On 31/10/2011, at 3:40 PM, lynn...@westnet.com.au wrote: > > > Hi guys > > > > my work has started rolling out the sales reps with thier ipad2s. > > > > they are currently using virtual microsoft (word, excel, etc) suite on > citrix. > > > > can they use pages/numbers to open microsoft suite documents (should they > choose to), or should they stick with citrix?
Hi Lynn, I don’t use Microsoft Suite, but this might be interesting to your people. Extract below taken from: <http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/03/ipad-2-review/> / Quote: iPad for Business / Enterprise: "With the recent addition of tools from Cisco, Citrix or WMware (the latter two make Windows environments available to the iPad, via a server), the iPad, but also other tablets can become true business tools. However, you need to understand the scope of it: in general, iPad will make you more “mobile”. It’s lighter and has a tremendous battery life when compared to most laptops. However, don’t forget that it is mainly a “read device” by nature. Anything that forces you to enter a lot of text, or manipulate a cursor with extreme precision will be tricky. Of course, you’ve seen demos of “Photoshop-like” products, or even CAD (Computer Assisted Design) software running on iPad, but while they do technically work, the productivity can’t be compared with working on a laptop. On the other hand, if your job requires you to only read/access a lot of data, iPad 2 and the tools mentioned above can help you. I like Citrix and WMware a lot, when the situation is appropriate.” /End Quote Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.2 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
