 3g and the Duo is the best and cheapest solution. This blows away the Mac Air for the price. I purchased the docking station and the auto charger all for much less that the Ipad toy or the Mac Air. Yes, the Apple is idiot proof but then again I like to tinker around with windows stuff to get it to satisfy my requirements. Find me some other product with the same functionality and maybe I could come up with something negative like all of the other reviewers. Last edited by Seadogie; 02-19-2011 at 05:29 PM.