[Rhodes22-list] new/used Rhodes

[Ronald Lipton]

I have an ipad and multiple Apple laptops.  I use the ipad mostly for 
"content consumption".
It works really well for that, reading magazines and newspapers, 
watching TV in bed. I also
store all of the manuals for devices, cars, ... I find the ipad screen
  much easier to read than a standard computer screen.  I also
use it when size, weight and battery life is important, such as 
traveling to a meeting with no outlets
for laptops, but where I know I will be bored unless I have other work 
to do.  It is OK for writing
with a bluetooth keyboard, but the on-screen keyboard is not appropriate 
for lots of work.
I can use it to make presentations, but the real problem is the 
inability to grab a picture or
graph from another source and paste it into the current document easily.

If I had to choose one I would keep the laptop, because there are times 
when I need the
functionality that it provides.  They are pretty complementary, and 
having both is
a nice luxury.

Ron

On 4/19/14, 8:05 AM, R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> The Microsoft surface is expensive. By the time you add in all of the non
> standard equipment it isn't such a deal. They range in price from $800.00 on
> up  and if I'm not mistaken, that doesn't include a keyboard. They come
> with Windows  8 which is a dead operating system. Software developers as well
> as hardware  manufacturers are not going with it.
> I did the beta testing with 8 when it became available and Microsoft didn't
>   listen to the testers. They basically said that this is what you will get
> and  like it. (That entire development team is now gone) It's a crappy
> operating  system for anything other than a touch pad and even that is very hard
> to get  used to for the average user. I personally use a Lenovo product with
> the Android  operating system. Thousands of free software choices and I
> paid around $150.00  for it. Around Christmas time I spent more time
> downgrading other people's  Christmas presents from 8 to Windows 7. Most manufacturers
> now allow you to  order their products with 7 installed at no extra charge.
>   
> Rummy
>   
>   
> In a message dated 4/18/2014 6:45:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jfn302 at yahoo.com writes:
>
> Check  the Surface out,  It is a full computer that you can use like a
> tablet as  well,  you will like that much better than the limitations that the
> ipad  has. My brothers experience with the ipad convinced me that it is not
> much  more than an entertainment device. And any of the boating specific
> applications that the ipad does the Surface can do just as well if not better
> because of its full computer status.
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on  Android
>
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