How Many Devices Do You Use?
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I have a desktop - that is both my work and personal machine.
A MacBook Pro- this is used for travel and onsite work
A Surface Pro2 - that was given to me
A Ipad mini - that was given to me that I love and use a ton
IPhone 5s -The desktop gets the most use but when I am traveling the MacBook gets heavy use.
Now can I say I LOVE my vendors? They give me the coolest stuff. My Ipad mini is used a ton so I can walk away from my desk and still keep working while making lunch etc and for reading any training books. It also has 4G on it so I can work in the car etc. and never miss a beat. The surface pro2 is awesome for working in the car, I have a hotspot so that keeps me connected as well. I love the real keyboard and the being able to take hand written notes. I haven't really traveled in a couple months so I have yet to really put it through it's paces, but so far I am happy with it.
My phone is my life it goes everywhere and keeps me in the loop. But I HATE typing too much on it, but that is where the Ipad and Surface come in.
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I have my desktop and an iPad Mini.
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@Minion-Queen I'm not sure what the benefit is to having hand-written notes unless someone else is hand-writing them for you. I've seen your writing.
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As I mentioned, I was quite surprised how much I used the 8" Dell Venue Pro 8 even having a super nice Surface Pro 2. It was a lot more productive that I thought it would be.
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I tested out the Dell Venue and found it slow and clunky. I ended up falling back to my Ipad mini for everything.
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Ultrabook at home, desktop at work, iPad when my daughter hasn't stolen it to watch Power Rangers on Netflix, iPhone, iPod connected to the hi-fi and running Spotify and Amazon Cloud Player.
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@Minion-Queen said:
I tested out the Dell Venue and found it slow and clunky. I ended up falling back to my Ipad mini for everything.
My director of HR has the Venue Pro and it is riddled with issues. So many bugs that Dell has yet to figure out so we are going to switch her to the surface 3 when it comes out.
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@david.wiese said:
@Minion-Queen said:
I tested out the Dell Venue and found it slow and clunky. I ended up falling back to my Ipad mini for everything.
My director of HR has the Venue Pro and it is riddled with issues. So many bugs that Dell has yet to figure out so we are going to switch her to the surface 3 when it comes out.
I can honestly say that I've had issues with "Modern" apps not wanting to go beyond the splash screen. A reboot (sometimes 2-3) takes care of that. I had it blue screen on me when going into the camera app and rotating it before the splash screen was done. So, I can say I've encountered issues as well. I sent my demo copy back and still am considering getting the 64GB model but with my Surface Pro 3 here next week, I can wait. Sure, the 8" size is good for reading but I'd rather have less devices.
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http://www.theonion.com/articles/report-90-of-waking-hours-spent-staring-at-glowing,2747/
iPhone, iPad, gaming computer, iMac, work laptop, ps vita
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@garak0410 said:
@david.wiese said:
@Minion-Queen said:
I tested out the Dell Venue and found it slow and clunky. I ended up falling back to my Ipad mini for everything.
My director of HR has the Venue Pro and it is riddled with issues. So many bugs that Dell has yet to figure out so we are going to switch her to the surface 3 when it comes out.
I can honestly say that I've had issues with "Modern" apps not wanting to go beyond the splash screen. A reboot (sometimes 2-3) takes care of that. I had it blue screen on me when going into the camera app and rotating it before the splash screen was done. So, I can say I've encountered issues as well. I sent my demo copy back and still am considering getting the 64GB model but with my Surface Pro 3 here next week, I can wait. Sure, the 8" size is good for reading but I'd rather have less devices.
I haven't had issues with the apps not working, mine is with the tablet not recognizing wifi, the dock not recognizing any external monitors, the keyboard attachment won't show the cursor half of the time. Not sure what is happening but this thing is going back
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I'm hoping to be on the iPad Mini 3 when it releases, probably this fall.
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@david.wiese said:
@garak0410 said:
@david.wiese said:
@Minion-Queen said:
I tested out the Dell Venue and found it slow and clunky. I ended up falling back to my Ipad mini for everything.
My director of HR has the Venue Pro and it is riddled with issues. So many bugs that Dell has yet to figure out so we are going to switch her to the surface 3 when it comes out.
I can honestly say that I've had issues with "Modern" apps not wanting to go beyond the splash screen. A reboot (sometimes 2-3) takes care of that. I had it blue screen on me when going into the camera app and rotating it before the splash screen was done. So, I can say I've encountered issues as well. I sent my demo copy back and still am considering getting the 64GB model but with my Surface Pro 3 here next week, I can wait. Sure, the 8" size is good for reading but I'd rather have less devices.
I haven't had issues with the apps not working, mine is with the tablet not recognizing wifi, the dock not recognizing any external monitors, the keyboard attachment won't show the cursor half of the time. Not sure what is happening but this thing is going back
Wow...can't say I've had those issues. So sorry to hear that.
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I had all sorts of issues when I first got it (again Vendors are awesome) but it did get better with time with updates etc. But it was just till clunky compared to my ipad mini.
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@Minion-Queen said:
I had all sorts of issues when I first got it (again Vendors are awesome) but it did get better with time with updates etc. But it was just till clunky compared to my ipad mini.
I can agree with that. The iPad series always seems consistent in speed and use. Being all in with the Microsoft Ecosystem (phone, PC, tablet, XBOX, video and music), it really met my needs. Just wondering how heavy the SP3 will be for long term "tablet" use...
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@garak0410 said:
@Minion-Queen said:
I had all sorts of issues when I first got it (again Vendors are awesome) but it did get better with time with updates etc. But it was just till clunky compared to my ipad mini.
I can agree with that. The iPad series always seems consistent in speed and use. Being all in with the Microsoft Ecosystem (phone, PC, tablet, XBOX, video and music), it really met my needs. Just wondering how heavy the SP3 will be for long term "tablet" use...
I actually just went to a microsoft store and played around with the sp3. That thing is light. The kickstand works well and i don't see that as a weak point anymore. It is fast, touchscreen is very responsive.
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I will be watching the 3 that's for sure. But wait for a Vendor to give me one cause I just got the 2
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Desktop with 2 monitors for daily use
Desktop one monitor for retrieving data and storage
Asus Transformer primary entertainment/off site work use
HP TouchSmart for off site use when the Asus Transformer isn't enough.
Samsung S3
IBM X41 convertible tablet last seen running w8 RC -
Work
Desktop with dual monitors Windows 8.1 Pro
repair station with one monitor
Home
Galaxy S4 AT&T
Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro Windows 8.1 Pro laptop
ASUS Transformer Prime tablet (only used for movies and e-reading) -
@Dashrender said:
ASUS Transformer Prime tablet (only used for movies and e-reading)
You have a Prime?! Dang dude, those were the $4!+ when they first came out. They managed to pass the Xoom, and at the time that was saying something. The Galaxy line was still young and still trying to do the tablet thing before Samsung realized the real money and success would be in the phone and/or phablet market. Nice! Honeycomb FTW!
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If I ever managed to count all of the devices we have in this house, by the time I was done there would be five new ones.
