Apple Updates Pages, Keynote, and Numbers
Or you can get a Windows Mobile device and get Microsoft Office for free
Nokia Lumia 920, 1020, 1520 or even the new tablet the Nokia Lumia 2520 all have Office preloaded.
Or if you want a true iPad killer the Dell Venue 8 Pro is an 8" tablet that runs full Windows 8, meaning you can install any desktop, laptop app and you are not stuck just to the app store. Plus it comes with Microsoft Office preloaded for $299.
Or if you want a true iPad killer the Dell Venue 8 Pro is an 8" tablet that runs full Windows 8, meaning you can install any desktop, laptop app and you are not stuck just to the app store. Plus it comes with Microsoft Office preloaded for $299.
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Meh, it's 10x lighter than any Microsoft crap and does not have awful Windows 8, i'll take that any day over any Microsoft product, i had a Surface Pro and while it was nice, my macbook air just works way better than the surface ever did and my iPad handles all of my tablet needs just fine when doing documents and spreadsheets.
With a Mac, the "hardware" is somewhat similar to a PC, but the unix-based software makes all of the difference in both programming apps and stability. Along with the fact that Windows 8's user interface is just garbage compared to MacOS for doing anything serious without it working and looking like a "toy"
With a Mac, the "hardware" is somewhat similar to a PC, but the unix-based software makes all of the difference in both programming apps and stability. Along with the fact that Windows 8's user interface is just garbage compared to MacOS for doing anything serious without it working and looking like a "toy"
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That's not a fair comparison - Windows 8 interface is garbage compared to ANYTHING, including previous versions of windows. I sat down at a Windows 8 PC, and I felt like an old man using a computer for the first time, or the engineer of a steam-ship asked to fix a warp drive engine. I didn't know where anything is, couldn't access anything easily, they moved a whole bunch of junk around, and the default setup had no Start Menu. No start menu in windows? The start menu is half of what made the damn operating system famous in the first place! I'll stick with ANYTHNING ELSE other than Windows 8.
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I use a blackberry playbook (16gb version) which I picked up for less than 100 bucks.
It's super fast, easy to use, plenty powerful, and looks like anything but a toy. Although like all tablets, it is 🙄
It's super fast, easy to use, plenty powerful, and looks like anything but a toy. Although like all tablets, it is 🙄
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You just compared windows 8 to a warp drive. That sounds like a glowing recommendation to me. Warp drive is way better than steam power.
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Who cares how 'light' it is?
No seriously, who cares?
I'm getting sick of this constant drive to make everything thinner.
Here we are in 2014 and yet mobile devices are limited to 16 or 32 GB of storage, the same as it was 10 years ago. This is a joke.
Every time Apple brags about their newest device being thinner I want to scream 'hey, morons, how about leaving it the same thickness and adding more memory?'
This is 2014, tablets and smartphones should have 250 GB or 500 GB in storage by now, the only reason they don't is the relentless drive to make everything thinner every year.
Enough!
No seriously, who cares?
I'm getting sick of this constant drive to make everything thinner.
Here we are in 2014 and yet mobile devices are limited to 16 or 32 GB of storage, the same as it was 10 years ago. This is a joke.
Every time Apple brags about their newest device being thinner I want to scream 'hey, morons, how about leaving it the same thickness and adding more memory?'
This is 2014, tablets and smartphones should have 250 GB or 500 GB in storage by now, the only reason they don't is the relentless drive to make everything thinner every year.
Enough!
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Mobile devices had 16 or 32GB of storage 10 years ago? Flash drives where 32MB of storage. A GB was a future dream 10 years ago. LOL.
Why don't tablets and smartphones have 250 or 500GB. Because that much storage on a flash card is extremely expensive. Have you seen the price of a 250 gb sd card? Wait...you haven't? They don't make them you say. hmmm. I wonder why.
Why don't tablets and smartphones have 250 or 500GB. Because that much storage on a flash card is extremely expensive. Have you seen the price of a 250 gb sd card? Wait...you haven't? They don't make them you say. hmmm. I wonder why.
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10 years ago I was using a ZIP disk which had 750 MB of memory on it, and it was smaller and cost less than a modern smartphone.
A modern smartphone could easily hold far more memory than it does today, the only reason they don't is the relentless drive for making them smaller and thinner, a drive for which there is basically neither point nor purpose.
Today I can get a 64 GB microSD card or Flash Drive for under $50....
And yet Apple charges $100 for 16 GB....a price that hasn't moved one inch since 2007, despite the fact that price of memory has dropped dramatically in the mean time.
In 2007, a 250 MB flash drive cost $20.....today, I can get 32 GB for the same cost, and the drives are the exact same size. This is more th...
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A modern smartphone could easily hold far more memory than it does today, the only reason they don't is the relentless drive for making them smaller and thinner, a drive for which there is basically neither point nor purpose.
Today I can get a 64 GB microSD card or Flash Drive for under $50....
And yet Apple charges $100 for 16 GB....a price that hasn't moved one inch since 2007, despite the fact that price of memory has dropped dramatically in the mean time.
In 2007, a 250 MB flash drive cost $20.....today, I can get 32 GB for the same cost, and the drives are the exact same size. This is more th...
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You do know that a zip drive and an internal flash drive are two different types of technology, right? You can get a 250GB SSD for $170. If you had a zip drive built into your phone it would be huge and slow. A flash drive and internal flash memory are still two different types of technology also. Internal memory is more like an SSD and does cost more. But the price of internal storage is coming down. The HTC ONE costs less than the iPhone and comes in 32gb and 64gb.
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First off, Windows 8 is a bona-fide trainwreck. I don't even know where to begin (terrible interface? two disparate clashing operating environments? nonexistent developer support? the fact there are 2.5 control panels? the fact their largest channel partner is bragging about the ability to downgrade? The pathetic always-broken email client? The dismal upgrade numbers?) There isn't a single Windows 8 tablet app that doesn't have a far superior iPad equivalent (if not like, dozens.)
MS Office isn't even fully integrated into the Windows 8 Metro interface, which I think speaks volumes about how terrible Windows 8 is. If you're already compromising on that front, QuickOffice or Google Drive for Android or iWork for iOS offer a much better exp...
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MS Office isn't even fully integrated into the Windows 8 Metro interface, which I think speaks volumes about how terrible Windows 8 is. If you're already compromising on that front, QuickOffice or Google Drive for Android or iWork for iOS offer a much better exp...
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