I have a Surface RT and the hardware is pretty slick. Looking forward to getting a Surface Pro at work.
If anyone has questions on the Surface let me know. Sent from my car while driving ________________________________ From: Rob Wuijster Sent: 1/12/2013 1:00 AM To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com Subject: Re: everybody's favorite question... Talking tablets, what about one of these new W8 tablets, like the MS Surface Pro, Linovo Thinkpad Tablet 2 or the Asus VivoTab? Additional bonus on these tablets is a full digitizer/pen setup... These are running full W8, so less walled garden than a Apple iPad. Due to specs only light 3D work I guess, but nifty little machines. Rob \/-------------\/----------------\/ On 12-1-2013 7:40, James De Colling wrote: the razer looks interesting, but the poor screen res is a shame, i'd want something with pen support as well. HP Elitebook Revolve is something that has me interested. 1920x1080ips option, pen support, i7, 12gb ram probably only intel hd4000 graphics, but thats probably plenty for a laptop if your not gaming and just doing light-medium 3d james, On Saturday, January 12, 2013, Andy Moorer wrote: They are intended for gaming but both the razer 'blade' and 'edge' have me interested. I'm pretty pro-tablet these days since my iPad goes just about everywhere with me, the idea of a tablet that could conceivably act as a ultra-portable workstation is pretty appealing. I've found that anything much bigger than a tablet ends up fine for on-site gigs when I'm back in a hotel room but doesn't make it out and about with me to places I'd like to actually get some work done, like airplane seats, coffee shops etc. So even a less-powerful tablet which could have decent performance and reliability makes me hopeful. I'd be interested if anyone more hardware-centric than me thinks the specs on the razer tablet are sufficient for meaningful work (if only that screen was stereo...) The true laptop of theirs, well it's cool looking, check out that nifty LCD. :D But a MacBook might be a wiser choice? http://www.razerzone.com/ Love the portability of my iPad but sick of living in Apple's walled garden, hoping we're close to the point where tablets are becoming more than really cool multimedia toys. Cheers - AM On Jan 11, 2013, at 10:15 PM, Matt Lind <ml...@carbinestudios.com> wrote: …What computer should I get? (for home). I have always used workstations and have already done the research for another purchase. However, it’s been nearly 8 years since my last investment and my trusty Dell Precision workstation is starting to fail :(. I am considering going mobile this time. I’m asking for people’s experience with laptops as I have never used a laptop for 3D work before and have mostly heard bad things in the area of reliability and lack of selection. I don’t need top of the line, but I am interested in something durable that won’t break the bank and performs at least as well as a mid-grade workstation. Besides 3D, I’ll be doing a lot of coding, photography (editing), and some video with my DSLR. So color accuracy and IO would be important features. I would tend to think an SSD hard drive, multi-core CPU (4+), USB 3.0, a decent Nvidia Quadro card would be a good baseline. Anything else people recommend in a laptop? Or to avoid? Please reply offline. Thanks, Matt No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> Version: 2013.0.2890 / Virus Database: 2638/6025 - Release Date: 01/11/13
