Saturday, October 5, 2013

Tablet Contender - Microsoft Surface

A couple of my colleagues are using the Microsoft Surface tablet.  There are two versions of the tablet, Surface RT and Surface Pro.  Today, the Surface RT costs $340 and the Pro costs $799.  A comparison of the two tablets is at http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us/which-surface-is-right-for-you

Microsoft continues to have the majority of the operating system market.  The Surface tablet really can replace the, now old-fashioned, desktop computer.  The Microsoft Surface tablet is a giant step towards Bill Gates initial vision of putting a computer on every desktop, except it goes further.  The tablet is more like putting a computer on every laptop.

Microsoft acknowledges that the operating system (OS) takes a considerable amount of storage at http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us/storage 

The size of the operating system is where the Google  OS is so different.  The Google OS is a component of the web browser.  When you turn on a Google Chromebook, it takes less than 5 seconds for the home screen to appear.

1 comment :

  1. Even though I like the Surface RT, as do many other owners of them, it’s still hard to say which one will you choose.

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