Microsoft's Surface Tablet

[Lon]

the surface pro is finally the first tablet i could be compelled to buy, if they would integrate stylus support i would THROW my money at them. its a completely open operating system within the format of a easily portable tablet, if you could now write on it it would be a dream for like... everything.

I do not want an ipad, i do not want an appstore, i do not want a gimmicky iphone that was flattened 2 to 3 times with a steamshovel with essentially the same features. i want a full blown x64 machine in the format of a tablet, the surface does deliver this.

I would have an Asus Transformer Prime if linux wasnt just so hilariously bad for audio applications (even i as a programmer cant be arsed to put up with linux for any creative multimedia purposes).

€dit addendum: if you do not have to do heavy VST processing it would also be quite suitable for portable recording. Writing and playing wavs from a harddisk does not need a lot of computing power. Try to do this with an ipad, after tons of money for special hardware, adapters youre still arsef*** by the nonavailability of a good DAW.

 

[Sloan]

if they would integrate stylus support i would THROW my money at them.

there is a whole section about the stylus and 'digital ink' in the video.

 

[Lon]

there is a whole section about the stylus and 'digital ink' in the video.

thanks for the notice, i did not watch the whole presentation (as it consists 99% of trying to convince apple fanbois) and the stylus feature was not prominent in any featurelist. But this seals the deal i will throw my money at them, because up until now every tablet laptop was too fragile and/or too expensive for me to consider. But call me convinced, this thing can do everything i want from it.

 

[Josh Burgess]

If I got it right, the tablet version of Windows installed on those Surfaces cannot run good old x86 programs, so you won't be able to load your productivity programs, or your favorite DAW until the developers make it available especially for it, is that true or did I read too fast ?

There are two versions..... one that uses ARM processors and Windows RT (Metro) and one that uses Intel IvyBridge processors and the full fledged Windows 8 you'll see for laptops & desktops.