So are desktop computers with touch screens suddenly tablets because you can unplug the keyboard?
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 5:08 PM Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I would say the Surface really is a tablet, since the keyboard is > detachable. That makes it more of a tablet that can transform into an > ultraportable laptop that can transform into a desktop... > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 12:18 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > >> It sounds like you are settling on a very good choice. But it’s not >> really an iPad or any kind or pad or tab, it’s more of an ultraportable >> laptop with a touchscreen display that can transform into a desktop. >> >> >> >> Which is fine. I used to say an iPad isn’t a small computer, it’s a big >> phone. I don’t think that has really changed. What has changed is the >> average person is no longer interested in having a computer, they want a >> smartphone, and/or a handheld Netflix viewing device. But for actual >> computer work, phones and tablets are pretty lame. Not sure where a >> Chromebook fits. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *ch...@wbmfg.com >> *Sent:* Monday, September 9, 2019 11:55 AM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT iPad question >> >> >> >> See, all of the hard questions that come up in life can always be >> answered right here. >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> *From:* Jason Wilson >> >> *Sent:* Monday, September 9, 2019 10:44 AM >> >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT iPad question >> >> >> >> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/surface-dock/8qrh2npz0s0p >> >> >> All the ports you need >> >> With two high-definition video ports, a gigabit Ethernet port, four USB >> 3.0 ports, and an audio output, you have all the connections you need. >> Transform your Surface into a desktop PC by plugging in your Dock with the >> Surface Connect cable. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 9:21 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: >> >> Dock to a nice large monitor, a normal sized keyboard and mouse. >> >> Be nice to drop it into a slot when I am at the office. >> >> >> >> *From:* Josh Luthman >> >> *Sent:* Monday, September 9, 2019 8:54 AM >> >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT iPad question >> >> >> >> Dock to what? It's got a keyboard and stand built in. >> >> >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1100+Wayne+St+Suite+1337+Troy,+OH+45373?entry=gmail&source=g> >> Suite 1337 >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1100+Wayne+St+Suite+1337+Troy,+OH+45373?entry=gmail&source=g> >> Troy, OH 45373 >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/1100+Wayne+St+Suite+1337+Troy,+OH+45373?entry=gmail&source=g> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 10:34 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: >> >> Be nice if they had a docking adapter. >> >> >> >> *From:* Dennis Burgess via AF >> >> *Sent:* Monday, September 9, 2019 8:30 AM >> >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> >> *Cc:* Dennis Burgess >> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT iPad question >> >> >> >> Get a surface. Bout the same size, full workstation. Vs icrap .:) >> >> >> >> >> >> *[image: LTI-Full_175px]* >> >> >> *Dennis Burgess, Mikrotik Certified TrainerMTCNA, MTCRE, MTCWE, MTCTCE, >> MTCINE, MTCSE, HE IPv6 Sage, Cambium ePMP Certified * >> >> Author of "Learn RouterOS- Second Edition” >> >> *Link Technologies, Inc* -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services >> >> *Office*: 314-735-0270 Website: http://www.linktechs.net >> >> Create Wireless Coverage’s with www.towercoverage.com >> >> >> >> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown >> *Sent:* Sunday, September 8, 2019 12:44 PM >> *To:* af@af.afmug.com >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT iPad question >> >> >> >> My wife is busy (for months) planning some travel for this fall. She >> told me I am not taking my laptop. Too big, too heavy etc etc. (I >> actually left it on a train at Heathrow once, had enough time to go catch >> that same train and found it.)But I digress. >> >> >> >> She says I can have an iPad. I acquiesce due to the fact that she micro >> manages these trips and I don’t have to do a thing. She likes it that way >> and I like it that way. I just go where I am told to go and I pay. She >> makes sure I have clean clothes and the proper tickets needed for travel as >> well as hotel rooms. It is actually pretty wonderful. She teams up with >> my UK son-in-law as he is like this too. >> >> >> >> But again, I digress. >> >> >> >> I know almost zero about iPads. I need a human size keyboard. Hopefully >> one with keys that physically move. I would like to be able to plug in an >> HDMI monitor too. 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