On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > My 8.1 (touch) laptop is a pleasure to use. There are a couple oddities
> to
> > work around, but I enjoy it. It is finally touch capability that makes
> > sense to me. Very frustrating to go back to an iPad now.
>
> As per normal with Microsoft, I think that the every other version
> skip is a good policy. W8 is a disaster in many regards. But it is
> certainly an advancement. This household has three brand new W8
> touchscreen laptops of different brands. The execution between
> computers is actually a bit bigger than one would expect. My wife's
> Lenovo Yoga makes the whole experience a lot more enjoyable than the
> Toshiba or Acer. It's weird, because the intangibles make the
> difference. (I got my wife's W7 Lenovo X100 which is further proof of
> how intangibles make such a difference for the user).
>
> I realize that I'm outnumbered but I feel that iOS is woefully
> inadequate and out of date compared to pretty much everything else
> these days.
>
No opinion about iOS as I don't use it except on iPad 1.0 which is no
longer supported. That, by the way, became an avenue (I suspect) for an
exploit when I simply purchased an eBook a couple months ago. The next day
some jerk tried to buy a MacBook with my CC number. Fortunately, Discover
was vigilant and gave me a heads up. That is probably a warning as to what
happens when you use an operating system that is no longer supported. To
Windows' credit, XP was an unbelievable run.
I agree about the Yoga. When you are "touchscreening," you want to draw
the surface to you and that is not possible with a traditional laptop. I
would not want a full-sized touchscreen monitor that I could not articulate
every which way.
Joel W.
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