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Re:Microsoft's cheapest Surface tablet won't cost $1K after all by freehunter on Friday July 27, 2012 @08:18PM (#4304180)
In the case of Surface I expect a lot of frustration trying to use a standard windows app on a small touchscreen. And if you are going to connect the device to an external monitor, keyboard and mouse, you might as well have a small desktop PC

So don't buy the x86 version. The ARM version doesn't have the desktop, so there's no complaining about how you foolishly installed non-touch apps and now you can't use them easily.

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Re:Microsoft's cheapest Surface tablet won't cost $1K after all by easp on Saturday July 28, 2012 @07:03PM (#4306852)
Well then, you really aren't getting the best of both worlds, are you. Might as well by an iPad.
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Re:Microsoft's cheapest Surface tablet won't cost $1K after all by freehunter on Saturday July 28, 2012 @11:42PM (#4307450)
Might as well by an iPad

Unless an iPad isn't what you want. There are other selling points for a Windows 8 tablet than "runs desktop apps that you won't like using". That was the selling point for Windows XP and 7 tablets.

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