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Originally Posted by foghat
I am very interested. For reasons I won't get into here, I am thinking of getting one for my son to use in school. OneNote is awesome and could almost completely eliminate the need to carry a big binder around.
Pricing aside, the Surface makes much better sense to me than a laptop. A fair bit more compact and lighter. I assume it will 'boot-up' almost instantly like an iOS device and no moving parts in a hard drive. And then the ease of using a touch screen.
Can't wait to see what the pricing looks like for the pro models. Though I can't see how it would replace my desktop - at least for now. Not sure I could deal with the tiny screen vs. my two 23 inch monitors (not sure I could ever go back to a single screen).
Plus, even at 128gb, not sure that would be enough storage. Guess I could rethink my strategy on what gets stored where. Though, I do admit having a touch screen PC that you can easily carry around is intriguing.
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Shoot, I am so used to instant on, that I forgot to mention that one. Both tablets better come with zero boot time.
BTW, foghat, any of the better tablets can replace a binder for school. Coupled with a good stylus or a keyboard, whatever your preference. I have been taking notes on my iPad exclusively since the first one. Noteshelf is my preferred app for that.